How Do You Bail Out A Flooded Car, Specifically, A 98 Dodge Neon?
• Take a deep breath and realize that things, while soggy now, will eventually be OK. • Try your best to determine where the leak is coming from. This is best accomplished by getting in your car while it is raining and twisting yourself into complicated shapes in an effort to get your ear closest to the sound of dripping water. • If you are driving a 1998 Dodge Neon, let me tell you, the leak is coming from a cracked/missing gasket over the left tail light. To really make things cool, the water is leaking in and secretly traveling flume-style between your trunk lining and the metal outside of your car. It reaches the car floor, in the backseat, and then soaks UP through the carpet, leaving you to wonder for months how the floor was getting wet without any windows, doors or seats being wet also. • Go to a service station with a car vacuum, spend a couple of dollars and suck out all the water. • Find something to bail with. Try a red plastic Dixie cup, the kind preferred by 4 out of 5 fr