Wednesday, January 27, 2010

I have this Love/Hate...

...relationship with sports cars. I think ever since I started to drive, I have driven some type of sports car (ok. maybe I shouldn't count the Pinto). They are fun to drive. Even though I may do a great deal of driving, I never dread having to get in the car and hit the road again. In fact it's quite the opposite. I look forward to driving. But sports cars always seem to demand alot of attention. Deep down I think they are big babies, always doing something to remind you who's really boss. My current ride comes with so many pros and cons. Looks great; High cost repairs. Amazing handling; Horrible gas mileage(in fact, it would've qualified for the "cash for clunkers" program, except it's not a clunker. At least I don't think it is). So all of this brings me to it's latest tantrum. While attempting to clean some of the salt crud off of it (yes, if it's a child, it's only right that I "baby" it), I discovered that the moisture I tried to wipe off the tail light was not ON the tail light, but rather IN the tail light. I'm not sure how or why this happens, but never-the-less, there it is. Obvious, embarassing, and unreachable. I need to eventually find out what to do about this, but for the time being, is there anything I can do to remedy the situation? I firmly placed the thinking cap in the cranial region and "voila". With an extension cord and "situation ending gadget" in hand, I temporarily fixed the condition. I LEARNED TO EVAPORATE THE CONDENSATION INSIDE MY TAIL LIGHT USING A HAIR DRYER. It took a while, but it did the job. Now I'm no dummy. I know it's only temporary. At least it's nothing mechanical that affects the driving. And who knows. Maybe if I let enough condensation build up to where it gets totally filled with water, I could find a way to put some fish in there and have my own mobile fish tail light tank. Cool.

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