GreatLakes
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Recent events have me wondering what style of wiper blades will be used?
Successfully changed two blades out of three on someone's Subaru Impreza a few weeks ago. Turned into a ~90 minute effort to not replace the passenger side blade...
My first stop was at Costco (going there anyway). The good news was they had the reasonable Michelin ones on sale for $7. The bad news was the book said the Impreza front used two different sizes, and they didn't carry the 16" one. And nothing was listed for the rear.
I met up with the Impreza at a YaYa's chicken place. After lunch I worked on the 26" drivers one. It took me about ten minutes trying to decipher the 10(!) styles it covered. Trying to read the small B&W drawings to pick the style, getting the correct plastic converter, and snapping everything together. I was perfectly happy with old style hook ones!
There was an Auto Value next door, so I went in there for the 12" back and 16" passenger ones. They only had one brand for 16" that supposedly fit. Those two blades were $46. I stared at the instructions for a while, but eventually asked someone to come out from the store. The first guy worked at it for ten minutes, then called the second guy out. A third guy finally came out, but after 15 minutes we gave up. The senior guy then went in and fought with the computer for a while, decided maybe another brand would work. Another ten minutes and we completely gave up.
I was refunded $31 for the one that didn't fit. I think I could have converted everybody to Communism, Socialism, or at least heavy government regulation of wiper blades. I guess all these "little things" can make a big difference!
Successfully changed two blades out of three on someone's Subaru Impreza a few weeks ago. Turned into a ~90 minute effort to not replace the passenger side blade...
My first stop was at Costco (going there anyway). The good news was they had the reasonable Michelin ones on sale for $7. The bad news was the book said the Impreza front used two different sizes, and they didn't carry the 16" one. And nothing was listed for the rear.
I met up with the Impreza at a YaYa's chicken place. After lunch I worked on the 26" drivers one. It took me about ten minutes trying to decipher the 10(!) styles it covered. Trying to read the small B&W drawings to pick the style, getting the correct plastic converter, and snapping everything together. I was perfectly happy with old style hook ones!
There was an Auto Value next door, so I went in there for the 12" back and 16" passenger ones. They only had one brand for 16" that supposedly fit. Those two blades were $46. I stared at the instructions for a while, but eventually asked someone to come out from the store. The first guy worked at it for ten minutes, then called the second guy out. A third guy finally came out, but after 15 minutes we gave up. The senior guy then went in and fought with the computer for a while, decided maybe another brand would work. Another ten minutes and we completely gave up.
I was refunded $31 for the one that didn't fit. I think I could have converted everybody to Communism, Socialism, or at least heavy government regulation of wiper blades. I guess all these "little things" can make a big difference!
