Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:51:13 -0500
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Subject: F.S. Re: rear wipers
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Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi Joy,
>
> I was raised to always give back something borrowed in the same or
> better condition than when I got it. I'm not "worried" per se, it's
> an issue of principle.
>
> (ie, I want to remain eligible to borrow it again during next year's
> vacation.)
>
> As for the rear wiper... It's useful in summer when the dust makes it
> impossible to see out the rear window; and it also comes in handy up
> here in winter when the salt crust gets thick.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
>
>
> On 13-Feb-07, at 12:22 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
>> Wait a minute, Greg, you're worried about messing up a rear wiper
>> on your
>> folks' vanagon?
>>
>> Come on!
>>
>> I crushed the whole rear windshield on your dad's van last summer,
>> and he
>> told me it didn't matter! You have the nicest dad in the world,
>> how can you
>> possibly be worried about a windshield wiper?
>>
>> Besides, rear wipers are not necessary, IMHO. The rear window is
>> vertical
>> and rain doesn't collect on it. Now my Prius, with its normal
>> sloping rear
>> window, _it_ needs a rear wiper. I've never understood why they
>> put rear
>> wipers on horizontal windows that don't need them (unless some
>> people drive
>> fast in reverse when it's raining?), and don't put them on regular
>> sedans
>> with sloped rear windows that do gather water!
>>
>>
>> Joy
>>
>>
>> :::-----Original Message-----
>> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf
>> :::Of Greg Potts
>> :::Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:30 PM
>> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> :::Subject: Quick... Before my parents get home....
>> :::
>> :::Hi Volks,
>> :::
>> :::Today I figured out what that clunk in the back was when I took the
>> :::vanagon through the car wash last weekend. Apparently it was the
>> :::sound of the rear wiper being torn off.
>> :::
>> :::Can someone please let me know the length of the rear wiper so
>> it can
>> :::be replaced ASAP. I still have a couple of weeks before my parents
>> :::return from their vanagon vacation (right now they're in TX) but
>> I'd
>> :::like to make sure it's done before they get back.
>> :::
>> :::Thanks.
>> :::
>> :::Happy Trails,
>> :::
>> :::Greg Potts
>> :::1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
>> :::www.pottsfamily.ca
>>
>
>
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