Re: Rain-X value....

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 06:33:50 -0700, "Budd Cochran" <mr-d150@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>Really? So how come in 40 years of driving, I've never had that horrific 
>loss of vision you claim?
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>Budd 
>

I'd guess that you don't let yourself get into such situations.

It happens quite often in inclement weather here in N.Y. where a large
truck will pass you going the other way and send a wave of water
and/or slush at your wind****eld.  Vision through the glass is lost
momentarily until the wipers can whisk it away.  Using Rain-X or wax
on the wind****eld dramatically reduces the time that you have no
vision through the wind****eld under those cir***stances. 

 As for the visible residue left by using Rain-X (someone made a
comment about it), I can't remember ever noticing anything of the sort
and I've been using Rain-X as well as clear wax since I was a
teenager, over 20 years now.

*I-84 going through N.Y. was re paved a number of years ago, blacktop
over concrete.  Now in certain area where the truck traffic is the
heaviest there are depressions from heavy vehicles in the granny lane
which quickly fill with water in heavy rain.  Cars and trucks going
through these areas will create (no exaggeration) a curled wave of
water like comes in at some ocean shores.  It's darn near impossible
to pass a vehicle in these conditions, a real pain if the driver
creating the wall of water is moving at 40 mph or less on the
interstate.  Without a water shedding chemical on the wind****eld you
are stuck running at the same speed as that driver, even if the
conditions do not dictate that you do.  

Some people like it and others don't, I find that it is more safe to
use it than not.  I put on 35-45,000 miles on the road yearly, between
my work and personal driving habits.

                 ...Ron
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68'RS Camaro
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00'GT Mustang