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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 09:41 AM
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Default Does anybody else have this problem?

When you wash your car or it rains, small puddles collect in the door sills... IT happens to me everytime I wash the car... Water collects all over the aluminum step trim as well as the black trim. Does this annoy anybody else? Do I have leaky doors?

I would care, but it seems that I'm constantly wiping down the sills, because the combination of water and vinyl protectant leaves water spots... argh!

BTW, yeah I'm a newbie... Just so you know:

2001.5 A4 1.8tqmsx cold, celebration
Santorin/Onyx

I've had her about a month... obviously love it. Would love to Mod and chip, but I'm leasing... don't know if that's possible.
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 09:45 AM
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Default car thief ;-P

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16881/wash.jpg"></center><p>but no I get that to after I wash it but not in the rain...heres what you want to strive to be like ;-P
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 09:58 AM
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Yes, me too.
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 10:04 AM
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Default Only gets wet outside the weather seals...towel-dry

if you want to prevent water spots. While you're at it, dry around the inside of the trunk lid, too.
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 12:48 PM
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Default I get that, too... but what I REALLY dislike is...

how no matter how dry I get the inside of the side-view mirrors that is always a little bit of water that drips out down the side of the car when I drive off!!!!

I even fold up an Absorber and cram it in there to soak up the water and it STILL drips!!!

Oh well...

PeteH

By the way... good choice on color. I have '01 Santorin with Ecru/Onyx and too many mods to list.
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 01:03 PM
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Default Yes that happens to me all the time (more)

And my service rep at the dealership tried to tell me it was because they installed my speakers wrong in my door! It really bothers me to and I'd love to find a way to fix it.
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 01:39 PM
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It's so trying (watching water drip down the side of my *dry* black car). I despise that....
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Old Aug 18, 2001 | 02:48 PM
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Hey did your sig stem from that discussion about how you could outrun a Gorilla? There was some crap about track running...and I said something about putting someone in a cage with a horny gorilla and they claimed they could outrun one easily ;-) was that you? Just trying to make sense of the sig...looks really nice, good work bugbbq.

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take an air compressor and blow the water out, that's what I do
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