Scooping Cups of Water Out of My Car

Yesterday I learned a very simple, yet good lesson:   Never leave a car window open in a rain storm.

When I turned my car off, I saw that there was rain off in the distance (to my left) but I didn't think it would rain where I was.  However just in case, I only opened the windows on my right, and I only opened them just a crack or so - just to let the heat out of my car.    I also left the sunroof cracked - slightly lifted in the back.  Now I've done the sunroof before in many different rainstorms and no water gets in, for some reason.    Anyways when I came out to my car to go to my evening class, I found that the rain, that had been pouring the past couple hours, had been coming down in just the right direction to wet my car.   I had to result to taking a plastic cup and scooping water out of the front of my car.   The area where I put my feet, by the gas/brake peddle, was flooded, an inch or so deep.  By the time I got what I could out, the water had ripped open part of the extra padding on my floor.  Also the sun roof  had let tons of water in - which it has never done.    The whole sunroom top slidey thing was drenched and dripping water on me.    

Lesson Learned:   Car + slightly open widow + rain = wet car interior