[Roadsters] Mythbusters in Ohio

[peter harrison]

On my x-country trip I drove from Kansas City to Louisville in heavy rain with
a German Canvas Cover (about 250 miles) - not a single leak - dry as the
proverbial
Peter (Eliza)


> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:07:48 -0700
> From: gkmcc at sbcglobal.net
> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net; wilhouse at charter.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Mythbusters in Ohio
>
> Did you get wet at all from that "backflow" affect where the air swirls
around
> and blows your hair around from behind?
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> b70 2000
>
> --- On Mon, 6/28/10, Ken & Tammy Williams <wilhouse at charter.net> wrote:
>
> From: Ken & Tammy Williams <wilhouse at charter.net>
> Subject: [Roadsters] Mythbusters in Ohio
> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:24 AM
>
> Hey,
> Just returned last night from the weekend at Mid Ohio.B  We had a great
time,
> but more on that later...
> As we were driving through western Ohio, we had the chance to test a
> Mythbusters myth.B  Yep, driving a convertible through a downpour and
staying
> dry.B  I can attest that at 60-70-ish, low windshield roadster, top down,
in
> rain so hard I could barely see 10 feet in front of the car, we stayed
> relatively dry.B  Had I thought of rolling up the side windows....we would
> have
> been much dryer.B  We had just passed the front apparently, as the wind was
> suddenly blowing more around our backs when we saw the curtain of water in
> front of us.B  No place to stop to avoid it, so we pushed forward.B  I am
> still
> a little amazed that it could be raining that hard and how relatively dry
we
> stayed.B  TaDaaaaa!!!!
> Ken Williams
> Janesville, WI
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