. You just don't think, pop open the trunk and your rear speakers get a bath...not to mention a nice splashing on the contents of your trunk.
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It drives me crazy that on the rare occasion that I have to take the car out in the rain that whenever I open the trunk it dumps water on the rear speakers. I try to do it slow and easy but I often forget or don't have the patience. Do they make something to prevent that?
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Originally Posted by xxSPEEDDEMONxx
Dont Drive it in the Rain. 
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Originally Posted by cjlaw73
Try not to but when they are calling for potential tidal flooding (I live at the beach) you abandon ship in the rain.
...as a colleague so kindly demonstrated for me.
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Originally Posted by RedRider98
They changed this in later models (not sure what year). They made the weatherstrip extend down at the bottom to direct water away from the interior of the car.
with OMG.I just try and open the lid slooooowly.
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My '99 had this problem, but they lengthened the weatherstripping on the hatch in '00 and eliminated a lot of the problem. You can get the weatherstripping replaced, but it may be a little expensive.
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My last car was totalled in a flood. Trying to avoid this:
...as a colleague so kindly demonstrated for me.
...as a colleague so kindly demonstrated for me.
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I've just gotten used to it,
The same thing would happen to my T/A so I just learned to deal with it..
I just open the trunk up slowly, and let the water drip between the trunk seal gap...
Oh, and its really fun to turn traction control off and do some nice donuts in the rain..
The same thing would happen to my T/A so I just learned to deal with it..
I just open the trunk up slowly, and let the water drip between the trunk seal gap...
Oh, and its really fun to turn traction control off and do some nice donuts in the rain..
