Do you think cars get together at night and discuss what should go wrong next? And how that might be accomplished with the most inconvenience to their humans?
Four days ago, I drove E's car. The heat buildup inside it mandated that the windows be rolled down to let some fresh, hot air circulate and give the air conditioner a boost. When I rolled the rear windows up, the passenger side gave a loud crack and then sounded a rapid: whap, whap, whap. At least the window broke in the "up" position which was considerate of it. When I got back home, I told J about it but forgot to tell E when he got home, later.
Next day, E came to tell us his window had slid half way down during the night. At least it hadn't rained. I confessed (mea culpa) and we called our mechanic who agreed to keep the car inside until he could look at it, the next day. He still has it as the window regulator is coming from across the country. California, to be precise.
In addition, the van's windows and air conditioner had stopped working. It is not a fuse (which I was hoping) but is a new ignition switch and harness plug, which I ordered on line.
The van is an elderly spare vehicle and only used for local trips. Still, this is the semi-tropics and the triangular front vent windows just don't do the job. To be honest, in high summer, it takes a long time to cool the van even with a/c. Opening all the doors for a while, and allowing nature to blow through helps. No, before trips ... not during.
We are still waiting for parts for both vehicles. I am relatively positive they conferred before they "pranked" us.
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Who's next, First the hot water heaters and now the vehicles. Hum, both of us have cars in shops for replacement parts. Is the heat from living in the semi-tropics a source of destruction for all of our items? If yes, it is still worth living in the semi-tropics wearing shorts and flip flops.
You can wear shorts and flip flops if you slide a little bit more north in the state. Just not all year round. And vehicles in this region also mutter together in the night hours. The Olds. window worked about 2 weeks after motor replacement and then stopped. Again.
Still, the seasonal change and leaf drop is charming and a good enough reason to live here. And, we're only an hour from Georgia and 4.5 from Alabama!
It is like our distributors got together and I suspect collusion between them. These parts are taking forever to get here.
Perhaps our vehicle parts are being shipped by UPS Under Ground.
01 Doc, you remember our three seasons here, don't you: wet, dry, and hurricane :)
I thought we had two seasons down here, summer and blazing.
E, that's good ... summer, blazing, and hell-freezes-over if it snows.
Of course that will kill the Crotons right down to the ground.
Crotons are sold yearly in No. Central Fla - to replenish what is destroyed when the winter weather drops to the teens. I thought I'd seen it all....
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