re: "and are stashed away for safe keeping"
I assume they're hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar under Funk & Wagnalls' porch, right?
We wouldn't want them to be all dry rotted when you pull them out...
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um, I think they're in a cardboard box in my garage somewhere.
nate
Nice story.
I've lost count of how many times I've done emergency fixes to things "on the road" using boot laces...
Cadets at West Point are told to always carry a bit of string...
Is that in case they have to drive a 72 Javelin from Cleveland to NYC with broken wipers?
Have you ever seen the wipers on high actually improve visibility?
All I've ever seen the high setting do is break the wipers. Threw the arm right off my old clunker Caddy, and totally thrashed the entire wiper mechanism on a friend's minivan.
Yes, in torrrential downpours, without a doubt.
Of course, I use Rain-X washer fluid in my van and rarely need my wipers at speeds above 40 - 50 MPH.
Yes, it has always helped me. On my old work van an inch of ice frozen hard onto the roof melted and slid down the windshield at a stop sign. Both wipers were facing down across the hood pointing to the road. I went to a chevy dealer and took it apart so I could go right in if I needed anything. Luckily I was able to bend the linkage back to normal and didn't need any parts.
I tried Rain-X about 20 years ago and hated it. It made the brand new wipers leave streaks. I scrubbed it off the windshield but it took some time, and maybe new wipers to get a clear windshield again.
Then at the time the new hot product was "Trianco" wiper blades. They were the worst wipers I ever had.
As I said, I use the Rain-X washer fluid - not the straight Rain-X wipe-on product.
The only issue I experience is that on rare occasions, when the street lights or sun are at the right (wrong?) angle *and* I spray the windows with the fluid, I get a haze over the windshield for a second or so. A couple of extra swipes with the wipers clears it right up.
My wife found it a bit disconcerting at first, but once she realized that it only happens when conditions are "perfect" and that it only lasts for a second, she decided that the advantage of not using wipers on the highway outweighed the very rare occurrences of the haze.
Maine oil change shops like to sell you new oil plugs. Especially Waterville Maine. Of course there is something wrong with yours.??
Yes. They stripped it.
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