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Subject:Re: windshield fluid reservoir
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:46:45 -0800

"never" is a strong word, but this is a good endorsement for sure. I'll
see about picking up a bottle next time around.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 01/07/2013 03:43 PM, Rowan Tipton wrote:
> Actually it's pretty good.  I find that if I apply "real" Rain-X once and then use their orange
> windshield wash, I never need to reapply Rain-X.
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> On Jan 7, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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>> On 01/06/2013 09:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>> Do you look at automotive products in stores ?
>>> there's a lot of interesting products out there.
>>
>> Of course! But I expect Sturgeon's Law -- that 90% of everything is crap
>> -- applies to items in the auto supply store and I don't have the $$$ to
>> buy everything in the store to see which 10% isn't. So I don't pay a lot
>> of attention.
>>
>> There are many, many examples of a company making one good product, then
>> slapping that name on a plethora of junk products. So it doesn't
>> automatically follow that just because the original Rain-X is good
>> stuff, that their follow-up products are particularly good. Call me
>> cynical but until someone recommends it to me, I figure that there's a
>> good chance that Rain-X windshield washer fluid is just Windex with a
>> different dye.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 1/6/2013 9:02 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> On 01/06/2013 06:28 PM, Richard A Jones wrote:
>>>> So just by a bottle of washer fluid that has the Rain-X added.
>>>
>>> They make such a thing?
>>>
>>> I'm always the last to know.
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