Wiper...my ass!
This morning while driving in (before sunrise) it started raining. So I flipped on the wipers.Wrong move.
The driver's side wiper snapped off the arm. Fortunately it didn't fly off the car--but then I was stuck. Pulled over, pitch black, raining, and without a working flashlight (I had a plug-in one but the plug got mangled so it was useless, I found out).Ever try to re-attach car wipers in the dark in the rain? Hell, ever tried to re-attach car wipers in your garage under fluorescent lights? Who thought of the design of these things? Am I the only one who can't understand the directions? I have lots of spatial trouble; real difficulty visualizing a three-dimensional outcome from a two-dimensional instruction drawing. So that made it extra hard.
I finally managed to sort of get it back on and soaked, made my way to the home. What a way to start the day....
posted by Nigel St.John Regina Smegmatica Howle-Raines @ 11:09 AM
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I figured out the secret to snapping on wipers during a blizzard a couple of weeks ago. The secret is ... don't screw around with those damn safety snaps, just slide the damn things on and viola! I ignored the whole safety snap b.s. and have been driving in the never-ending ice and snow since with no trouble what-so-ever.
Yes, I have tried to replace wipers under the best of circumstances; many hours wasted and much foul language spewed at myself, the car, and the wipers. I wound up back at Shucks, they employ wiper scholars.
Wow...That sucks! I haven't mastered wiper changing either. It sucks, and so do the people who designed the fucking things. I used to have a car with wipers so hard to change I just bought new assemblies instead of blades. Just wasn't worth my time..and it was too fucking embarrassing to take in to have them changed
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