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For now the rain is gone, and Blue Wave car wash is running double staff to satisfy the increase in demand. Before I washed the Flex, I found a couple interesting rain patterns that had been left behind.
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brn says:
08:55 AM, 01/29/10
The pattern on the tire is kinda cool. I can see hipsters buying tires with that pattern already on it.
It's my idea! The rest of you back off! Gonna make me millions.
rick8365 says:
09:25 AM, 01/29/10
Will this serve as the impetus for the Flex getting a flame job on the front end?
I was just kidding but.......
If it is going to stick around 'til 100K.......it might be cool to mod it, no? Give the Flex a little SoCal/Hot Rod/Foose-onian/modern day Nomad treatment of some kind. Or would that just be dorky?
audisport says:
09:29 AM, 01/29/10
Seriously? a post about rain patterns.
alman08 says:
09:42 AM, 01/29/10
audisport says:
09:29 AM, 01/29/10
Seriously? a post about rain patterns.
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yeah... and a quote from the Chief Road Test Editor, "Before I washed the Flex, I found a couple interesting rain patterns that had been left behind."
So what's so special about it? That you would only see it on the Flex but not the others?
hybris says:
09:47 AM, 01/29/10
rick8365 brings up a good point maybe some engine mods would be cold to see.
Examples:
CAI http://www.autoanything.com/air-intakes/61A1817A0A0A3075041.aspx
Exhaust http://www.autoanything.com/exhausts-mufflers/73A3570A0A0A3075041.aspx
The madness could be endless.
jeepsrt says:
10:24 AM, 01/29/10
audisport says:
Seriously? a post about rain patterns.
It's California, they are amazed at any weather other than sunny skies.
bodyblue says:
12:05 PM, 01/29/10
Hey Alman08 reading this blog is optional......do you have to troll every thread? If you dont like the thread then dont read it.
bodyblue says:
12:28 PM, 01/29/10
"It's California, they are amazed at any weather other than sunny skies."
Well So Cal anyway.....up here in the Northern part we are quite used to the rain. :)
rick8365 says:
01:44 PM, 01/29/10
"Hey Alman08 reading this blog is optional......do you have to troll every thread? If you dont like the thread then dont read it."
And I might add, it's free.
greenpony says:
08:35 PM, 01/29/10
Imagine the rain patterns if you had been driving in reverse the whole time.
tomm250 says:
09:07 AM, 01/31/10
I really didn't like the Flex when it first came out. I even remember saying to myself 'What the hell is Ford thinking" but after reading about it here and looking at them on the road and occasionally sneaking a peek at one parked in a parking lot, I admit I was wrong. It seems like they hit on something here, I think I would really consider one if I were looking for that kind of vehicle, regardless of the what rain patterns it generates.