Subject: RainX - another testimonial

[Craig Lebakken]

Jan,

My experience also with Rain-X. It has been interesting
following this thread, how many people swear by it, how many
hate it. It seems that the majority like it. They also seem
to enjoy applying it regularly. My car is lucky to get
detailed twice a year - and that's when I give the windows
attention, inside and out. Otherwise, it is the occasional
washing, topping up the windshield wash bottle, wipe the
grime off the wiper with a medical alcohol swab, replace
wipers once a year. The only regular maintenance here, the
alcohol wipe, takes all of ten seconds, about once a month.
And it's free.

Once the Rain-X has degraded, IME about three weeks, you are
obligated to renew it, esp. if you want to see on a rainy
night (50-50 chance here in the PacNW). I hate it when my
car obligates me to do anything. I fix door handles, window
switches, door locks, odometers, dash lights, cruise
controls, etc., - when I WANT to.

Craig Lebakken
1986 4KQ

----- Original Message -----
From: <JanDebL at aol.com>
To: <tyoung at wamnet.com>; <lebakken at cdicadwa.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; <one at humanspeakers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: RainX - another testimonial


> When I was a kid there used to be a product called Glas
Wax.  It was a pink
> liquid - it looked like peptol bismol - people waxed their
house windows, car
> windshields and anything else they wanted to shed water.
I remember using it
> on plastic airplane windshields and it seemed to last
quite awhile.  I never
> had much luck with rainx.  I picked up a few samples at
the auto show and
> used them when I knew I had a long drive in the rain.  The
first time I used
> the wipers, (sooner or later you have to) the rainx was
gone.  I haven't
> flown for a while but I would guess there are some
aviation products that
> still work pretty well.
> Jan Lahtonen
>