If your in LA, and you got your Z in the last 6 MO.
 

The last two days was the first you have driven in the rain. How was it?
I was paranoid that everyone on the freeway was not paying attention, and I would be hit from behind.

I stayed in the slow lane all 11 miles to work this morning. I saw a BMW with its back bumper destroyed by another car, I got freakin scared.

Driving in the rain in California sucks no matter what car you're in. A little bit of water and some driver ignorance means everybody slipping and sliding into their neighboring lanes...

I took my usual DD out to work today. Normally it's a 40 minute drive, today it took two hours, and I ran across four accidents!

damn... its been raining here in houston for the past week, on and off. you can ask dreamer on how bad the weather sucks down here. but rain is gonna suck, period. imagine being on the road with mostly trucks x[

Well, what you have to understand is that Californians are hydrophobic, we don't deal well with rain water. :p

Ya I heard just yesterday alone there were 160+ accidents caused by the rain in socal.

No problems on my end. The car handles well and I felt secure on the road. Having said that, I agree that most southern Californians see rain and view it as an irritating inconvenience, speeding up to get to where they are going. It's always a dangerous situation, regardless of the car you are in. It's just unbelievable to look at a traffic map on a day with light rain and see the sheer volume of reported accidents.

I'd love to see you guys with the weather we get around here...lol

I think I'd see mass suicides and sh.t

Try working the center where you get to deal with all the accidents being reported. Its unbelievable how many people call for one accident as they're passing by it. And don't let it snow...thats just asking for trouble.

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you know wat, i grew up in the snowbelt state and when i lived in LA for a few years i thought you socal folks were so frikken funny cause you treat rain like ice and snow.

Irritating inconvenience? No no no, I think not. I think SoCalers don't know the difference between driving in wet and dry conditions. I've ridden in a family friend's car during a storm, and they just floored the pedals and ran it hard into corners like any dry day. Rain just showcases our ignorance, and further reinforces my belief that we need more stringent driving tests.

Of course, it doesn't help when you have a bunch of unlicensed / uninsured idiots on the road with you like in Los Angeles...

i got mine on feb when it was still raining and got :owned: from behind...

so yeah.... im scared sh*tless driving out in the rain.

seriously socalers dont know.
out of 365 days.. it rains like what... a week or two? three as far as i could remember.

everyone here is just so used to driving WOT , taking hard turns , doing a 60-0 brake test at a stop light and they forget what the consequences are when they do that in the rain :eekdance:

Yeah I'm pretty worried that someone is gonna cream my Z. I've noticed that alluva sudden there is a lot of debris on the road. Lots of little rocks that weren't there before. Sounds like I'm drivin down dirt roads. Anyone else notice this? (I'm driving in Northridge).

Also my GT30's are super dirty and picked up all sorts of crap dirt/rocks/leaves.

Driving in the rain is a way of life here...

yeah.. i used to live by csun when i got rammed. :shakes head:

those aren't rocks, those are pieces of BMWs driven by kids who don't know how to drive :roflpuke2:

Ditto. Love your avatar, btw.

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Yeah I am kicking up all types of rocks, and gravel. Im taking the streets home, all I need is one stupid bastard texting while hes behind me, and bam my life will suck.

Houston drivers = fail.

you can thank the illegals with no common sense or insurance.

I like the rain.. just not right after a car detail: wash & wax

That's maybe because most of the time here in L.A.it's always sunny! so to some it is like snow while other's can't seem to slow the hell down!

I don't think my Z will ever be driven in the rain. We get so little rain here in So Cal that when it does rain, the oil slicks up the roads quickly. I will drive the H2 in the rain. It is my goal to have my Z never know what "rain" feels like :)

Wow never knew how many socalers were here. we should all have a meet. Or if you guys are already having meets, someone lemme know!! haha

Back on topic, rain to socalers are like an identity crisis. since we havent had it for so long, they don't know what to do in them, what it is, and even who they are i bet. It's ridiculous how stupidly people drove in the past few days it rained. Especially because after a long drought, roads are even more slippery the first few hours it rains. It also doesn't help that i work in beverly hills where you see the best examples of blonde airhead driving. It was very interesting. The thing is i don't remember it being this bad. it seems like this winter will be best driving a beater or staying at home.

lol Cali guys talkin about rain...come drive through rain storms in the east coast...im not even gonna mention the snow..lol

Want to see bad driving? Check out Oklahoma City when it starts snowing, people lose their god damn mind.

Jesus christ, there would be mass chaos in montana haha !!!

No s**t! What Califorians call rain, people on the East coast call mist!

We do have meets! In fact we're having one tomorrow! Look in the SoCal section of the forums man!

I was more concern with my Fairlady Z looking like *** cause of the dirty....and it did. I have to wash it.

Same here my friend :tiphat:

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Hmm...can you explain blonde airhead diving? Being blonde and all...I'm not sure I understand ;) lol...

I'm a kick butt driver. (not sure I can use the bad word on this forum..lol) But then again, I'm old.

but you're obviously not an airhead. everyday i see girls in their escalade, range, x5, ml, whatever high end suv you can name driving with a phone in one hand, a mascara in the other, probably steering with their knees that aren't even long enough to reach the damn wheel. my god.....and that's just the beginning.

Rain and Ca driver is probably a good reason to get that rear fog light working. Definitely wish I had it on the other night when it was raining on the freeway, would make us a lot more visible. I have 2 fog lights on the rear of my Cooper S, soon as it starts raining, if I'm driving that car, the switch is on :tup:

Up here in the dez we didnt get squat, my car is still a virgin.