San Diego Winter Problem #2: Rotted Windshield Wipers
All that windshield wipers really do in San Diego is sit on your car and rot in the sun all year. Then when it rains for the one day of the year that it rains here in paradise, they scratch up your windshield. I mean, etched lines running back and forth across your windshield like a diamond on glass.
So, you run out the next day and buy new wipers, and they rot in the sun all year until the next time in rains the following Winter. In reality, you probably shouldn't even have windshield wipers at all in San Diego. Just leave your car alone on the rainy day, and save a ton on replacing scratched windshields.
The other option, which actually works quite well is to prepare your windshield with Rain-X Rain Repellant and just speed like you normally do and watch the droplets of water just cascade off your cars.
Side note: Auto parts stores in San Diego don't carry wipers. You have to special order them if you can even find a salesperson who knows what you are talking about -- usually someone older, who remembers water falling from the skies way back in '82, when it rained for three days. Three days!
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
People Can't Drive in the Rain in San Diego
San Diego Winter Problem #1: Driving in the Rain
People here in sunny San Diego by the Sea can't drive in the rain. It rains once a year, so people either keep driving 75mph like they normally do, or they over-react and drive 50mph. The combination of slow road-blocks and wet surfaces makes for an interesting day. Best to stay and bed and sleep late that day. I'm sure that there are people who used to know how to drive in rain, but when they move here they forget after about five years. You could have been the the best Seattle rain driver in the history of the world, but five years in San Diego will ruin all your mad skills. In fact, you are probably one of the ones driving your usual 75mph as you have your Seattle attitude of, "this is nothing, I used to drive in the rain every day back home."
The rain driving issues are also related to issue #2, as you really can't see out your windshield due to the rotted out wipers.
People here in sunny San Diego by the Sea can't drive in the rain. It rains once a year, so people either keep driving 75mph like they normally do, or they over-react and drive 50mph. The combination of slow road-blocks and wet surfaces makes for an interesting day. Best to stay and bed and sleep late that day. I'm sure that there are people who used to know how to drive in rain, but when they move here they forget after about five years. You could have been the the best Seattle rain driver in the history of the world, but five years in San Diego will ruin all your mad skills. In fact, you are probably one of the ones driving your usual 75mph as you have your Seattle attitude of, "this is nothing, I used to drive in the rain every day back home."
The rain driving issues are also related to issue #2, as you really can't see out your windshield due to the rotted out wipers.
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