shortly after your little German machine spins out in the driveway at work, stalls and refuses to restart in -3 degree weather...
- one coworker drives right by you, goes to your floor and tells everyone "some idiot in a red car is parked right in the middle of the entrance!"
- After you call in and ask for help to push your car out of the way, they respond by rushing to the window to watch and take pictures on their Iphones (like above.)
No, no, my car is FINE. thanks so much. went out at lunch and started right up.
jagoffs.
On another VW GTI note, on one of the days the temps reached single digits, there was a slight malfunction with the GTI. Namely, I made the fatal error of attempting to put down the driver's side window. Now, what happens is that my window freezes into the door frame, but the little engine for the power window is not so easily deterred. It just goes ahead and rolls that damn window down, whether that window is attached or not.
Eventually the window thaws a bit and then falls into the door. Of course, it's never quite on track and won't roll back up.
So, I got to drive around in 8 degrees temps with my window down for a day. Fantastic.
anyway, I take the VW to my mechanic and he says "Hopefully, we can just put the window back in and it won't take too long."
What he meant to say was "This will be the easiest $136.57 we ever make."
6 comments:
It sounds like you need to kick some coworkers in the nuts.
And where'd you get that lemon anyway?
that lemon just don't like the cold. Especially below 10 degrees.
The window clamps on certain VWs have been recalled. The same thing happened to my Jetta a few years ago and it cost $100, but I got a recall notice and VW refunded it in full last year.
these are the replacement clamps. My originals broke while the car was still on warranty, which paid for the driver's side and passenger side windows crashing and breaking.
This problem is the weather stripping is almost worn through which makes it easier for the window to freeze and stick.
If I can barge in on this manly car talk I think I have the answer, Pdawg. Bust out both windows and replace them with cardboard and duct tape. If you need to drive-thru or have a smoke just cut a little window with a latch hook for access/ventilation. Who says girls can't fix cars?
iPhone you say,? Man that takes a nice pic
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