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deathbynosleep
06-10-2005, 06:27 PM
Isn't it weird how it always seems to rain the day after you wash your car?
TBlazeruss44
06-10-2005, 08:45 PM
YUP!!! It's quite a weird phenomenon....It would be nice to get a few nice days in between washes!!! :)
02EnvoySLE Guy
06-10-2005, 10:17 PM
haha today I washed my truck inside the garage, WHILE it was raining :D :p
MoJoe
06-10-2005, 10:42 PM
That happens to a lot of people I know. I just normally have a bird fly by an ch!t on mine. About 1 out of 3 times. :mad:
Jman423
06-10-2005, 11:34 PM
I have been able to wash mine once since I have had it, and now it won't stop raining. Now theres a freaken TROPICAL STORM out there thats dumping bucket loads on Florida.
Someone needs to start a thread bashing the hurricanes and tropical storms. Something tells me that members from the the southeast region would fill it up!! ;)
tb_ky
06-11-2005, 12:46 AM
It either rains or i get behind a semi hauling dirt, gravel, etc. without a cover over it because they are inconsiderate dumb asses around here who dont care if a boulder flies out of their poorly loaded semi truck trailer into someones vehicle
Jman423
06-11-2005, 12:47 AM
It either rains or i get behind a semi hauling dirt, gravel, etc. without a cover over it because they are inconsiderate dumb asses around here who dont care if a boulder flies out of their poorly loaded semi truck trailer into someones vehicle
TELL IT BROTHER!! :eek:
sallen
06-11-2005, 02:10 AM
I have been able to wash mine once since I have had it, and now it won't stop raining. Now theres a freaken TROPICAL STORM out there thats dumping bucket loads on Florida.
Someone needs to start a thread bashing the hurricanes and tropical storms. Something tells me that members from the the southeast region would fill it up!! ;)
I hate tropical weather, after living here last year wow i wasnt ready to hear about arlene and its just the start of the season we wont be able to wash our truck until november
shay
Jman423
06-11-2005, 02:16 AM
I hate tropical weather, after living here last year wow i wasnt ready to hear about arlene and its just the start of the season we wont be able to wash our truck until november
shay
Yeah, I think we suffered enough for the whole country last season. A lightpole almost fell on my van last year during hurricane Charlie, I'd be PISSED is something happens to my new TB, hopefully after those 4 storms, theres not too much left that can fall over. (Wishful thinking!!)
02EnvoySLE Guy
06-11-2005, 12:13 PM
Yeah, I think we suffered enough for the whole country last season. A lightpole almost fell on my van last during hurricane Charlie, I'd be PISSED is something happens to my new TB, hopefully after those 4 storms, theres not too much left that can fall over. (Wishful thinking!!)
Lightpole + Van + Charlie = why are you picking on me?? :o
Back when I first got my liscense, I had a 94 Astro van. About a month after I got the liscense, I was going down the road doing 35 MPH (speed limit) and a guy in a cadillac backed out of his driveway in front of me. Being that I didn't have time to stop, I punched the accelerator and swerved out of the way. When I swerved back into my lane, I must have overcorrected (or the top-heavy weight of the van pulled it farther than I intended) and hit the curb. Doing about 40.
Long story short, it popped a tire and sent me on a collision course with a street lamp. I hit it doing well over 30MPH. The pole fell about 2 feet away from smashing through the roof on a house, and I did about $12,000 in damage to the van. Now, keep in mind this was a 94 Astro with about 93K miles on it; blue book at the time (2001) was less than $4000. Yet the insurance cut me a check for $12,000 with which I bought my 98 Blazer LT.
Kinda sucks that I trashed the truck that way, but I wasn't complaning when I got about 3x the value from it :laugh:
Jman423
06-11-2005, 12:25 PM
.......the insurance cut me a check for $12,000 with which I bought my 98 Blazer LT.
Nice, don't you wish it worked out like that all of the time...
02EnvoySLE Guy
06-11-2005, 03:46 PM
Nice, don't you wish it worked out like that all of the time...
Yeah I know. I got lucky with that one, bigtime. If I had gotten so lucky with that blazer I might be driving a brand new 05 envoy instead of the 02 :D
Truckweb
06-11-2005, 11:09 PM
That happens to a lot of people I know. I just normally have a bird fly by an ch!t on mine. About 1 out of 3 times. :mad:
I have the same problem here... Bird don't seem to like the color of any of my vehicle, they all ch!t on them.... And it allways amaze me how hard it is to clean those dump they do, once it's all dry on your paint or windshield.... :mad:
FattyTBEXT
06-12-2005, 07:47 AM
I washed mine yesterday and it only waited about 2 hrs before it started raining... :mad:
MoJoe
06-12-2005, 09:30 AM
You guys are going about it the wrong way. Wash it while it is raining, saves times and water :D
M Roc
06-17-2005, 12:07 AM
Ha, I'll take rain anyday. For me it seems like the birds know my cleaning schedule. My favorite are the landscapers and thoughtful people blowing the crap from their lawns or sidewalks into the street. Nothing tops off a good washing better than driving through a cloud of dirt
Donutboy97
06-17-2005, 12:44 PM
the worst is when you look at the weather and it calls for rain, so you decide not to wash the cars, but then it never does rain. :mad: damn you weather.com :p
Jman423
06-18-2005, 12:33 AM
It really sucks here in Orlando, we get those daily afternoon thunderstorms. It rains just enough to get that nasty road spray all over your truck, then it turns beautiful again. Then there are the days when you get heat stroke just trying to detail your ride. Its give and take...
MoJoe
06-18-2005, 09:55 AM
It really sucks here in Orlando, we get those daily afternoon thunderstorms. It rains just enough to get that nasty road spray all over your truck, then it turns beautiful again. Then there are the days when you get heat stroke just trying to detail your ride. Its give and take...
My friend lives in Orlando, and when I have to travel to the Jax Naval base this time of year, I can set my watch by the thunderstorms :laugh: Seem to happen the same time everyday.
jauto98
06-18-2005, 05:25 PM
Lightpole + Van + Charlie = why are you picking on me?? :o
Back when I first got my liscense, I had a 94 Astro van. About a month after I got the liscense, I was going down the road doing 35 MPH (speed limit) and a guy in a cadillac backed out of his driveway in front of me. Being that I didn't have time to stop, I punched the accelerator and swerved out of the way. When I swerved back into my lane, I must have overcorrected (or the top-heavy weight of the van pulled it farther than I intended) and hit the curb. Doing about 40.
Long story short, it popped a tire and sent me on a collision course with a street lamp. I hit it doing well over 30MPH. The pole fell about 2 feet away from smashing through the roof on a house, and I did about $12,000 in damage to the van. Now, keep in mind this was a 94 Astro with about 93K miles on it; blue book at the time (2001) was less than $4000. Yet the insurance cut me a check for $12,000 with which I bought my 98 Blazer LT.
Kinda sucks that I trashed the truck that way, but I wasn't complaning when I got about 3x the value from it :laugh:
Hmm... that reminds me of a commercial an insurance company is running... Liberty something (about a shopping cart causing a telephone pole to crash on a car). Glad you made out 02EnvoySLE Guy and that no one got hurt.
CTB02
06-18-2005, 11:24 PM
I dont know about you guys but rain is the least of my worries. POLLEN is ridiculous here in Massachusetts. I just sprayed it down in the morning before I left for work (in company vehicle) and when I came home it was green again. Its terrible.
Jman423
06-19-2005, 12:23 AM
My friend lives in Orlando, and when I have to travel to the Jax Naval base this time of year, I can set my watch by the thunderstorms :laugh: Seem to happen the same time everyday.
Your right, you could pretty much set your watch to it... But I hear that BP Gas Stations give you a free car wash if it rains within 24 hours of your last wash. Sounds to me like they would go broke, I have to look into this... Anyone else heard that before?
02EnvoySLE Guy
06-19-2005, 01:36 AM
I hear that BP Gas Stations give you a free car wash if it rains within 24 hours of your last wash. Sounds to me like they would go broke, I have to look into this... Anyone else heard that before?
:eek: never heard of that one before.... but that's awesome!
deathbynosleep
06-19-2005, 09:59 AM
I dont know about you guys but rain is the least of my worries. POLLEN is ridiculous here in Massachusetts. I just sprayed it down in the morning before I left for work (in company vehicle) and when I came home it was green again. Its terrible.
Yeah it gets pretty bad here too. I have a black car also. If it doesn't rain the next day i still have to as least wipe off the pollen.
Jman423
06-19-2005, 11:35 PM
Ah pollen, I'm glad we don't deal with that too much here, I used to live in PA also, so I know how bad it can get.