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tinypanzer · #3 02-17-2010, 11:35 PM

Yeah, but you live in Michigan..... If you lived in Florida where the rain can come down in sheets and buckets, almost instantly, then I think you'd be singing the same tune as I am. I've got two W126s and unless they are both in need of the exact same amount of lubrication, then I don't think that's the issue. The real issue is that Germans have never seen a Florida downpour, where you can literally have flash flooding on a road within seconds.

Normally, I don't drive in those conditions, but the weather can change VERY quickly down here and you can get swamped by the rain while you're still trying to find an exit off the interstate.

This is actually the reason I quit driving my trusty '78 Volare. One time the rain came down so hard and fast that I had a very hard time getting off the interstate without death. I couldn't go faster than 45 without hydroplaning, and going 45 in a 70 in the pouring rain is a great way to get flattened by a semi. I was on the way back from a funeral, and I decided right then that if I didn't quit driving that car everywhere that I would be attending my own funeral very shortly. That's when I went out and bought a 300SE.

Now I feel very safe behind the wheel, but when it pours, the wipers just can't wipe fast enough.