Mineral deposits on glass (the joy of the uninitiated)

[Benjamin Kaupp]

Reminds me of my wonderful experience at Kragen getting parts for my
first tuneup...
Me: "Hey... I need five Bosch Platinum 4 spark plugs for my Audi"
Inbred employee: "You don't need a spare"
Me: "I know... That's why I need five and not six"
IE: "Um... okay what is the car?"
Me: "it's an '87 Audi 4000CS quattro"
IE: "Audi... that's a Mercedes, right?"
Me: "No, it's an Audi"
IE: "No, I mean what company makes it?"
Me: "Audi. They're a division of Volkswagen, but I'm sure your computer
has Audi"
IE: "Well I'll be damned... there it is... says here you need four"
Me: "Five"
IE: "four"
Me: "no, you're looking at the 4000 FWD. I want the CS quattro"
IE: "doesn't quattro mean four?"
Me: "yes, and it applies to how many wheels drive the car."
IE: "Mercedes made SUV's back then?"
Me: "Yes... they made the G-wagon and the Unimog, but this isn't a
Mercedes"
IE (finally getting me my spark plugs): "anything else?"
Me: "Yeah, you got any DOT-4 brake fluid? Preferably Ate Super Blue"
IE: "Naw... they don't even make DOT-4 anymore"
I proceeded to run out of the store, forgetting my spark plugs...
As far as mineral deposits go, I remember going to a glass shop for my
old BMW 5 that had nasty deposits on the mirrors. They gave me one of
those incredibly toxic cleaning liquids that's been banned in several
states and is currently probably being searched for in Iraq so we can
blow them up. Sadly, I forget the name, but I'm sure your local glass
man will be happy to help.

-Ben Kaupp
'87 Audi 4000CS quattro (prepping for a road trip to SoCal... and of
course her clutch slipped tonight)
and a bunch of Eurotrash with complex electrical systems

On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 12:32  AM, Wayne Reser wrote:
> Before the "unfortunate incident" as my kids now call it, I never
> imagined how rare the wiperless variety was.  I was 0 for 6 before I
> contacted Chris.  One yard was particularly memorable.  First of all,
> it was located next to Hitler Road.  For crying out loud, what kind of
> folks would name a street after...?  I decide that I didn't want to
> know.  Then the guy that ran the place had a very different way of
> viewing things.  When I asked him on the phone about the wiper, he
> said "No, there's no wiper."  So. I grab my dad's Suburban and drive
> two hours.  But when the glass was brought out, I immediately spotted
> the plastic mount and the tell-tale hole.  "Hey!" I said, "when I
> talked to you on the phone you said that it didn't have a wiper!"  He
> leaned over the counter and spoke like he was letting me in on a
> secret.  It doesn't have a wiper...but it did at one time."
>
> TIA
>
> Wayne Reser
> 87.5 CGT Tornado Red
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