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Old 02-03-2010, 12:37 AM
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Default Why when you wash your car, it always seems to rain soon after?

i juz made a group in fb to talk abt this.
it happens to me like almost everytime i wash my car...
How do you feel when it happens to u ??


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I feel like mother nature is suppling the much needed water that plants and all other organisms need to survive. So if feel blessed when i rains.
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I always check the weather before I wash my car. There has to be 3 consecutive days of no rain in the forecast before I'll wash it.
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this happens to me too
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Yup! Me too. Except when I washed mine today, I got in an accident. Some guy didn't see me coming and he slammed on his brakes and grazed my front bumper. He had a 1-ft diameter dent in his bumper and mine was just scuffed. Watched it in slow motion lol.
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Always happens... and I live in So Cal lol XD
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LOL.... the official reason this happens is "Murphy's Law"
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i dont wash my car.
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I live in Washington. I haven't washed my car in 3 months.
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Check tha weather, then wash ya car.
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Originally Posted by Mouse
LOL.... the official reason this happens is "Murphy's Law"
thats right i control the weather
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you can't control mother nature
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sarcasm man.
sarcasm.
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everytime i wash my ride, the next minute...a bird poops on it. No lie.
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everytime i wash my ride, the next minute...a bird poops on it. No lie.
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I live in chicago where we have alleys, there are power lines right above my garage. Birds always flock to my power line. Since my car is black and shinny, it always gets pooped on when I place the water hose away. Im buying a paint gun to solve the problem.
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well i drove in slush and freezing rain today. when I got home in the garage i washed it. they are calling for more tomorrow but it is clean for the moment. had to get that salt off. i feel your pain too
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5 days. that's the standard for me. i have a max of 5 days of clean car before mother nature decides water spots look good on a car
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