October 25th, 2006 by GoldenAppleCorp
The title says it all, right? I can just stop typing now, hit the “Publis
h” button and call it a day.
When we test drove our van, the lcd on the cd player didn’t work. We were told that sometimes “they just go out” and sorry Mr. & Mrs. Tumor, there was nothing else we could do. Sometimes it comes back to life for a short period. That’s when I rush to program stations… while I can still see the call numbers.
After we signed the papers and gave them our check, we got in the van to go home. Smoke started issuing from the left headlight. That appeared to be a case of mechanic who’s too stupid to install a lightbulb.
About a year ago a fly got in the van. I rolled down my driver’s window to let it out. I pushed the button to raise the window, but nothing happened. That night, AT took a look at it and managed to get the window up, but smoke started coming out of the door where the motor is.
Sometimes the passenger window works, but we try not to use it since we don’t know if it’ll ever go back up again.
The sunroof, too.
The “door ajar” sensors on the trunk and rear driver’s side door malfunction. Every time I go up a hill or hit a bump, the interior lights come on.
The RPM meter is stuck.
I’m almost out of windshield wiper fluid, so every time I turn a curve, that light comes on. Yeah, that one’s fixable. We’re just lazy.
The other day I woke up to take the kids to school. I hit my head on a lamp, couldn’t find my f-in’ keys, the kids couldn’t find any of their stuff. When I got to the van, everything malfunctioned at the same time. I got huffy and stomped my foot on the brake pedal.
Now the “service brakes” light comes on every time I use them.
Anyone want to buy a van? It has a tv and vcr.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:06 am
Hey, the TV and VCR work too!
October 25th, 2006 at 10:11 am
My car’s radio display cuts out everyone and in a while too. I use a tire iron and bang the dash until it comes back on. It’s bought and paid for, what I do care if I beat the hell out of it.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:20 am
I need a new keyboard… should be every once not everyone.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Heh, we still owe about half on the p.o.s. van.
It still gets us from here to there (knock on wood) so I guess I can’t bitch that much.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
This sounds very much like the Ford Aerostar that I was stuck with for several years… stuff started breaking on the way home from the dealership, and it only got worse from there.
For several years after we got rid of it, the kids would hide their faces when we saw one like it, so it if it was ours, it wouldn’t “see us and follow us home.” I still do.
October 25th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
I know this isn’t a big problem, but my CD player is out. Just crapped out on me one day, no warnings, like a thief in the freakin’ night. So now I put up with crappy radio DJs whenever I go anywheres. I really hate going back to the Blueberry Compound though, there’s about a 40 min. gap between signals that my radio must feel insulted by or something, so it won’t pick up anything. We’ve tried to talk it over, but I don’t think it’s going to work anymore. I’m going to have to get a cheaper, younger model I think.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
I had one like that in the 70’s. It was a Pony-Ack, damn thing spent more time in the dealer’s garage than it did mine. I finally sold it to a guy in town but every time I would see it I would duck. I was afraid that he was going to start throwing rocks and cussing at me. He seemed happy though he got a good deal and I got rid of a pain in my ass car. I guess that’s why I won’t even think about walking on a GM lot anymore. Its either a Ford., Chrysler or one of them there foreign cars now.