[Porsche-O-Phile]

Body shops in SoCal pray for the first rain of the season. It's madness - months of oil, grease, etc. all floats up and makes the road like a skating rink. Add to that all the traffic and generally incompetent drivers out there (plus overly aggressive driving habits) and it's a money printing press for them.

I remember a few years ago we got the first rainfall in about 8 months while I was at work. Took one look at the Sigalert map and said "screw this". It would've taken hours to get home (Glendale / Burbank to Long Beach - normally an hour or so) if I made it at all without being rear-ended by some idiot. I called up a friend, went to BBG (Burbank Bar & Grille - cool place I liked to go to occasionally) and had a nice dinner, then stayed in a hotel room down the street from work that night. Wasn't worth dealing with the driving conditions.