It is getting cold here in KC. I told you that we have already had our first small snowfall.
The cold changes my morning routine.
Instead of warming the car up for minute, I have to wait for several.
Oh, shoot…there’s ice on the windshield.
I found the scraper and got to work. By the time I finished, the engine was warm.
I hopped in and started to take off.
It turns out that my scraping job didn’t look quite as thorough from the inside as it did from the outside. Perhaps the fact that it is freezing cold outside affected my objectivity.
Anyway, no problem…I’ll just spray some De-Icer windshield washer fluid…
That’s right…
I can’t…The windshield washer button is broken.
I knew that when I bought the car. However, it was really not that big of an inconvenience. Now that it is cold enough to freeze the rain, it has morphed into a major problem.
I spent my lunch trying to track down the needed part. Toyota wants $163! Not on a car that I paid $1,100 for!
I found a local auto salvage yard that had the part for $65.
“Great! I’ll take it.”
Before he could enter the information on the computer, it disappeared!
“What do you mean it’s gone?”
“I hit the button and it is no longer there. Someone must have bought it.”
“While I am on the phone?”
“I guess so.”
I didn’t realize that a wiper stick on a 1992 Toyota Paseo was such a hot item!
It worked out in the end. I found another one for $15.
