Rain-X
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Re: Rain-X
Dana Rohleder did pass the time by typing:
> Bill,
>
> I find Rain-X works great in the RAIN. I doubt S. Cal. would be a good
> proving ground - after all, it's not called Fog-X. Their anti-fog product is
> for the interior surface, and I've never tried it.
I did and the experience was less than good. In real cold temps
one puff of breath on the inside of my windshield and the whole thing
glazed over. YMMV but I was certainly glad to learn that quirk while
parked.
Found that a good coat of meguires wax on the side/back windows does wonders
for stopping snow/ice/mud from sticking. Not sure what it will do in colder weather
yet, but for warm weather it works well.
--
DougW
> Bill,
>
> I find Rain-X works great in the RAIN. I doubt S. Cal. would be a good
> proving ground - after all, it's not called Fog-X. Their anti-fog product is
> for the interior surface, and I've never tried it.
I did and the experience was less than good. In real cold temps
one puff of breath on the inside of my windshield and the whole thing
glazed over. YMMV but I was certainly glad to learn that quirk while
parked.
Found that a good coat of meguires wax on the side/back windows does wonders
for stopping snow/ice/mud from sticking. Not sure what it will do in colder weather
yet, but for warm weather it works well.
--
DougW
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Re: Rain-X
Dana Rohleder did pass the time by typing:
> Bill,
>
> I find Rain-X works great in the RAIN. I doubt S. Cal. would be a good
> proving ground - after all, it's not called Fog-X. Their anti-fog product is
> for the interior surface, and I've never tried it.
I did and the experience was less than good. In real cold temps
one puff of breath on the inside of my windshield and the whole thing
glazed over. YMMV but I was certainly glad to learn that quirk while
parked.
Found that a good coat of meguires wax on the side/back windows does wonders
for stopping snow/ice/mud from sticking. Not sure what it will do in colder weather
yet, but for warm weather it works well.
--
DougW
> Bill,
>
> I find Rain-X works great in the RAIN. I doubt S. Cal. would be a good
> proving ground - after all, it's not called Fog-X. Their anti-fog product is
> for the interior surface, and I've never tried it.
I did and the experience was less than good. In real cold temps
one puff of breath on the inside of my windshield and the whole thing
glazed over. YMMV but I was certainly glad to learn that quirk while
parked.
Found that a good coat of meguires wax on the side/back windows does wonders
for stopping snow/ice/mud from sticking. Not sure what it will do in colder weather
yet, but for warm weather it works well.
--
DougW
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Re: Rain-X
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
intended to deal with.
Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
"safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
you need to get stopped.
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Re: Rain-X
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
intended to deal with.
Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
"safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
you need to get stopped.
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Re: Rain-X
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
intended to deal with.
Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
"safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
you need to get stopped.
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Re: Rain-X
"Especially when you're pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
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Re: Rain-X
"Especially when you're pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
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Re: Rain-X
"Especially when you're pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
stopping distance?
"Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
> intended to deal with.
>
> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
> you need to get stopped.
>
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Well, yes, obviously. You might even be able to measure the
decreased distance with a micrometer and good microscope.
Heck, if a bug hits your windshield whilst you are chugging
along at 75 mph, your vehicle *is* slowed a microscopically
small amount. And of course you do know what the last thing
that goes thru that bug's mind as it hits your windshield is...
Approximately 11/11/03 11:06, Joe uttered for posterity:
> "Especially when you're pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a
> good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
> If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
> stopping distance?
>
> "Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>>
>>
>> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
>> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
>> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
>> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
>> intended to deal with.
>>
>> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
>> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
>> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
>> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
>> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
>> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
>> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
>> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
>> you need to get stopped.
>>
>
>
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
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Re: Rain-X
Well, yes, obviously. You might even be able to measure the
decreased distance with a micrometer and good microscope.
Heck, if a bug hits your windshield whilst you are chugging
along at 75 mph, your vehicle *is* slowed a microscopically
small amount. And of course you do know what the last thing
that goes thru that bug's mind as it hits your windshield is...
Approximately 11/11/03 11:06, Joe uttered for posterity:
> "Especially when you're pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a
> good 400 to 500 feet you need to get stopped."
> If you rear-end a minivan in that 400 to 500 feet does that decrease your
> stopping distance?
>
> "Simon Juncal" <sjuncal@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:3FB11B37.6010802@erols.com...
>>
>>
>> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>> > Tim, I live in Southern California where I must drive in fog. You can
>> > snow a snow bird, but you can't sh*t a Sh*t bird.
>> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Exactly you live in southern California. SoCal is one of the driest
>> area's in the entire US. Fog is not rain and and isn't what Rain-x is
>> intended to deal with.
>>
>> Try driving around the country for a couple years in a Frieghtliner with
>> and without rain-x... Rain-x might be the single best and cheapest
>> "safety upgrade" a driver can put on a big truck. And you seem to be a
>> fan of things things used on comercial trucks. It isn't perfect it seems
>> to eat at the leading edge of a wiper blade but the visibility
>> improvement (it can be hard to tell that it's raining if you were only
>> looking at your windshield) is well worth it. Especially when you're
>> pulling 70,000 to 80,000lb's at 65mph and need a good 400 to 500 feet if
>> you need to get stopped.
>>
>
>
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My governor can kick your governor's ***
