Does it melt in the rain?
Pro
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From: Escondido CA
Originally Posted by J's Toy
And if it is driven in the rain, if you wipe of the raindrops that won't leave spots right? Just curious. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Buckeye Country OH
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08
For me, I really enjoy polishing and waxing while its raining out 
A few beverages and i'm in business. No I don't drive in the rain and my 98 hasn't been in the rain. When the sun is out and its nice, for me, its time to drive it.
I get a lot of pleasure shining it up in the garage, no question about it!
My DD is not so shabby either
A few beverages and i'm in business. No I don't drive in the rain and my 98 hasn't been in the rain. When the sun is out and its nice, for me, its time to drive it. I get a lot of pleasure shining it up in the garage, no question about it!
My DD is not so shabby either
Team Owner
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From: The Beautiful Pacific Northwest
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09, '14-'15-'16-'17-'18
Originally Posted by talon90
Nope, it won't melt. Some of us show our cars. It can take 8 to 10 hours to clean the car to get ready for a show and convert the car from a daily driver to a ready for show ride. It comes down to preference and time available. My car is by no means a garage. We drive it to Bowling Green at least one per year and she's seen her share of rain but like others, I prefer a spotless clean car with a shine that will stop traffic. If it means that I don't drive the car on one rainy day so that I can drive her clean 4 others I'll gladly take the day off. I have a great daily driver for the one. 
Paul
Paul
Yep...I just got through spending the last 7 hours detailing my Vette and you'd better believe that if it were to rain tomorrow, it would stay in the garage!
I did the whole routine...Dawn wash, #7 polish, NXT, interior detail, cleaned inside the wheels and wheel-wells,... takes a long time! No way is it getting dirty out in the rain anytime soon...
Burning Brakes
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From: Discovery Bay...of Sunny CA
Originally Posted by Rans98
For me, I really enjoy polishing and waxing while its raining out A few beverages and i'm in business. No I don't drive in the rain and my 98 hasn't been in the rain. When the sun is out and its nice, for me, its time to drive it.
I get a lot of pleasure shining it up in the garage, no question about it!
My DD is not so shabby either
A few beverages and i'm in business. No I don't drive in the rain and my 98 hasn't been in the rain. When the sun is out and its nice, for me, its time to drive it. I get a lot of pleasure shining it up in the garage, no question about it!
My DD is not so shabby either
My 98 also has never been in the rain... And she now has 19xxx miles..
Just say
to the rain...
Le Mans Master
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From: Central Coast CA
Originally Posted by schpenxel
ive got over 170K miles on mine and drive it everyday and it still looks great...the combination of plastic and fiberglass body panels do a great job at preventing little dings/dents.
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From: Raleigh, NC
St. Jude Donor '15
whatever...some of you ppl are insane over these cars, you can inspect my wheelwells all you want to, i've driven thru everything in this thing and they look fine.
doesnt matter either way...I'll keep driving mine thru everything and be happy and you will keep doing whatever you want and also will be happy, so its not that big a deal, we're both happy in our vettes
doesnt matter either way...I'll keep driving mine thru everything and be happy and you will keep doing whatever you want and also will be happy, so its not that big a deal, we're both happy in our vettes
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Drifting
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From: Issaquah Wa.
[QUOTE=gs20]not many of you guys must live in florida,here in Ft Myers it rained 46 straight days. You drive in the rain or you stay at home. LOL[/QU
Rain????You think you know rain!!! come to seattle! know rain!! 
and no I dont drive in the rain unless I get cought!
Rain????You think you know rain!!!
come to seattle! know rain!! and no I dont drive in the rain unless I get cought!
Melting Slicks
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From: Paducah Ky
I have had mine in the rain a few times, but it was when I have been out of town and coming back home. If I have a choice I don't drive it in the rain because I can't drive it the way I like to. Also, although I don't mind giving it a good cleaning the time to do it is sometimes hard to find. It is not my DD and I like to keep it looking good. Ok, let me be perfectly honest. I HATE getting caught in the rain in it. 
Burning Brakes
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From: Bakersfield, Blown 402 Z06 Ca
Originally Posted by MyVetteDream
I can attest ... they will not only melt .. but they can shrink too!
Le Mans Master
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From: Central Coast CA
Originally Posted by schpenxel
whatever...some of you ppl are insane over these cars, you can inspect my wheelwells all you want to, i've driven thru everything in this thing and they look fine.
Team Owner
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From: salem OR
Originally Posted by wolfmd
Rain water typically doesn't leave spots because it's not hard water. My '04 is a daily driver no matter what the weather. However if I lived in an area that had snow with salted roads I wouldn't want to take it out as the salt can be corrosive to metal parts.
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From: Oak View Ca
Never Never Will She See A Drop
As long as I have her she’ll never see a rain drop. I check the weather every night just to make sure there’s not a cloud for hundreds of miles. If there is I break out the bike. It only takes 3 hours to get show ready after a soggy ride to work and back. You can do what you want but I would at least put a old towel on the floor to dry your feet. To the guy that says there’s a little girl in every drop. I get covered in girl every time it rains. You should get a bike too.
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Racer
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From: Oak View Ca
Never Never Will She See A Drop
As long as I have her she’ll never see a rain drop. I check the weather every night just to make sure there’s not a cloud for hundreds of miles. If there is I break out the bike. It only takes 3 hours to get show ready after a soggy ride to work and back. You can do what you want but I would at least put a old towel on the floor to dry your feet. To the guy that says there’s a little girl in every drop. I get covered in girl every time it rains. You should get a bike too.
Instructor
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From: Ruskin Fl
I used to wash my car in the rain.
I figured it's got less chemicals than my bucket water and I didn't have to rinse! A soft mitt kept any scratching very minor concern. Now the lightning can be a real concern.
I admit that the showers in Florida make your car either a garage queen or regularly exposed. We just live with bug corpses. Wax and Rain-X are keep the removal manageable but then a white anything is openly inviting dirt 'scarring'. That and that butt collector.
I wonder when Chevy will give up on those recessd back lights. The bottom lip seems to find acidic particles that leave those little itsy bitsy dots of impossible to remove crap. You would have thought that they would test this in a wind-tunnel. Instead of smoke, throw a little ground burnt cork in the fan. Wherever it collects, eliminate the collector.
I figured it's got less chemicals than my bucket water and I didn't have to rinse! A soft mitt kept any scratching very minor concern. Now the lightning can be a real concern.
I admit that the showers in Florida make your car either a garage queen or regularly exposed. We just live with bug corpses. Wax and Rain-X are keep the removal manageable but then a white anything is openly inviting dirt 'scarring'. That and that butt collector.
I wonder when Chevy will give up on those recessd back lights. The bottom lip seems to find acidic particles that leave those little itsy bitsy dots of impossible to remove crap. You would have thought that they would test this in a wind-tunnel. Instead of smoke, throw a little ground burnt cork in the fan. Wherever it collects, eliminate the collector.
