I got new windshield wipers for my truck. I don’t replace my wipers very often – probably less than once a year. But the rubber is splitting on the passenger side wiper: it’s time. Shopping for windshield wipers was a little bit of a daunting task.
First I noticed that you can buy a whole new wiper assembly, or you can just buy the rubber part. I remember trying to replace just the rubber part – memories of pinching some sharp metal pieces together with my freezing cold fingers and trying to slide the rubber through a slot that doesn’t seem big enough… no thanks!
The second choice was what brand to buy. There were some pretty fancy looking swoopy-shaped wiper blades. They cost twice as much as the others. I mostly just drive from school to home and back. I don’t need swoopy-shaped wiper blades. I just got regular, run-of-the-mill wipers. The book told me to get two different sizes for the driver’s and passenger’s side. I obeyed the book. I’ll find out today if that was okay…
We always buy our wipers where they have that little ‘touch your choice’ computer that makes you take a test to see if you are worthy enough to have them.
Computer: “What kind of car do you have?”
Me: “Um, a Honda?”
Computer: “What year was it born?”
Me: “Um……. 2001? 2002?”
Computer: “Seriously. You don’t even know its birthday?
Me: “C’mon, I just need wipers.”
Computer: Stony silence
HA! So when will you be writing for situatin comedies again? Now that Two and a Half Men, for instance, is leaving a void in the evening viewing slots, you’d easily be able to provide a replacement story – say, one about a less-than-informed shopper and the computerized voices (s)he has to deal with every day. I’m cereal here!
Harold changes our wipers at least once every season. A clean windshield is next to godliness to him.
Until the smeared bug guts interferes with your vision, whatever the washer fluid can’t remove with repeated smearing across the glass I just alter my seating posture to look around while I steer. I’m with ya’, kiddo – once/year wiper replacement should be adequate under most circumstances. And they are a pain to replace. And the one you choose is rarely the best fit the first time, so good luck with that.