I started out toward home from work and didn't get a 1/2 mile and started missing real bad. Seemed hard to believe that it could ingest that much water in such a short time ?? I was wanting to take it on a little trip but afraid to now !! I drove it last year to a concert and it started raining on and drove for for miles in the rain with no problem at all. I guess that is why I am a little confused about this problem from one year to the next. It is always garage kept too :-/