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fantayzya
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Posted 01-30-03 01:28 PM
get the hood of your car open when the *&%$***%&*%^**&^*&%%$&%*^*^*(^(*&*^&%*^ cable snaps?
For those who think this might not be such an emergency, I'm in Michigan and it's a bit warmer today (making the snow melt) and I have run out of washer fluid.
When said snow melts the roads get wet with nasty dirty slushy slop that splashes on your windshield and dries almost instantly to a grey/brown film making you essentially blind.
GRRRRRRRR!!!
The reason this ticks me off so much is that I broke down and took the darn car to my uncle for this problem a few months ago. I think I've had a couple of oil changes since then and have opened the darn thing maybe half a dozen times and it snapped already. Uncle charges way too much and I've had trouble with him before over it but was told I should support family yadda yadda so I tried again.
Then when I tried to get a vise grip on the end of the darn cable it had unraveled a bit and one of the really thin wires shish-kabobbed my thumb.
You know it's a bad day when...
Advice appreciated. For now I have a spray bottle with washer fluid in it. If you see some wacko spraying the heck out of her windshield at 70 mph on the expressway please at least don't drive off the road and hurt yourself because you're laughing.
"One small drop of water raises the sea" Marian in Dinotopia
"One who grows does not grow old"-Texas Bix Bender, writer
"Look Mommy," he whispered. "The butterflies are dancing!" At that moment, inside my soul somewhere, all the tumblers fell into place."-Kathy Storfer, "A Dig in the Dirt," Green Prints Spring 1997
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Crank
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Posted 01-30-03 01:40 PM
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fantayzya wrote:
get the hood of your car open when the *&%$***%&*%^**&^*&%%$&%*^*^*(^(*&*^&%*^ cable snaps?
For those who think this might not be such an emergency, I'm in Michigan and it's a bit warmer today (making the snow melt) and I have run out of washer fluid.
When said snow melts the roads get wet with nasty dirty slushy slop that splashes on your windshield and dries almost instantly to a grey/brown film making you essentially blind.
GRRRRRRRR!!!
The reason this ticks me off so much is that I broke down and took the darn car to my uncle for this problem a few months ago. I think I've had a couple of oil changes since then and have opened the darn thing maybe half a dozen times and it snapped already. Uncle charges way too much and I've had trouble with him before over it but was told I should support family yadda yadda so I tried again.
Then when I tried to get a vise grip on the end of the darn cable it had unraveled a bit and one of the really thin wires shish-kabobbed my thumb.
You know it's a bad day when...
Advice appreciated. For now I have a spray bottle with washer fluid in it. If you see some wacko spraying the heck out of her windshield at 70 mph on the expressway please at least don't drive off the road and hurt yourself because you're laughing.
Uh, I know how to do it but you have to open the hood first.
Seriously, what kind of car?
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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
BOYCOTT FRENCH TOAST, GERMAN SAUSAGE AND BELGIAN CHOCOLATES
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fantayzya
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Posted 01-30-03 01:49 PM
You are such a smart ass! Even if that's true. LOL
It's a 92 Olds Cutlass Supreme.
"One small drop of water raises the sea" Marian in Dinotopia
"One who grows does not grow old"-Texas Bix Bender, writer
"Look Mommy," he whispered. "The butterflies are dancing!" At that moment, inside my soul somewhere, all the tumblers fell into place."-Kathy Storfer, "A Dig in the Dirt," Green Prints Spring 1997
Visit WDW with my son Nate and I at Fantayzya and Nate See the World
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Belle
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Posts: 319
Registered: Aug 2002
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Posted 01-30-03 04:38 PM
When my Honda
Accord did that I had to take it to the shop. They
have a funky lock mechanism that was a b***h to try
and open. It was worth the $40. to me to not lose
a finger trying 
Good luck!
{hugs}
Belle
The red cowboy hat chick
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Crank
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Posted 01-30-03 05:23 PM
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fantayzya wrote:
You are such a smart ass! Even if that's true. LOL
It's a 92 Olds Cutlass Supreme.
Sorry, I take after my Mom. She used to keep a wire hanger in the trunk just in case she locked her keys in the car...
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
BOYCOTT FRENCH TOAST, GERMAN SAUSAGE AND BELGIAN CHOCOLATES
Crank-->
All Content is © the Poster and is to be considered Intellectual Property. All Rights Reserved. Though Brilliant, Breathtaking and Extrememly Well Written the Content contained herein is Opinion and Opinion only.
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Dsorcerer
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Posted 01-30-03 07:50 PM
Darlin'
That ain't the same Uncle that charged us $500. bucks to change that cable, change a fuel filter, and change the oil?...and tow the car a few miles...with ME telling him to change the fuel filter, as he didn't find anything wrong...that put this new expensive cable in against MY INSTRUCTIONS that failed after four pulls? THAT didn't return YOUR phone calls?...Glad we didn't go to an enemy!
Thanks Uncle Jack!
(the best touch was the car didn't start when we went to pick it up)
Ain't much if you ain't Dutch!
That's what they say!
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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Tink *~*~*
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Posted 01-30-03 09:28 PM
Fan, you don't need no stinkin' uncle, you need brothers! I gots me three of em, want one?
Tink *~*~*
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lesa
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Posted 01-31-03 07:20 AM
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fantayzya wrote:
Advice appreciated. For now I have a spray bottle with washer fluid in it. If you see some wacko spraying the heck out of her windshield at 70 mph on the expressway please at least don't drive off the road and hurt yourself because you're laughing.
Isn't the spray bottle out the window thing fun? I did that for months (years?) with our old car. The plastic tab on the stick on the steeting wheel that turned the washer fluid broke off. The only way to fix it was to replace the entire steering column and all 3 handles (the shift, the wipers/washer fluid, and the cuise contol) which cost a little over $300. Since at that point in time the car was about 9 years old and had close to 200,000 miles on it, I was not about to spend that kind of money just for washer fluid. I just kept a spray bottle of the stuff in the front seat with me, and reached out the window periodically and sprayed.
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Crank
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Posted 01-31-03 11:54 AM
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lesa wrote:
Isn't the spray bottle out the window thing fun? I did that for months (years?) with our old car. The plastic tab on the stick on the steeting wheel that turned the washer fluid broke off. The only way to fix it was to replace the entire steering column and all 3 handles (the shift, the wipers/washer fluid, and the cuise contol) which cost a little over $300. Since at that point in time the car was about 9 years old and had close to 200,000 miles on it, I was not about to spend that kind of money just for washer fluid. I just kept a spray bottle of the stuff in the front seat with me, and reached out the window periodically and sprayed.
NINE YEARS OLD? Shoot, for ME it's still under warranty!
Lori, you may try the vice-grips thing again but have Ed push down on the hood by the latch to take off the preload.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
BOYCOTT FRENCH TOAST, GERMAN SAUSAGE AND BELGIAN CHOCOLATES
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