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Posted by: flipb Oct 14 2010, 07:26 AM

I have a rare work-from-home day today. I have to run some errands around lunch time. Normally, that's a no-brainer: Take the Teener!

But it's gross, cool, and rainy today. I have a minor leak around the passenger window, but it's more that I'm just concerned about getting this rust-tastic thing soaking wet.

Drive it? Or take the boring DD?

Corollary: After driving in rain with headlights on/open, do other people leave the headlights open (I can quickly disconnect the battery with the "green knob" thing) to dry? Or is that pointless?

What else do others do/dry/check after driving in rain?

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 14 2010, 07:36 AM

I'd leave it at home.

Posted by: JmuRiz Oct 14 2010, 09:50 AM

Last time I drove mine in the rain the fuel pump died, so I just keep it inside these days when the weather is crap. Besides it's leaks like crazy (the weatherstripping, not the motor).

Posted by: type47 Oct 14 2010, 10:19 AM

Yea, leave it home. Today is a good day to wash the undercarriage of the daily driver I worked with a guy who was a Corvette fan with their fiberglass bodies. He'd cup his ear with his hand and say "Do you hear that? It's the sound of your Porsche rusting away"

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 14 2010, 10:34 AM

Your headlight buckets have drainage holes. Feel free to close them.

Zach

Posted by: jsayre914 Oct 14 2010, 11:37 AM

Leave it home, under an umbrella

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 14 2010, 12:41 PM

What? I can not believe you, who will drive your poor can in a monsoon or blinding salted snowstorm, is back up the "park it if its raining" crowd!

Who are you, and what did you do with Joe?

Zach

Posted by: jsayre914 Oct 14 2010, 02:07 PM

I am depressed, have not drove my car in MONTHS
If i cant drive Nobody drives

Posted by: ripper911 Oct 14 2010, 03:31 PM

I have to say it...

Thats why the car has windshield wipers and that black thing in the rear trunk that goes over your head.

When it's raining, my left arm/leg gets soaked... and the engine takes a minute to get going right, but it's a car!

Drive that thing! Rain, snow, ice, whatever!

Posted by: Eddie914 Oct 14 2010, 04:11 PM

Drive in the rain? ... in Seattle sometimes you just gotta ... like when there is a rainy track day!



I don't have any headlight buckets so I can't advise on that point. My car has a tough time drying out after a day like shown above ... there are more holes that let water in, than holes for the water to drain out ... maybe I just need to drill more drain holes!

Cheers

Eddie