Rain., How much does it scare you? Options

[emerygt350]

I pretty much hide my 914 if it even looks like it might drizzle. Optima battery. I fearlessly drive my 84 gt350 all summer rain or shine.


Am I paranoid? They both go into hiding during the salt season.

[bbrock]

I pretty much hide my 914 if it even looks like it might drizzle. Optima battery. I fearlessly drive my 84 gt350 all summer rain or shine.


Am I paranoid? They both go into hiding during the salt season.

I love driving mine in the rain. I often roll it out of the garage when it rains to get a free car wash. One of my favorite things is to drive with the top off in a moderate rain. As long as you keep moving at a decent speed, you stay dry and get some funny looks. I just wish I could find some modern wipers that will mount on the 7mm arms.

It does get parked during snow season though, which seven months of the year.

[bdstone914]

I pretty much hide my 914 if it even looks like it might drizzle. Optima battery. I fearlessly drive my 84 gt350 all summer rain or shine.


Am I paranoid? They both go into hiding during the salt season.

I love driving mine in the rain. I often roll it out of the garage when it rains to get a free car wash. One of my favorite things is to drive with the top off in a moderate rain. As long as you keep moving at a decent speed, you stay dry and get some funny looks. I just wish I could find some modern wipers that will mount on the 7mm arms.

It does get parked during snow season though, which seven months of the year.

@bbrock

Pelican carries the wipers for the original 7mm arms
Call and ask for Wes at ext 231.

[hndyhrr]

The Pumpkin does not go out in the rain! She doesn't even get a hose bath. Its more like a sponge bath for her. lol

[SKL1]

Probably haven't had the wipers on in either car for over a decade, probably two decades for the '71.
Even when I did drive the '71 in the rain the old RainEx worked really well as long as you were moving...

Doesn't rain much (except for this year's monsoon season) where we've moved!

[Spoke]

Like my 930, my 914 has no redeeming qualities in the rain. I drive way too aggressively in both cars to be comfortable in the rain. No ABS, no traction control and no AC.

However I did recently drive from Allentown to Pittsburgh in my 914 in a driving rain. Afterwards I had 2 inches of water in the trunk and had to leave the lid open and all things out of the trunk for a couple of days.

[930cabman]

Like my 930, my 914 has no redeeming qualities in the rain. I drive way too aggressively in both cars to be comfortable in the rain. No ABS, no traction control and no AC.

However I did recently drive from Allentown to Pittsburgh in my 914 in a driving rain. Afterwards I had 2 inches of water in the trunk and had to leave the lid open and all things out of the trunk for a couple of days.

ditto, I never take any of my sporting machines if rain is in the forecast, but have been caught a couple times. Years ago most 914 drivers did not have a "winter car" and exposed their cars to salt covered roads, now we have RD to put Humpty back together again.

[ChrisFoley]

I generally consider 914s to be hydrophobic. So I avoid taking them out if its raining, and I wash and dry them very carefully.
With one exception - a well prepared 914 can be quite exciting to drive on a wet race track.

[wonkipop]

well its been many years since i drove the 914 in real rain.

half a life time ago.

but it was as per @bbrock .

flat out in heavy rain at 60 mph + watching the rain fly up over the windscreen.
of course the top was off.
and i did not need to stop.

was in australia too so the gum trees were going off - heavy eucaplytis scent.



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who cares if it rusts.

but i do worry about all the SUVs tanking at it around me were i to do it now.
i'm running 165 XAS which are just fine in the dry but real marginal in the wet.
given how panic merchants hit the brakes in traffic around you these days.

[Cairo94507]

I have driven mine in the rain but not on purpose. I am not that concerned about it getting wet- I am concerned about the r-tard kids and soccer moms driving way over the speed limit while tweeting and taking selfies who can't stop in time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[mate914]

I don't mind the rain as long as my windshield does not fog up.
Please remember we only get so much time on the earth. Live life to the fullest, love all you can, stand tall for all that is good, pure ,true and life giving.


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[mepstein]

I don't mind the rain as long as my windshield does not fog up.
Please remember we only get so much time on the earth. Live life to the fullest, love all you can, stand tall for all that is good, pure ,true and life giving.


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[GregAmy]

...a well prepared 914 can be quite exciting to drive on a wet race track.

Amen! As long as you have good tires, of course...

[emerygt350]

Yes, it's not the traction that scares me. It's the rust monster.

[brant]

I love racing in the rain
And have the advantage over so many cars on a very wet track

I’ve driven my street car a thousand times in rain and snow
Once coming back from a RT 66 event in Flagstaff I crossed three small passes each with a separate snow storm and rain much of the day on a 1000 mile run in 14 hours (personal record)

Had a couple of inches of water in each trunk and the passenger compartment when I got home that night

[930cabman]

I don't mind the rain as long as my windshield does not fog up.
Please remember we only get so much time on the earth. Live life to the fullest, love all you can, stand tall for all that is good, pure ,true and life giving.


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[BENBRO02]

Very scary! My defroster fan doesn’t work and the car leaks so much that the car had waves on the floors when I drove to Florida a couple years ago. Live life to the fullest but also try to survive. I bought Led taillights after that trip to help make my 914 more visible. I’ll fix the fan later when I install the front sway bar. I hope this doesn’t come into play driving to Okteenerfest next month (1,000 miles total).

[oakdalecurtis]

Rain never, as I run with no rain tray since I installed a BlazeCut fire suppression system under the engine lid.

[Shivers]

First time I got caught on the freeway in the rain with the top off was a surprise. Keep it above 50 and the rain didn't come in.

[brant]

I haven’t run a rain tray since the mid 80’s on any of the 4 914’s I’ve owned since then