Thats a lot of water!

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  1. Demo24

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    Geez today has to be the most water I've ever seen dumped around these parts. Decided to go home around 5:40 today, pulled up to an intersection to find it underwater :eek3: I'd say around 5inches or so of water was in there. Was actually kind of fun, except for all the passing cars throwing water on my car:eek:

    These tires have pretty good grip levels in the rain. Was kind of surprised I never had a 'scary' moment, even under hard braking.
     
  2. 5spdfrk

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    Be careful when you drive through deep puddles. Because I blew a radiator fan fuse once when I went through a puddle that was deeper than I thought. It caused me to overheat a little further down the road.
     
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    I agree too much rain, it should clear up for this weekends event (s) at turner field though. p.s. AWD in foul weather RULES!
     
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    even though i have AWD i hate driving in the rain. especially when its raining and its nighttime :( But yea, apparently our school sucks @ drainage so we have huge puddles everywhere. Like half the sidewalks are underwater.
     
  5. Demo24

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    I wasn't going very fast, so I wasn't worried about that. Wouldn't have minded letting it loose in there though :)


    oh and I love a waxed windshield! Makes the water just roll right up, if its not raining to hard I don't even need wipers :)
     
  6. MrCoffeeATL

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    I had some unwanted drifto action on mnt vernon highway.No more rain!
     
  7. Demo24

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    interesting, I actually tried to get some action going but the car just didn't want to bother. Did however manage to get the right side tires spinning on some leaves in a 2nd gear stint!
     
  8. Greg

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    I never saw any rain... I had to work from 6am to 10pm... I'm one unhappy camper right now.
     
  9. miloman

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    what? it rained non stop all day here
     
  10. Greg

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    At least I'm not the only one :)
     
  11. Demo24

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    lol, well while you were tolling away we got around 4-5 inches of rain :rofl:
     

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