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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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Default freaking rain is horrible
driving home from work everything was flooded i had to drive in some pretty bad flooded areas know my freaking check engine light came on dammm
i think i might be all that water hitting the opti
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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driving home from work everything was flooded i had to drive in some pretty bad flooded areas know my freaking check engine light came on dammm
i think i might be all that water hitting the opti
Might be, and '94 is unvented, hopefully you didn't get too much moisture in there, that will be death to the opti.
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Yeah i went through several inches of water and I couldn't brake for about 50 feet, seriously i was scared. lol
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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Yeah i went through several inches of water and I couldn't brake for about 50 feet, seriously i was scared. lol
i know huh lol i work in sanpedro its really raining bad my boss told everyone to go home cause the parking lot was getting flooded i thought the formy was going to float away lol
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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go spray some simple green on your undercarriage and have at the puddles.
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my 69 is sitting outside. Alot of first gens are real prone to the trunks leaking... not sure why, even with new weatherstripping, etc. Had to use a towel to get the puddle out of the trunk after yesterdays rain and I'm sure it will be the same after this one. good times.
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on rainy days i just close the bottom of my FTRA and open the top where the rubber molding can be removed and then i am free of hydrolocks!!
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I drove from LAX to Perris in this rain today. I hate driving in the rain. Too many spin outs. I drove 50 mph all the way home. My son spun out and landed in a ditch on his way home in his 93 Formula about an hour ago. Luckily both he and the car were OK.
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I worked in the rain 14 hours yesterday and 10 today, and im in Baskersfield. Im supposed to be home Friday night but with the snow level at 3500 ft I doubt ill make it over the grapevine or through Lancaster without the roads being closed.
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**** today really sucked had to do a lot of moving and snapped the rear axle in my suburban. Good thing its 4x4
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I just found out that I have ZERO traction in hail. Even taking off in second gear kicked in my traction control. Probably the only situation where I don't like steering the car to go straight.
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just saw a video of a fire fighter pushing a silver LS1 Z28 W/t-tops out of the flood!
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Yea my check engine light was flashing too but I doubt it was from the rain. It was a loose spark plug wire and I have no clue how that happened. My t-tops are leaking though
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rained hard up here in norcal also . . .
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Originally Posted by Skidog5150
I drove from LAX to Perris in this rain today. I hate driving in the rain. Too many spin outs. I drove 50 mph all the way home. My son spun out and landed in a ditch on his way home in his 93 Formula about an hour ago. Luckily both he and the car were OK.
I drive from Fullerton to Elsinore everyday, I feel your pain....
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I wonder how many lock up engines are going to be out there.
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i'm not having trouble in the rain, my car loves the water

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my vette takes the rain pretty well too!

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Yea I think it is safe to say that my Corvette is not coming out of the garage for a while.
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HA!

Sucks to be a Californian.

It's raining like a ************ here too, but we aren't sinking into the ******* ocean at least.
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