Mineral deposits on glass (the joy of the uninitiated)

[Mike Robinson]

I took my car to a random mechanic once about 4 years ago for an alignment.
His quote was: "Niiiiicce, Quattro Suspension."

I just shrugged and said yep, then went somewhere else.

-Mike

On 1/24/03 12:06 AM, "Benjamin Kaupp" <bkaupp at ugconnection.com> wrote:

> 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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> Benjamin Kaupp
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