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neogonzo t1_j8y0goc wrote

I noticed it on my car Wednesday night, I had to wipe it off the side windows with paper towels it was so filmy and dirty. just chalked it up to winter weather but... that's not what it was.

It is back on there this morning. Drove down Rt 2 today and all the white cars were dirty with it. Had to run my windshield wipers about 2x as often even in light rain. Something is definitely not totally normal out there.

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Drunkelves t1_j8yclp9 wrote

>winter weather but... that's not what it was.

That's exactly what it is. Your car is dirty and the humidity in the air condenses on the cool metal and glass on your car and when it dries you see all the grime that the condensation collected.

-black car owner obsessed with keeping it clean.

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neogonzo t1_j8ydbuw wrote

yeah, that is what I was figuring Wednesday. honestly I wiped it off, didn't really think much of it. I can't think of the last time I had to wash the outside of my side windows with a paper towel, but it did seem humid and surely there is some road grime etc.

But the fact that is there again this morning - after a drizzle overnight/light rain today - all I can tell you is that the rain itself was not a wet as you typically see. Not sure that it's chemicals from OH (could it be dust from OK/TX storms?) but it's filmy.

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jojenns t1_j8yr5i3 wrote

“The rain itself was not a wet as you typically see” ?

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neogonzo t1_j8yscm1 wrote

sorry that sounds a little preposterous, but you know perhaps if you have a wintry mix of snow/rain, it looks a little slushy as you wipe it from your glass windshield? Or if you are driving behind a Tractor Trailer on the Pike after a blizzard, and your windshield is just coated with a salty sludge? It was like that, except just with the precipitation that collected on my car on Wednesday and again through this morning's weather. The rain seemed to leave a filmy, or grimy streak/residue. When driving, we were prompted to wash the windshield noticeably often. Again I have no information that it's related to pollution but it just looked like rain but did not run off, wipe off, bead up etc. the best way I can describe it was that it was just not as wet. more viscous.

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