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Dumb stuff I did yesterday


MikeBMW

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Last night, I woke up to it raining cats and dogs (I only have cats.)
So, I went to check if all my cats were in - my oldest was outside sitting under my truck.
Figured I would get him out from under it by starting the truck with my remote.
It was late, I was tired, so I pressed the lock button and, then, thought I had held and pressed the start button.
Well, instead, I pressed and held the unlock button, unknowingly, and, rolled all my windows down.
Again, it was late and I was in a bit of a fog, mentally, so, I just tried it again and got the truck started by pressing the proper button.
That doggone cat still wouldn't come out from under the truck so I put on a raincoat and corralled him inside.
All was good, right?
Well, as I mentioned, I had, unknowingly, rolled down every window.
After a morning rain, I went out to do some errands and noticed every window was down and rain had soaked quite a bit of the interior.
Fortunately, I have rain guards on all windows so the episode was a bit mitigated but, still, AAAUGGHH!
Took an hour to dry everything off, get out a blow dryer and retreat the door surfaces with some 303 protectant to cure the water marks.
Keep track of which remote buttons you are pressing, even in a brain fog, during a rainstorm if you're starting your truck via the remote. :D
 

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i have only done that once so far in my almost 30 years on the earth. I did it in my 14 Silverado too. It was a completely clear day out but was windy and I was cleaning the interior out and stopped to eat dinner and had the windows totally down in the front doors and it soaked the hell out of the pleather on the doors and the controls. I was worried more about the switches since those are notorious to not appreciate getting wet but thankfully they are alright.

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59 minutes ago, kickass audio said:

i have only done that once so far in my almost 30 years on the earth. I did it in my 14 Silverado too. It was a completely clear day out but was windy and I was cleaning the interior out and stopped to eat dinner and had the windows totally down in the front doors and it soaked the hell out of the pleather on the doors and the controls. I was worried more about the switches since those are notorious to not appreciate getting wet but thankfully they are alright.

Yep, fortunately, all of the door switches seem to be working properly at the moment. :)

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I've heard a lot worse story of a person starting his car with a cat under his engine :- (   !    I am quite slow at getting out of my truck and we live in a rainy environment.  Consequently my door is often left wetter than I'd like.  However,  after 5+ years (and two roof-antenna leaking issues)  all electrics and finishes are like new.  Your truck will be fine!

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I have a cat story in the rain. This was back in the early 90's.

I was at buddies about15 miles up the interstate and it started to downpour. I left about 10 minutes later and drove home through a thunderstorm. I pull my truck into the garage and get out and hear a meow. I don't have cats so I said wtf. After a minute my buddies cat came out from under the truck. I brought him in and dried him off and brought him home the next morning. Not sure where he rode but he must have been hanging on for dear life.

True story.

 

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