[DeTomaso] NPC: Cruise Control in the Rain issue Fact

[asajay at asajay.com]

Sheeeeeet, that's nothin',

I used to drive my 1971 Mach I across that same pass in the dead of  
winter, after the Interstate was closed, with snow piling up in the  
front chin spoiler, and ice so slick all I had to do was tap the  
brakes at the top of the pass and slide all the way to Spokane.  I had  
discovered Rain-X by then, but it did little good as the snow simply  
slid to the top of the windshield and piled up until it buried the  
wipers, and then I'd have to drive using the rear view mirror looking  
back through the louvers on the back window to see where I had been.

Asa Jay



Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>:

> Okay...When I lived in Seattle I drove over Snoqualmie and Stevens   
> Passes on multiple occasions to drive to Idaho to buy Coors Beer   
> because you could sell a case of Coors in 1975 at the UW frat houses  
>  for 3 times what a case of Olympia beer cost.....mission   
> accomplished in a '50 Willy's Wagon, with tires that had no tread   
> and In the winter when there was snow I had no chains, and when I   
> couldn't see the road in front of me because the windshield wipers   
> barely worked I could always  look through the floorboards which   
> were rusted out.
>
>   Mad Dawg
>
> Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com> wrote:
>   five miles, through the snow, up hill, both ways
>
> thanks, gramps. tell us another one.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:01 AM
> To: david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com; 'Mike Thomas'; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Cruise Control in the Rain issue Fact
>
> YOU Slackers.....the first roads I ever legally ever drove on were in
> Washington State....we didn't need cruise control then and you sure as hell
> don't need it now on a Pantera. You haven't lived until you have done
> sliding off-camber turns through Chuckanut Drive in the rain using your rear
> view mirrow for direction control as you look down 1,500 foot drop-offs.
>
> Sometimes it rains in ORR. At the Pony Express one year we had rain,
> sleet, snow, thunder and lightening, infestation of millions of Morman
> Crickets and finally a forest fire and a Viper burnt up.....ahhhhh, the good
> ol' racing days still don't compare with driving in snow, ice and rain in
> West Seattle.
>
> When you guys find your nut sacks and Dynamat let me know. We need a few
> rookie drivers.
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
>
> David Tucker wrote:
> Over here it does rain. Here is the problem as we experienced it. We were
> driving through North Carolina one night to my Mothers to pick up our
> Daughter. It had rained hard earlier but seemed fine. The cruise control was
> on as we were zipping down the dark road. Suddenly we ran into a pool of
> standing water. Old school driving (Pre inti-lock brakes) would have you let
> off the brakes and ride it out as the car slows. However, the cruise was on
> and hitting the water slowed the car down and the cruise poured on the gas
> to get the speed back up. By not hitting the brakes the car revved and we
> went 180 and landed in the ditch. We were stuck but OK. My wife couldn't
> stop shaking for an hour. I have never used cruise control on wet roads
> since.
>
> Dave
> No cruise in the Pantera yet, but it is in the garage
>
>
>
>
>
>
> original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Thomas
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:29 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: Cruise Control in the Rain issue
>
> I just had an email from my insurance agent passing along the tale about how
> you should not drive with cruise control in the rain as during hydroplaning,
> it will cause the car to accelerate and "take off like an airplane".
>
> I know this string ran through the forum a while back, but I'd like to reply
> to him with some current responses. Is there any truth to this? It seems
> to me that if your tires are loosing traction during hydroplaning, how can
> your car go any faster than it already is.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest
>
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