 Just opened my boot and water poured out as it got vertical!
The cable grommets are both VERY well sealed. 
At the bottom edge the central rectangular grommet is open, the round ones at each corner are in place. I popped them out and both were wet behind.
So water is getting in somehow and accumulating at the rear lower edge, limited as I have the central grommet missing.
Look as hard and logically as I can I can't think realistically how.
One possibility is that rain is somehow coming in under the front edge between the rubber seal and the lid, then working up inside the lid. But I would then expect to see water in the boot, and there's none.
The only other area is around the lights and numberplate, but again it all looks well-sealed and could only be rain trickling in while parked.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 26th April 2014 at 03:14 PM.
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