Car week
Apparently, it's car week here on the blog.
Here we go.
I don't like it when things don't work like they should. I worked on airplanes too long and I share that philosophy with pilots. If it's installed on the jet, it ought to work like it should. I feel the same way about cars.
You wouldn't know it from my car, I suppose. In my car, some things don't work like the driver's side door lock. It hasn't worked since I bought the car. The power locks don't unlock, but it doesn't affect the drivability of the vehicle. Same with the rear window on the passenger side. I fixed this once but then the window went down when you pushed the switch up.... I think either the motor was the wrong one or it was wired backwards. I just lived with it.
One thing I didn't want to live with was having two keys for the car; one for the doors and one for the ignition. I thought that was gonna be a pain in the butt. I'm back there, but not by choice. I'm reminded though that older cars had two keys... on Fords the round key was the door key, the square one fit the ignition.
A couple of things were broken on the car when I bought it. The plastic key bezel was missing and the shroud around the steering column was loose. both of these problems have been repaired. The key now turns, but as I said, I have two keys; one for the door, one for the ignition.
A few months ago, I loaned my car to June. At the time, I only had one key. Three months and almost $800 later and guess what?
I still only have one key for the ignition.
Here we go.
I don't like it when things don't work like they should. I worked on airplanes too long and I share that philosophy with pilots. If it's installed on the jet, it ought to work like it should. I feel the same way about cars.
You wouldn't know it from my car, I suppose. In my car, some things don't work like the driver's side door lock. It hasn't worked since I bought the car. The power locks don't unlock, but it doesn't affect the drivability of the vehicle. Same with the rear window on the passenger side. I fixed this once but then the window went down when you pushed the switch up.... I think either the motor was the wrong one or it was wired backwards. I just lived with it.
One thing I didn't want to live with was having two keys for the car; one for the doors and one for the ignition. I thought that was gonna be a pain in the butt. I'm back there, but not by choice. I'm reminded though that older cars had two keys... on Fords the round key was the door key, the square one fit the ignition.
A couple of things were broken on the car when I bought it. The plastic key bezel was missing and the shroud around the steering column was loose. both of these problems have been repaired. The key now turns, but as I said, I have two keys; one for the door, one for the ignition.
A few months ago, I loaned my car to June. At the time, I only had one key. Three months and almost $800 later and guess what?
I still only have one key for the ignition.
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