Re: S4 Flooding...(with water??)

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

This brings back fond memories of driving my previous 5KT in the rain,
backing up, and getting drenched.  The only fault in my case was driver
stupidity.  Enough rain simply flows over the edge and gushes.  The drains
couldn't possible have kept up with it.

>Hairy green toads from Mars made Sheffield Corey say:
>
>>       If it make you feel any better, and it shouldn't, three times this year
>> after heavy rains as I brake at the end of my driveway, a torrent of water
>> rushes out the left side of my sunroof opening(closed) and goes right
>>down the
>> back of my neck...a real waker upper:-{ But it doesn't do it with every bad
>> rain... just the ocassional soaker...go figure??
>
>Have you checked the drain tubes for the sunroof? There are two in the back
>that go down the back pillar and out by the rear wheels, and (sometimes)
>two in the front that go down behind the engine compartment.
>
>They are little black rubber tubes, about 1/2" in diameter.
>
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>
>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)                 duane@zk3.dec.com
>Digital Equipment Corporation           (603)-881-1294
>110 Spit Brook Road
>M/S ZKO3-3/U14
>Nashua, NH    03062-2698
>
>Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL