CD's and Cars Question

[BobV]

Is it the heat in cars that destroys CD's? Is there a way to keep CD's in your car during the hot months and not destroy them? At the moment I keep mine in a case in the glove compartment which seems to insulate them a little.

[pacmania_2001]

I keep mine in a CD case under the seat, haven't had a single one destroyed.

I live in fairly hot conditions as well, 35-40° C in the summer/spring months.

[flaninacupboard]

if you leave them laying out the UV cooks them. mine live under the passenger seat in a black wallet.

ultimate solution is of course an audio server in your car

[Guest]

I've never had a problem as long as they atre not in direct sunlight. I think dvds are more sensitive to heat as well

[flaninacupboard]

dvd's come out of my player hot, cd's come out of the player in my car roasting! a few weeks ago i went on a long drive, got totally lost so was on the road for eight hours straight - thinking "i'll see a signpost for somewhere i recognise soon" with the same cd going round and round. when i took it out i had to drop it on the floor it was so hot!

[pacmania_2001]

Have you tried using your CD player to make pancakes?

[VCDHunter]

dvd's come out of my player hot, cd's come out of the player in my car roasting! a few weeks ago i went on a long drive, got totally lost so was on the road for eight hours straight - thinking "i'll see a signpost for somewhere i recognise soon" with the same cd going round and round. when i took it out i had to drop it on the floor it was so hot!

Where the hell were you for 8 hours ? Can't you pretty cover the country in 8hrs ?

[BobV]

Thanks, that sounds like good news. In the past I used a sun visor pocket and was not sure if it was the UV/sun or heat that destroied the cds.

[flaninacupboard]

haha, i drove from northants to norwich, got lost on the way back in cambridge, and ended up in essex, having confused the M11 for the M1. I about tailed and got back to cambridge. i couldn't see anywhere i knew sign posted so just drove to the next village, and the next and the next. i ended up somewhere near chelmsford at about three in the morning, parked in a petrol station, waiting for it to open as i was out of fuel. suffice to say when it opened i filled up and bought myself a map

Girl behind the counter didn't really know what i meant when i said
"where am i?"
"somethingstreet"
"no, where am i?"
i suppose next question should have been "what year is this?!"

[teegee420]

Once I left a rented DVD in my car and apparently it was exposed to direct sunlight. Melted that sucker pretty good and I had to pay for it.

[VCDHunter]

haha, i drove from northants to norwich, got lost on the way back in cambridge, and ended up in essex, having confused the M11 for the M1.

Girl behind the counter didn't really know what i meant when i said
"where am i?"
"somethingstreet"
"no, where am i?"
i suppose next question should have been "what year is this?!"

I did a similar thing years ago, my aim was to end up in London, but had to go somewhere in Kent to pick up a mate first. I had one of those computer generated maps from autoroute or something. The directions were great upto a point until it told me to take a road which didn't exist I had to stop somewhere and buy a map