Do you drive your pcar in the rain if you don't have to?
 

So its supposed to rain here in LA tomorrow maybe 1/2" during the evening rush hour. I'll be driving my Mazda 626 tomorrow to work because of the rain. I could drive the Targa, but it leaks, its a stick (bumper to bumper home in the rain) and I don't have to. The Mazda is just easier in bumper to bumper in the rain. If I get caught in the rain no big deal, but I'm not going to say "Gee, its raining, I think I'll take the Porsche today".

You learn alot about car-control in the rain and it's hella fun! It's got drip rails for a reason. ;)

I never drive my car in the rain if I can help it, but I don't consider her a "queen". When I drive her I drive her hard, but why take a single minute off her life driving her in conditions where I can't drive her the way I want anyway. The truck is for rain, the p-car is for fun.

Besides, I can go a month or two between washes and she still looks great, when all she sees are blue skies.

I do only because I have to - we only have the two cars. Can you say "Daily Driver" ?

Just be sure to make sure your carpets are dry after the rain.

I've got a leaky saratoga, and rain drips in around the corner of the windshield. I found a new leak above my left knee somewhere whilst going through the car wash (hey, it was either get wet or live with salt on the car).

I try to avoid the rain when I can, but I usually end up in the middle of it.

I usually don't drive her in the rain if I don't have to but that's not to say that I wouldn't. I love going 65+ in the rain and having the rain just fly off the windshield.

Friend of mine drove his Corvette in the rain. Now he has an Opel GT.

Sometimes I have no choice but to drive it in the snow/rain..

It has advantages though, I've become a pro at controlling it where I have low or zero traction..

I should get vanity plates... "RALLYCAR"

Sure, why not.

Scott

As 914 guys say "rust never sleeps". With a non-galvanized car, I don't take her out when I know it going to rain, but I also don't worry about it if I get caught in a rain shower.

The only reason I could see for not driving it would be the stop and go traffic. A stick is not much fun in that scenario. Otherwise, go ahead and drive the beast.

I don't drive in the rain but mostly because I am still sorting out how the rear cargo cubbies fill with water when I do...

I've owned my 911 for a bit over 4 years now. I've gotten caught in the rain 4 times coming back from car shows over the years. Two times were downpours, and the other two times was just a minor shower. (how pathetic is it that I can remember each time my car got wet...??)

The previous owner of my car told me he got caught in the rain only on several occasions during his 8 years of ownership. The first owner only drove the car on nice days as well. The car has never been in road salt. Though it's a shame to some degree that the car has basically been a 'queen' it's whole life, it's also kinda nice to have a completely corrossion free 15 year old car... Pluses and minuses to everything...

Jay
90 964

always. it has wipers, and a roof, so why not.

Oh no, they dissolve in the rain;)

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always, everyday...unavoidable.

I have always driven in the rain, but since I put on some Victoracers that are nearly worn down to slicks, I avoid it at all costs.

Only when I am caught in it. It takes too long to detail again :)

That's why I have the F-250 beast, but if I didn't, I would drive the P-car. Another thing is that when it rains in Cali, the drivers lose their minds. Rather get hit when in the truck than my 911.

-Chris

I live at the beach, so a lot of salt ladden air settles on the underside of the car, and a good hard drive in the rain gives it a good flush out. Mind you, it's the other guys I'm concerned about in the rain - in this country when it rains people drive even faster and closer. Maybe they think it's dangerous conditions and the sooner they get home the better.

Like John Walker says, it has wipers and a roof. I live just north of Seattle. If I didn't drive the 911 or ride the Harley in the rain, I wouldn't do much of either. The 911 is much more pleasant in the rain.