Jolene experienced rain for the first time in over a year.

Kinja'd!!! "mazda616" (mazda616)
06/27/2020 at 22:26 • Filed to: Jolene the Sunbird

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Drove the Sunbird to a small family event tonight (per my three-year-old son’s request) and a pretty crazy thunderstorm followed us home.

Aside from some wipers that are streaky from never being used (I seriously avoid driving this car in the rain if I can), she did great. New tires certainly helped.

We even hit a small flash flood that I didn’t see until it was too late. Jolene is tough. And, this car is such a base model that it doesn’t  have intermittent wipers.

And no, new baby didn’t come. Mom stayed home with her. :-)

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She also gets to spend the night outside tonight since the backyard is too wet to drive to the shed.


DISCUSSION (6)


Kinja'd!!! Tripper > mazda616
06/27/2020 at 22:50

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Yo, how annoying is a streaking windshield!? The wipers on the 02 are so slow that I just use rainx and leave them off.


Kinja'd!!! 4kc > Tripper
06/27/2020 at 23:26

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Tha t vertical windshield really helps


Kinja'd!!! mazda616 > Tripper
06/27/2020 at 23:30

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These do that annoying “brrrr” chopping thing/sound. It’s the worst.


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Tripper
06/27/2020 at 23:54

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RainX is nice regardless of the merits of your wipers. 


Kinja'd!!! Tripper > mazda616
06/28/2020 at 03:42

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Aw man my Audi did that right off the lot. Honestly it’s how I knew the blades were starting to go on that car. It seemed like the arms just clamped too dammed hard onto the windshield.


Kinja'd!!! Fuckkinja > mazda616
06/28/2020 at 10:43

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My uncle brought his bird by for a quick look  over. It hasn’t seen rain since the 90s. He only gets it out a few times a year.