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Old 12-29-2014, 01:46 PM
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I have hearded rumors that droving a 911 in the rain should not be done. Has anyone ever drove in the rain?
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It will melt in the rain.
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Droving?
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Originally Posted by michaelo
It will melt in the rain.
Well, these cars are made of sugar.

Other than melting, they also lose at least half the resale value if droven in the rain. That is why I wash mine with alcohol.
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Originally Posted by goofballdeluxe
Droving?
Yes the process of moving large herds of 993's from one place to another...

I think they get wet if done in the rain
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Phil, after 4,463 posts on this forum, now you ask.
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Originally Posted by Dryfly57
Phil, after 4,463 posts on this forum, now you ask.

Im shy....
Old 12-29-2014, 02:27 PM
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Clearly not...


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Maybe some people shouldn't....

I don't remember see a factory warning label saying the warranty is null and void if you do.
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Where did you find rain?
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Originally Posted by goofballdeluxe
Droving?
Look up some of the famous Ghetto Racer threads on the racing board. He used to drive students' cars and ended up wrecking one of them. He posted a photo of himself grinning like a moron and slapped a thumbs up sign while posing next to the wrecked car. He accidentally typed drove when he meant to type drive in reference to driving other peoples cars, and a Rennist legend was born out of the spread legs of idiocy.
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Hey Phil, sorry please disregard the people in this forum. They are just messing with you. Our cars are safe to drive in rain and are NOT made of sugar and will NOT melt in the rain. This is completely false.

Our cars are actually made of solidified high fructose corn syrup and are tested from factory in the rain. So you are completely safe driving it in the rain.

However make sure you do not do any snow driving as the cold makes the solidified corn syrup stiff and I've heard of cars crumbling into a pile of brittle and although delicious, it's worth significantly less than a functional 993.
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I drived mines inda rain, an it turned into a lump O' rock candy
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Originally Posted by mr_bock

I don't remember see a factory warning label saying the warranty is null and void if you do.
Oh crap, I tore that label off. And I thought only the mattress police were after me.


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