Originally Posted by jox

This might be a stupid question but this is the first summer with the car so I'm a bit worried.

Thanks to the heat wave we've had lately and thanks to construction zones popping up all over the city, I've been stuck in pretty heavy traffic a few times over the past few weeks.

Every time I get stuck, the engine temp almost climbs up to the red, even with the spoiler up. But luckily the traffic starts flowing again just before it reaches the danger zone. Have I just been lucky so far, or is this usually the limit of how hot the engine becomes sitting in traffic at relatively high summer temps (~86)?