Rain Rant
 

I want the rain to stop. Seriously. It has been raining here for over a month straight and we haven't gotten any decent weather since I don't know when. I want to drive my 911 with the top down soon and not have to use it to go through puddles larger than the front spoiler. Seriously, you should see the poor car driving through huge puddles as if it were a rally car. Props to it for taking all the rain abuse. I want to go out and hang out with friends and play outside sports. Anyway, I have had enough rain. Take a look at the forecast... more rain:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=94556

For some reason, I am almost sure it will rain on Thursday as well. :mad:

Edit: I should mention this is my 1 week Spring Break.

Quit yer *****'n.

We don't see the sun from December 'til March here.

And it's not rain we get then, it's snow.

It will rain from now 'til May.

Oh, and we've had a tornado touch down within 50 miles every weekend the past three weeks.

And we like it that way.

Jeez, what a whiner. Oohh, it's raining and has for a little short bit. Please, the entire rest of the year the weather is perfect for top down driving. You don't have anything to complain about. Even I've got it pretty good compared to the guys that live in snow country or Washington/Oregon.

You guys crack me up. Thanks for cheering me up :D. Wow, a tornado already? Hope all of you are safe down in "tornado alley".

As a Seattle resident, all I got to say is.....

BO0-F*CKING-HOO.

Cali residents griping about rain.....classic.

We could use a little rain - when the sky did open up it dropped down 8 inchs all at once. Poor management - must be Bush's fault!

Matt,
Californians are spoiled. We all think some rain is pretty cool on the first day. On the second day the novelty wears off. On the third day we're bored with it & wish it would go away so we can go outdoors & play. Just be glad you aren't living where some of the other guys live, where they get serious rain. HardDrive knows all about it. I was in Washington (Ft. Lewis) for over a year & only saw Mt. Raineer (Sp.?) three times. I understand they have a high suicide rate up there because of depression.

Send some our way. I promise we will not complain.

Seattle, Vancouver, all the same stuff.

But it did rain a lot more than usual in CA last year and on, didn't it?

I think so. I don't remember much from last year's weather though. This year it's been raining continuosly for a straight month other than a couple of semi-nice days.:(

We Californians are spoiled but I have to agree with Matt. My car battery is going to die again if I don't drive it soon or disconnect the negative.

Rain, rain go away...

Hey Chris -- your son has an '05 MINI? Wow, he's lucky to start out so well off.

Uh Matt,

You currently drive a 911. Really doesn't get better than that for a first car. :cool:

Speaking of starting out well off...
"86 911: Teenage member" :D

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to start the usual flaming like so many here do, I just found it funny. I'm a university student myself and when folks see a little Korean dude driving a Porsche, I can tell they're thinking 'he's just a spoiled Asian kid'. Of course they don't care how hard I worked to get this car.

Blah. Just wanted to say that for a while. Did you decide on your new car?

Yeah, I'm just emphasizing the lucky few who get nice cars when they are young. Most kids at my school drive either older beaters, or newer hondas. I recall only one kid as a senior last year drove a new MINI. MINI = BMW = German Engineering = the ultimate driving experience!

Not yet.. still browsing. Actually I'm going to fix the 911 up to correct CA standards and keep it. I might just get a cheap commuter car (BMW 3 series or similair) for college. Of course the 911 will still get most of the miles though.

Glad you decided to keep the 911. Cheap commuter car - BMW?!?! I spend most of my week driving in traffic and parking in lots where I have no control. I chose a cheap Toyota Corolla. Great gas mileage, cheap upkeep and is decked out in urban camo - door dings/fender damage. Not a chick car, but is reliable and easy to drive. Anyway, have fun, you are only young once.

Dave

How about investing in a hardtop for the 911? Maybe add EFI kit, get better fuel economy. Doing both should still be cheaper than a BMW, no? Emission problems, maybe?

Guys, as long as your car is galzanized (post 1975, yes?), you can drive in the rain. Hell, I drive a TARGA in the rain. Drip...drip....drip.......

Won, I wish I could do that, but CA smog laws have extremely strict emissions standards for cars built after '75. I have to pass smog every 2 years with my '76 cabriolet with the '78 3.0 engine. I could go on with that rant as I have in about 5 other threads I've started regarding my dislike for these smog laws.

HardDrive, I like you're thinking. My car takes all sorts of abuse in the rain. Just Saturday I drove through a number of huge puddles and you could just see the water splashing up all over (as well as mud). When i got back, my rear quarters and rockers were drenched in mud. My car is a disgrace to garage queens everywhere. LOL.

That reminds me of a short conversation I had with Jason at Vancouver Pelican meet:

"So does yours leak?"
"Yeah, a couple drops around the return pipes..."
"No, I mean the top."
"Oh, it doesn't leak anymore."
"So you FIXED the leak, eh?"
"Right..."

911's don't melt in the rain.

Well, it actually has been raining like crazy this winter in NoCal. 29 inches this winter so far, about 140% of normal, and March had more days of rain (25 in SF) than any year since 1904 (reords kept since 1850). 8 inches of rain in March. Seems like the rain started in late Nov or early Dec and there's hardly been a 3 day period without rain since then.

We've had hail in Berkeley and snow in Marin. We're starting to get mudslides, this first couple weeks of the kids' soccer have been cancelled, and its going to be a heck of a fire season this summer.

On the flip side, the ski season has been great and California has stored up enough water to get through 2 years of drought.

I'm now commuting between Portland OR and Berkeley CA - and the weather is lots nicer in Portland.

+1.

Re: Rain Rant
 

I see your lips moving but I cannot hear anything. Is this a request for sympathy?

I was supposed to fly up to SF to pick up my new Ducati, but the rain is whacking the state but good. Looks like Wednesday might be a break in the action.

Yes, I know motorcycles don't melt in the rain, but if I can avoid doing 8 hours in a driving raingstorm, I'm going to do it...

+2

That is the type of attitude that has gotten you where you are today!

"fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son..."

- Dean Wormer

And who's the one who chose to live in Seattle, buddy? ;)

Hey Matt,

If you don't like the rain go to ASU. Pheonix didn't get rain for better than 100 days this winter.

well originally my fathers company when i was 11

but i have left 3 times and keep coming back.

have done my 3 years in California. and if it wasn't for the job offer i never would have gone there. if it is over 85 i hated it.

the only 2 weeks of the year i enjoyed were the two weeks in January that it rained and i had to wear pants. otherwise it was to hot and smoggy for me. good thing i got to travel for that job. was able to be out of town 30+ weekends a year

so you can stay down there in your dirty little furnace.

I guess I have a right to complain about the rain. It caused our road to San Francisco, Highway 1 at the infamous Devil's Slide, to live up to its name. It'll be closed indefinately, probably a few months. Before, my wife commuted 25 minutes to SF, while I drove the kid to school, 15 minutes away. Now, it's 3 hours to SF and 2 hours to school.:( :( I can honestly say this is stressing me out.

That's the price you pay for living in one of the most scenic areas in the country.

Yes, it is. Devil's Slide looks just like Big Sur. Fun to drive on in the P-car, too. We'll just deal with it. My co-worker's wife and 9-year old son are going to stay in a hotel near her work and his school.

I couldn't agree with you more, where the hell is the sun? I moved here for the sun, NOT the rain, well actually I moved here for my wife, but still I escaped THE land of rain. Please bring back the sun because I've turned into a Californian rain complaining weakling.

Matt

I love that phrase.

It always reminds me of the Firesign Theatre character, Nick Danger! :)

Los Angeles, he walks again by night. Out of the fog, into the smog. (cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly (NICK: I wonder where Ruth is), doggedly (woof woof), toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At Fourth and Drucker he turns left. At Drucker and Fourth he turns right. He crosses MacArthur Park and walks into a great sandstone building (NICK: ooh - my nose). Groping for the door (ring) he steps inside (ring) climbs the thirteen steps to his office (ring). He walks in (ring). He's ready for mystery (ring). He's ready for excitement (ring). He's ready for anything (ring). He's... (answers phone)

NICK: "Nick Danger, third eye."

CALLER: "I want to order a pizza to go and no anchovies."

NICK: "No anchovies? You've got the wrong man. I spell my name Danger!" (HANGS UP).

CALLER: "What?"

What a great sequence! Thanks, Todd.. :D