skamp wrote: I live in Houston Texas and I am also concerned about heat. It gets stupid hot here in the summer. What is the hottest someone has had their car with the EMPEG left in?

I also live in Houston. I keep my Mk2 in the car all the time, only taking it out when I want to add more music to it. I had it in the car all summer, and I park outdoors. The only hot weather problem I ever had was that the Mk2 control knob would start "slipping" (you would spin the knob and nothing would happen). They have a fix for the Mk2 (a small rubber washer), and the Mk2a solves the problem completely (by having a keyed knob).

Aside from that, I never had hot weather problems.

P.S. We've probably got enough Texans here now that we could think about a Texas Empeg Get-together. Hmmm....