Electric car windows are great. Except when they’re not. And
that would be when they stop working. Then they are very much a pain. And a
little expensive to repair.
There have been a rash of electric windows breaking
lately—at least in my limited world. First, it was my wife’s vehicle, then my
parents’, and then my pickup. This past weekend, the window on my daughter’s
vehicle stopped working. And of course, the window was down. And then to make
things worse, it started raining!
As many of you may know, I find working on vehicles these
days to be quite annoying. There is no room to do what I need to do, nothing is
ever a simple fix, things tend to not come apart (or go back together) the way
they are supposed to, etc. As a result, the job takes way too long. Also, it seems
every time I work on a vehicle, I need to purchase a new tool, or two.
Unfortunately, this summer I’ve had more than my share of
opportunities to play mechanic. In fact, most weekends have been spent fixing
something on one car or another. That’s because even though I detest working on
them, I really don’t like taking cars into a shop. So, like most things that
need done around my house, I do it myself.
Except this one. This time there was a silver lining to my
black cloud of repairs that’s been hanging out all summer—my son was visiting.
No, I didn’t tell him he had to fix the window, didn’t even ask him, he actually
volunteered for the job. I was more than willing to allow him the privilege,
while I watched. I wasn’t entirely useless though and did help a little. I
handed him tools as he needed them and held things now and then as he took the
door apart, replaced the electric motor, and then reassembled everything. And
yes, it did work when got finished!
As we were cleaning up, I decided that working on vehicles
wasn’t so bad after all. Not as long as I had someone else to do all the work!
Think I’ll keep his number handy. Never know when those power windows will stop
rolling up and down! ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. Bruce A. Borders
is a proud member of Rave Reviews Book Club.
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