Posted on 07/30/2010 4:37:06 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
RainX works. So does waxing your windshield with regular car wax.
RainX is awesome.
Yes I did.
I figured a word that simple, you wouldn't misspell by accident.
But I didn't want to go there as my head is starting to hurt. And I have to get to work soon which involves some of that 'physics stuff thingys'(1), so I want my head clear. Nothing too complicated like 'Quantim Mechanicals'(1), just that 'Newtonian type stuff'(1).
(1) Technical Terms.
:-)
I can confirm that I definitely use my sunglases in the rain. In fact I wear them most of the time. But the glasses I wear are hard to find and are fairly expensive. They are Revo polarized photo chromatic optically ground glass they substantially improve visual acuity.
IMO they were the very best you could get for the money, but unfortunately Revo stopped making them a few years ago. Serengeti makes a few modes and Ray Ban also makes one or two models, but none are as good as the rose colored Revo polarized photochromatics.
When I found out Revo stopped making them I bought several pairs to keep for later as I will no doubt eventually break of lose a pair now and then.
I can confirm that I definitely use my sunglases in the rain. In fact I wear them most of the time. But the glasses I wear are hard to find and are fairly expensive. They are Revo polarized photo chromatic optically ground glass they substantially improve visual acuity.
IMO they were the very best you could get for the money, but unfortunately Revo stopped making them a few years ago. Serengeti makes a few modes and Ray Ban also makes one or two models, but none are as good as the rose colored Revo polarized photochromatics.
When I found out Revo stopped making them I bought several pairs to keep for later as I will no doubt eventually break of lose a pair now and then.
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To see better in heavy rain, get your face closer to the windshield.
The car doesn’t accelerate, (although it does feel like it) but the wheels lose traction and the cruise control keeps the wheels spinning at the set speed. This prevents the tires from regaining traction, and you skid off the road with your drive wheels trying to keep the car travelling at the set speed.
Without cruise control, you reflexively lift your foot off the accelerator pedal, which allows the wheels to slow down, thereby regaining traction and control.
Snopes is not trustworthy about politically charged subjects; why trust them for anything else?
Hey, good news then, there may be a movie of Quantum Leap.
http://www.screenstar.com/Blog/Entry/59
Snopes is not trustworthy about politically charged subjects; why trust them for anything else?
Question. What should a baseball outfielder do with an incoming fly ball?
Answer. Cachet
Sorry, thought I was on the Friday silliness thread.
Thanks, I will try it.
Well, I just assumed you were cursing, so I pardoned your French.
Here, I’ll give ‘em all back:
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Lots more where those came from!
good stuff
and excellent for making bugs easier to scrub off when on a long summer road trip
You could have thrown a few A’s. HAHAHAHA
I was in a mini van with brakes designed not to lock. Suddenly, in a rain storm, a freaking idiot pulled out in front of me and I slammed on the brakes. They “let go” and began pumping themselves until I crash-stopped in the side of the car. Before that kicked in, I was stopping fine and was on the way to avoiding a crash.
Luckily, my brother-in-law knows how to undo computerized “safety” crap on autos. Made me a believer in his warning. Human brains often work better than do computers.
The ABS would have allowed you to STEER away from the incident had you trusted it a bit more.
You were doing just great, but your threshold braking BROKE THROUGH the threshold, which started the ABS pulsating brake action.
The whole purpose of ABS is to keep the amount of skidding by the tires to a minimum, which will allow the driver to STEER away from the problem, rather than HOPE they stop in time.
Though I wasn’t there and cannot know the whole story, I see this as a very good example of technology that outstrips the training and knowledge base of the driver. As far as I am concerned, unless the purchaser, manufacturer and dealer are willing to invest the time to inform their customers about both the advantages and detriments of the new “safety” technologies and HOW TO USE IT, they should NOT sell it.
This is only an outgrowth of having better and more sophisticated technology in our cars, and another reason for having drivers rewrite tests on basic driving knowledge every 5 years, and take a road test every 10 years until 70, then every 2 years thereafter.
Thanks for explaining the techonolgy to me, Don.
I wanted control at that moment of emergency and I had control fo my van...until I didn’t. I know I would have avoided an accident under my own control.
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