Amazing Rain-X on new windshield

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

it doesnt corrode glass, but it doesnt last very long either, heh. be sure you resist using your
wipers as much as possible. once you do, rain-x will go byebye shortly thereafter.
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 180k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (dotting 'i's across the country, rocco #8)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch, driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jorel Jackson" <jorel140@yahoo.com>
To: "volkswagen scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:06 AM
Subject: Amazing Rain-X on new windshield


> I had my windshield replaced last week on the '87. The
> guy who did it says he never wants to do another
> Scirocco as long as he lives. Sciroccos are worse than
> BMWs & Mercedes, he claims, and those are pretty bad.
> It took him 1.5 hours to complete the installation. I
> felt lucky he didn't walk off and leave me there sans
> windshield. I'll have to do this, maybe, on the '85.
> Anyone out there have any tricks for making this a
> little easier?
>
> After the installation I put on some Rain-X. I've
> never used this stuff before. It starts to rain and
> I'm going down the road at 60 plus MPH. Water streams
> right off the windshield like droplets of mercury.
> Everyone else has the wipers going except me. They
> claim this stuff is like having a third wiper, and
> they're right. Not only is Rain-X amazing, it is also
> mesmerizing. Now, I suppose someone will tell me this
> stuff slowly corrodes glass?
>
> =====
> Jorel Jackson
> web site:  http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jomoj/
> 1987 16v & 1985 8v Sciroccos
> 2000 Neon ES
> Jaguar XK 180
>
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