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Old 11-06-2003, 09:39 AM
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anyone else have to drive in that shit this morning? The civic really needed a snorkel to get through the boulevard/broad st. intersection-i'd say a good 2 feet of standing water.

stupid rain/humidity.
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:00 AM
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It's great to have all-wheel drive..... I almost live for inclimate weather sometimes
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:11 AM
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holy shit the interstate was fucking packed so i got off on boulevard.. and i had to fuckin go through the standing water.. I was scared as hell that my car would suck up water into my intake.. Every deep area i would clutch in.
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:42 AM
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Sucked, didn't it? Weather like this make me love my Jeep even more
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Old 11-06-2003, 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by HondaCrusher
It's great to have all-wheel drive.....
That's not what the two tow drivers were saying when they were getting my jeep outta the parking deck to Chrysler (took TWO trucks!)
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Old 11-06-2003, 11:03 AM
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I had to take laburnum all the way down from staples mills to the airport. i think i was tredding water almost all the way there...and then to top it off fucken idiots wanna be stupid and drive extra fast splashin water onto my car and i had no site of the road for a good minute so i stopped. afta i got it off my windshield i notice i almost got ran off the fucken road n into a ditch...idiots need to be more considerate of other drives too >;[
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Thats why ya need a truck and a car!!!
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Thats why ya need a truck and a car!!!
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Old 11-06-2003, 12:34 PM
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Originally posted by SEVENSEVENTYZ
That's not what the two tow drivers were saying when they were getting my jeep outta the parking deck to Chrysler (took TWO trucks!)
if you'd broken it good enough it would roll right on the flatbad


and for the record, AWD sucks in the rain w/ high power and limited slip rear. my car goes sideways when clouds even think about coming near me.
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Old 11-06-2003, 01:08 PM
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flatbed couldnt go in the deck
they wouldnt tow it in nuetral w/ all time 4 wheel drive down broad cause it kept slipping into drive
2 tow trucks - 1 car...
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