Attacked by a rain cloud!
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Since I live in Vancouver and it rains a lot I have gone thru 5 vette due to the melting that occurs when the rain hits the car.
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From: Hockessin Delaware
Originally Posted by Zilla
Since I live in Vancouver and it rains a lot I have gone thru 5 vette due to the melting that occurs when the rain hits the car.
I thought my paint would only wash off, not the entire car melt away. 
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Originally Posted by Midnight Storm
You better get off the computer and go clean that up right now! 
~MS
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I let a couple of spots sit once ... 
Never again.
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hey, i feel your pain...that happened to me today..i had to make a 50 mile trip..i thought the rain had cleared up..it rained hard for a good 15 minutes while i was on the freeway, then it stopped and was sunny all of a sudden...i could feel from the inside that my car was real dirty on the outside....i couldn't take it...i got off the fwy, drove into a nice neighborhood, cleaned the car up, and got back on the freeway...i had to do it..i just had to !!
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From: stl mo
Originally Posted by TruUndrtkr
hey, i feel your pain...that happened to me today..i had to make a 50 mile trip..i thought the rain had cleared up..it rained hard for a good 15 minutes while i was on the freeway, then it stopped and was sunny all of a sudden...i could feel from the inside that my car was real dirty on the outside....i couldn't take it...i got off the fwy, drove into a nice neighborhood, cleaned the car up, and got back on the freeway...i had to do it..i just had to !!
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From: San Diego
Originally Posted by TruUndrtkr
hey, i feel your pain.......i couldn't take it...i got off the fwy, drove into a nice neighborhood, cleaned the car up, and got back on the freeway...i had to do it..i just had to !!
I took delivery of my 1st Corvette ever today (I posted previously "It's on the way...") ... IN THE RAIN!!!!!!
It hadn't rained in San Diego all day at the time the truck driver called at 2:30pm to say he was in Newport Beach and heading south with my new C5 convertible.
I figured he had a 2 hour drive ahead & the weather was lookin' good.
At 4:05 the rain started! At 4:30 he drove up with the car. It had been hauled all the way from Minnesota in an enclosed trailer JUST SO IT WOULDN'T GET WET OR DIRTY DURING THE TRIP!
At 4:45 he had the car out of the enclosed trailer just as the hardest downpour began. It was unrelenting. It was unbelievable.
The best place for him to unload was a couple of blocks from my townhouse so, what I had tried to avoid the whole trip was tossed to the wind and rain as I had to drive it the two blocks in a thunderstorm to get it to my garage!
If it was clean underneath before I took delivery, it surely isn't now!
I guess it couldn't have been delivered at a worse time.
The good news? Well, now I have all weekend to clean it up while getting familiar with all its nooks and crannies where dirt can accumulate.
I'm gonna' post some delivery pictures soon. Its about 1am now so I'm outta here for the night!
..rickko..
PS. Its STILL RAINING! Hasn't really stopped since car arrived this afternoon. That's about 9 straight hours. You have to live here to understand how UNBELIEVABLE this is! Its nearly the most rain ever recorded in San Diego in one season in the past 150 years!!!!!!
Last edited by rickko; Mar 15, 2005 at 03:17 PM.
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From: atlantic city new jersey
Originally Posted by SIGNGUY
mine looks the same right now...
i NEVER, EVER drive my C3 in the rain,dont want get the underneath all dirty...
The C5 is my rainy day car!
i NEVER, EVER drive my C3 in the rain,dont want get the underneath all dirty...
The C5 is my rainy day car!
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From: Northern Illinois
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Fortunately, it hasn't happened to me yet. I would have had to pull off the road and wait out the rain because I took my wipers off a couple of years ago. I've become exceptionally good at checking the local radar on my computer before heading out.
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Had this happen before too. Oh well, it gives you a good reason to spend time with the car this weekend. 
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From: Arizona AZ
I am sending you a "weather rock" from the state of Arizona where it is always dry.
If the rock is wet when you touch it, it is raining.
If the rock is dry when you touch it, it's not.
If the rock is cold to the touch, it is cold out.
If the rock is hot to the touch, it is hot out.
These rocks are great weather forecasters, our weatherman never leaves home without it.
If the rock is wet when you touch it, it is raining.
If the rock is dry when you touch it, it's not.
If the rock is cold to the touch, it is cold out.
If the rock is hot to the touch, it is hot out.
These rocks are great weather forecasters, our weatherman never leaves home without it.