extreme weather conditions?
01-04-2004, 01:58 AM
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extreme weather conditions?
Beware of dog? beware of fuggin' flood!
I was reading the newspaper online and saw this. You guys must be getting hit pretty hard. Are your suby's showing everyone what AWD is all about?
I was reading the newspaper online and saw this. You guys must be getting hit pretty hard. Are your suby's showing everyone what AWD is all about?
01-04-2004, 02:04 AM
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I know that I have fun in the rain with my AWD Beast! However with the current storm conditions that we've been having and more rain than we are used to it's safer to go slower... Also it's fun to watch all those people that like to cause trouble while you're driving slow actually CRAWL to where they are going while you're shootting a HUGE puddle of water from your tires in to their cars 
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H-1 was flooding all over the place.
01-04-2004, 02:48 AM
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I haven't let it stop me from making tuning runs
and I'm going much faster than I ought to be. It is mainly in a straightline and in a semi-deserted industrial area.
and I'm going much faster than I ought to be. It is mainly in a straightline and in a semi-deserted industrial area.
01-04-2004, 03:26 AM
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Whoa! Gotta love Hawaii! Erin's "calabash" aunty and uncle were back in town from Philly to enjoy some tropical weather and they got 1 day of sunshine until the torrential rains hit. Bummer timing job.
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01-04-2004, 03:51 AM
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haha...fun thing was driving through the high water and actually feel some resistance to your car from almost 8-10 inches of water on the right lanes in kaimuki....worst part is...all the HUMANGUS potholes we have now.
01-04-2004, 08:12 AM
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POTHOLES SUCK. sat night in kaneohe i blew out a tire(in my van) IN DA RAIN b/c of a pot hole.(right at kam hwy/mokulele) in her wisdom my fiance on her way to "save the day" hits the same pothole and scratches my rim on my wrx 
so if in kaneohe please avoid the CRATER on kam hwy/mokulele(@stoplight)
so if in kaneohe please avoid the CRATER on kam hwy/mokulele(@stoplight)
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01-04-2004, 09:51 AM
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Originally posted by IS2Scooby
Whoa! Gotta love Hawaii! Erin's "calabash" aunty and uncle were back in town from Philly to enjoy some tropical weather and they got 1 day of sunshine until the torrential rains hit. Bummer timing job.
Whoa! Gotta love Hawaii! Erin's "calabash" aunty and uncle were back in town from Philly to enjoy some tropical weather and they got 1 day of sunshine until the torrential rains hit. Bummer timing job.
01-04-2004, 05:48 PM
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On Friday, I hit two friggin' huge azz potholes on Nimitz and Bethel both coming and leaving work. Hard to see them in the rain, especially when they are full of water. I hit them so hard, the cover of my CSX air freshener flew off, I thought for sure there would be definite rim damage, but thankfully no. And coming home was another story, Kahaluu bridge was flooded as well as a lot of ponding all along Kamehameha Highway. And did you see the stream in front of CompUSA, you could not see the sidewalk on that corner! I got home safely that evening, the car handled everything just fine...I guess that is the beauty of AWD.
01-04-2004, 06:49 PM
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i stopped driving my car and drove a beater pick-up truck... i'm sure i woulda luved the AWD... but the fear of donkeys on the road also kept my car in the garage... sorry to hear about the scrapes out there... and there are potholes are all over the place !
01-04-2004, 10:50 PM
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Originally posted by shiroikage
And did you see the stream in front of CompUSA, you could not see the sidewalk on that corner!
And did you see the stream in front of CompUSA, you could not see the sidewalk on that corner!
01-04-2004, 11:52 PM
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the way to north shore get choke pot holes now. good fun juking all of them, unless get other cars. cuz then it sucks when i gotta go on them. all wheel drive helps alot with all these darn puddles.
01-05-2004, 12:07 PM
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rain sucks. couldn't drive play car much due to leaky hatch doors, ceiling.
this wonderful weather has allowed me to do my 2nd windshield wiper install. fun. whee.
way easier than the powersteering hose install on mini-t's red 240 last night til 1:30 am.
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this wonderful weather has allowed me to do my 2nd windshield wiper install. fun. whee.
way easier than the powersteering hose install on mini-t's red 240 last night til 1:30 am.
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