It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I was driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a pretty bad neighorhood to go to a co-workers family members wake when the Focus temperature went nearly into the red (it stayed within the white but was right on the line. Always watching the gauges, I had already turned on the heat on full blast as I noticed it get hotter. Of course, I also had my windows rolled up because of the area I was in to avoid any troubles (the radio was already covering a number of shootings by that time of night)...
Sticky thermostat? Mis behaving fan switch?
It didn't happen Saturday or Sunday, just when it would have been the worst possible moment...
Due to the car troubles, I skipped the drive thru and went inside to let the car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru before);