[Sharky]

It isn't that I buy super-expensive blades, it's that both blades must, -MUST- clear as much glass as possible without destroying themselves, the wiper motor, or the paint.

I CAN NOT drive a car without checking to see how much wasted space there is due to undersized blades.

I have had this illness since forever. The first car that I ever noticed had at least close to the largest blades possible was my neighbor's 1992 Camry she bought new, but there was still room for improvement. When I bought Camry of the Month (RIP), I immediatey upsized 2 until perfection was reached. There was NO gap from the top of the blade's arc to the windshield trim for either blade when I was done with it.

On Claudine, the stock blade size is 18 inches. There are now 22s on it, and while 22 is perfect for the driver's side (NO gap) and the passenger side has a 1" gap at the top. I bought the blades a week ago, and it is all I can do not to drive to WalMart RIGHT NOW to buy a 24" blade to fill that gap.

The question is, what drugs do I ask the doctor for to make me less OCD-like?

 

[Sharky]

PS-I also installed oversized blades on my mom's husband's Accord when I borrowed it. They were really puny. He never even thanked me (or noticed.) How can he be a car guy and not notice how much windshield is all watery and un-squeegeed when it rains?

Admittedly, the installed blades were an improvement, but not perfect. I'll upsize that Honda at my next visit.

 

[NEWMAN'SOWN]

^ Better yet, how can he call himself a car guy and drive an Accord? :crazy: :lol:

 

[Sharky]

^There's a C4 Vette in the driveway also.

 

[sipes216]

^ Better yet, how can he call himself a car guy and drive an Accord? :crazy: :lol:

^There's a C4 Vette in the driveway also.

fair enough :lol:

looks like he bought a cheap jap car for a daily driver, and mods the crap out of the vette, right?

 

[enzoB5]

haha, well that's definitely quite a unique ocd to have, i salute you crazy. :salute::crazy:

i think valium shall do it, would make you too relaxed to car, or drive for that matter.

 

[vwb5t]

rainx FTMFW yo

 

[poohbear]

...

The question is, what drugs do I ask the doctor for to make me less OCD-like?

From what I've read, five dried grams of shrooms should work.

 

[GC Lionel Mandrake]

^^ Aquapel lasts longer.

 

[jacquesthemonkey]

You don't need meds. Go big or go home I say!

I was going to make a joke about blades, but it would be too easy.

 

[scooterspassat]

its not crazy.....
im nuts about the inside glass staying clean, no fingerprints, foot prints(for those girls who must put their feet on the dash:banghead: #2 pet peeve), i will never own a pet for this reason.
Glass is meant to be clear, thats all.
SO sir, I :salute: you!

 

[traubenberg]

If someone dares to put their feet on the dash, I'll purposely rear-end someone so the airbags go off and they break both legs. If I see someone doing it on the highway (and believe me, I do see it), I'm always tempted to get in front of them and brake-check 'em so hard that they poop a little.

Also, I'm redonkulous WRT wiper blades. I've forced people in my office to buy themselves new wiper blades when we were out because they drove and it was raining and I couldn't see for shit in their cars. One time, I bought wiper blades for a chick because she wouldn't do it.

And as much as I like Sharky, Zorro is still my favorite Gay Blade. (Is George Hamilton's face actually made of leather?)

 

[scooterspassat]

If someone dares to put their feet on the dash, I'll purposely rear-end someone so the airbags go off and they break both legs. If I see someone doing it on the highway (and believe me, I do see it), I'm always tempted to get in front of them and brake-check 'em so hard that they poop a little.

Right? I usually ramble something off about how much they are going to enjoy getting their knee caps removed from their face....:crazy:.

 

[Sharky]

Maybe this should be a thread about all sorts of automotive maladaptations.

Here's another one of mine. I have never allowed my engine oil on any car to be in long enough to actually look likje used engine oil. The second it starts to look like something other than what came out of the bottle, it is changed and a new filter installed.

Yes, I know this is absurd. I can't help it. Cleanliness is as close to godliness as I'm ever going to get.

 

[traubenberg]

I can't abide by that one. I'd be changing the motor oil on the TDI weekly.

 

[Bullit62]

From what I've read, five dried grams of shrooms should work.

^^ Aquapel lasts longer.

Aquapel lasts longer than shrooms? :hmmm:

 

[GC Lionel Mandrake]

Aquapel lasts longer than shrooms? :hmmm:

Don't knock it 'till you've tried it. But then again, YMMV. :lol:

 

[Bullit62]

Don't knock it 'till you've tried it. But then again, YMMV. :lol:

:rofl:

 

[Green_Hornet]

All this talk about wiper blades and nothing about Rain-X? I don't use wipers unless the Rain-X is worn off. That said, I've always got good blades, too, but I swear by Rain-X ~ for decades! No swish, swish. Much more distracting, inho.

 

[uu8]

Is it OCD or Tourette's? The line can be blurred, at times....