as many of you know, I don't drive my "toys" on cloudy days or in the rain...or even chance of rain...etc.. garage queen... and yes, I catch hell about it... but thats the way i am, being a detail nut.. i dont have to drive in shit... i have other things to drive... so why mess it up? LOL...anyway......
had to take the day off, my wifes father developed kidney probs last night and that put the family on standby..so she went up north and spent the night with her mom..in case they had to roll.... i had to stay home and take care of the 4 furbutts, feeding and all that...
got all that done... and around 11:30 am... decided to go to the dealership and check on something, then roll back to the gym which is about 5 miles north of the dealer. (the dealership is about 24 miles from my house due south on the interstate.
i left in the GXP...not a cloud in the sky...sun was out and bright, weather forcast said "sunny to partly cloudy"......
hanging around the dealer bs'n... and one of the mechanics walked up and said "ken..have you seen the sky?"...i thought he ment a saturn...i said "yes..i like the Solstice better".. he laughed... "no dude, look outside".... i walked out front...
HOLY CHIT
there was this low black mass moving right at us from the north.... you could see sun behind it...and on the sides... but it was huge... dark and ugly.
i bid everyone a good buy..and spooled the turbo and got out of there heading for the gym...
well... on the interstate.. the wind came up so strong van and some suv's were pulling off on the shoulder... it was a cross wind...to make it worse.. but the little Solstice held its ground... i was doing around 90mph.....only had 5 miles to the exit for the gym...then it hit........ friggin sideways blowing snow.......
thank God for those splash gaurds i got from pontaic and had painted to match the car... if the road is just damp...no standing puddles, i get no water splashed on the side of the car at all....
pulled into the gym parking lot . and sat there. ... thinking.....oh shit...what am i going to do...if this stuff sticks. i gotta leave the car here for some reason though... having looked at the radar before i left... i figured... "its going to blow over"....
so i took my gym bag..and went in for a 2 hr workout. 30 min into my workout..the sun came out again! now and then...some clouds... but not precip!!! everything dried up... the wind stopped. the drive home was nice...
all i had was water spots on the glass and body..no biggie... zaino makes em sit on top, a Calif duster when i got home then some z6 detail spray with my concurs micro fiber towels and she was back to pristine looks...
but..for the record.. i got this pic with my cell phone...... you that know me know i had to change my briefs in the gym.......:gr_jest:
had to take the day off, my wifes father developed kidney probs last night and that put the family on standby..so she went up north and spent the night with her mom..in case they had to roll.... i had to stay home and take care of the 4 furbutts, feeding and all that...
got all that done... and around 11:30 am... decided to go to the dealership and check on something, then roll back to the gym which is about 5 miles north of the dealer. (the dealership is about 24 miles from my house due south on the interstate.
i left in the GXP...not a cloud in the sky...sun was out and bright, weather forcast said "sunny to partly cloudy"......
hanging around the dealer bs'n... and one of the mechanics walked up and said "ken..have you seen the sky?"...i thought he ment a saturn...i said "yes..i like the Solstice better".. he laughed... "no dude, look outside".... i walked out front...
HOLY CHIT
there was this low black mass moving right at us from the north.... you could see sun behind it...and on the sides... but it was huge... dark and ugly.
i bid everyone a good buy..and spooled the turbo and got out of there heading for the gym...
well... on the interstate.. the wind came up so strong van and some suv's were pulling off on the shoulder... it was a cross wind...to make it worse.. but the little Solstice held its ground... i was doing around 90mph.....only had 5 miles to the exit for the gym...then it hit........ friggin sideways blowing snow.......
thank God for those splash gaurds i got from pontaic and had painted to match the car... if the road is just damp...no standing puddles, i get no water splashed on the side of the car at all....
pulled into the gym parking lot . and sat there. ... thinking.....oh shit...what am i going to do...if this stuff sticks. i gotta leave the car here for some reason though... having looked at the radar before i left... i figured... "its going to blow over"....
so i took my gym bag..and went in for a 2 hr workout. 30 min into my workout..the sun came out again! now and then...some clouds... but not precip!!! everything dried up... the wind stopped. the drive home was nice...
all i had was water spots on the glass and body..no biggie... zaino makes em sit on top, a Calif duster when i got home then some z6 detail spray with my concurs micro fiber towels and she was back to pristine looks...
but..for the record.. i got this pic with my cell phone...... you that know me know i had to change my briefs in the gym.......:gr_jest:
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