Absolutel WORSE Driving Experience of my life!

[Lil bastard]

At least you got a chance to use your rear fog light... you did turn on your rear fog light didn't you?

Glad you made it safely home, and next time instead of trying to get your shirt off to wipte the windshield, have her take her shirt off... all for the cause of course

[socratic]

I feel for you cartagena. I had the same thing with when I went on vacation once with a couple of young lady friends. For 10 - 15 minutes, it was sheer horror as I couldn't see a thing. Torrential rain. Rental car. Tried high beams, windshield wipers at high speed. Couldn't see a thing.

I was too afraid to pull over as I couldn't see the side of the road and I didn't want to risk getting rear-ended by a semi.

Speaking of semis, I don't know how they did it. Maybe they were reckless. Maybe they were experienced in driving in torrential rain. Maybe the fact that they were higher up helped with the visibility. But THEY WERE WHIZZING BY ME AT FULL SPEED, freaking the hell out of me.

I was flipped out for a while that night. Like cartagena, I am not necessarily perturbed that easily. I have done some wild things in cars that I won't talk about in a public forum. But this was easily the most scary.

They lady friends? They didn't even notice anything was out of the ordinary. They were sitting quietly or chatting idly while I was white-knuckling it.

Cartagena, we need pictures. Without pictures, there is no proof this actually happened!

Next time turn on your AC...not your heater.

[schnellman]

Not the most dangerous, but the strangest event I've encountered while driving. One cool morning I left Austin heading south to San Antonio on I35. All the windows were rolled up and the AC was not on. Apparently I drove through a warm front about twenty miles down the road. I was cruising at about 75 with little or no traffic. Apparently I crossed into a warm (humid) front because every window instantly and completely fogged up. I was suddenly blind at 75mph. The highway was straight so I was able to pull the car over and wait for the AC to clear the windows. I understand the chemistry involved, but that doesn't help when you're in the middle of it all.

[Bobiam]

These can be scary cars when in bad weather or bad traffic.

About the fogging.....it's dangerous to try to get your shirt off to wipe a windshield while driving!!!!! Next time ask the girl (who is 17 yrs younger than you) to remove her's instead. I know....you were panicing and just didn't think of this technical opportunity.

[DANMKII]

Reading your post almost gave me an anxiety attack. I'm glad you made it out ok. Safe motoring, Dan

[turbo23dog]

What, no pix?

[husker boxster]

Karma, dude. Put the baby back in the crib.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Next time turn on your AC...not your heater.

An even better solution is to push your defrost button, it will clear the windsheild in about 20 seconds automatically.

For the record I am 38 and the new medical student is 21. This is not considered too unusual in South America but I know some of the North Americans here might think it strange, but, hey, do I care? ha ha ha...the photos I uploaded with the girl in my Porsche in the mountain was 18 and 1 month when I met her. :dance:

I was alone in the car when the rain started. In this climate there is just no need to turn on the heater so I simply did not know where it was or which way to turn the buttons. In daylight I can now see how simple it is but when you are making huge turns every 2-3 seconds in complete blindness it is a different reality. I realize now I should have turned on the AC but that too would have been hard to find.

Now that I have had a few days to think about it I compare it to Russian Roulette but the trigger was being pulled every 2-3 seconds. I never knew which corner I was going to wipe out on but I was certain I was going to. That is why it got so stressful. But I think with Russian Roulette you get to drink some vodka? I had drank one shot of rum before I departed and was thinking how much better it would have been if I had 2-3 shots. If I had a bottle close by I would have been opening it with my teeth.

Also on a different note I realise that I just might be the worse driver in the world. My new Land Cruiser weighs a ton since it has bullet proofing. I was never taught how to use the transmission to slow down a vehicle and am now trying to change my old habits of stepping on the clutch and brake at the same time. I almost lost the brakes on it yesterday!

Anyway, life is all about balance! I was here until 3:30am last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m3qxkDQDOs which makes it all worth while.

I found a better video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GI1elBITs

Most of these videos look like the guy who recorded them used his cell phone! In reality it is much more clear of course.

Like I said, it is all about balance.