Shangri-laschild
08-01-2008, 02:43 PM
So Kaetchen and I met at the school the other day to go work out. We had been joking around and I had played the song on the radio for her with my passenger side window down. When I got out to talk to her, I just left the car on since I was just going to be standing on the other side of it. We finally gather all our stuff together and I grab my keys out and close the door. The work out is good but it starts raining really bad. Once we decide to brave the weather, we run out to my car. Guess what I forgot to do? Yup. My passenger window is still rolled down and it's been raining really hard and for a while now.
Everything in the front seat area is completely soaked. Luckily we didn't change in the gym after working out so it was just my work out clothes that got soaked since I have fabric seats. There was water everywhere. My glove box even had a puddle in it. The radio is acting funny so I have to turn it up all the way to even hear the weather alert is saying and I think my drivers side speaker is out. The radio gets turned off and now I can hear a weird high pitched noise that gets louder when my rpms go higher.
On the plus side, the coke that got spilled from my radio to the back of my center console had been cleaned up, but the middle climate control knob was still sticky. It's not anymore :) My car got to sit in the drive for a day with the windows down to air out and dry a bit (dad was home to roll them up if it started raining). I haven't tried the radio yet but I'm a bit nervous about that one. Push comes to shove though, I can deal with getting a new radio if I have to. I liked mine but wasn't strongly attached or anything. The carpets are still damp but the seats are fine.
I'd been meaning to get my car detailed anyway because of all the dog hair from a recent car ride with the puppies. I love my car but driving it while it smells damp and has no radio sucks. Oh well. :)
Everything in the front seat area is completely soaked. Luckily we didn't change in the gym after working out so it was just my work out clothes that got soaked since I have fabric seats. There was water everywhere. My glove box even had a puddle in it. The radio is acting funny so I have to turn it up all the way to even hear the weather alert is saying and I think my drivers side speaker is out. The radio gets turned off and now I can hear a weird high pitched noise that gets louder when my rpms go higher.
On the plus side, the coke that got spilled from my radio to the back of my center console had been cleaned up, but the middle climate control knob was still sticky. It's not anymore :) My car got to sit in the drive for a day with the windows down to air out and dry a bit (dad was home to roll them up if it started raining). I haven't tried the radio yet but I'm a bit nervous about that one. Push comes to shove though, I can deal with getting a new radio if I have to. I liked mine but wasn't strongly attached or anything. The carpets are still damp but the seats are fine.
I'd been meaning to get my car detailed anyway because of all the dog hair from a recent car ride with the puppies. I love my car but driving it while it smells damp and has no radio sucks. Oh well. :)