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Jorath Calar · 07-11-2005, 12:50 PM

Yes seriously I do... I think the way some cars are designed is the main reason that the evolution theory is still just a theory...

Why Jorath? I hear you ask...

And I will tell you...

I am so incredibly lucky to work in a gasstaion... acctually it's a sort of a service station, I pump gas, check the oil, water coolant break fluid and even change your lightbulbs should you need it... and there in lies my deep hate for cars... WHY IN THE SEVEN HELLS DO CAR DESIGNER HAVE TO PUT THE BATTERY RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKIN HEADLIGHTS!!! on some cars it doesn't matter because the designer did have the IQ of a cucumber and had some space between so you can slide your hand between and change the light bulb, but on other cars, mostly american (FORD) and japanese (older Toyotas) cars I have come to find out that they left a 2 cm wide space between, so to change the lightbulb you either have to screw the headlight or remove the battery.
Today I had one such cars and noticed that to remove the headlight I'd basicly have to remove the bumper too... and probably the doors and the roof too... so I decided to remove the battery... ungh, of course after I removed the first screw, I placd it on the ground next to the lightbulb I was going to put in, I look up for about 2 minutes and try to figure out how to reomowe the poleholders (no idea what they are called) from the battery and then look back down and the screw was gone, just disapeared... no where to be seen, and ofcourse it was needed to fasten the battery. So I actually remove the battery,and by now it had taken about 6 minutes, and then it takes 6 seconds (or so) to change the bulb... and then another 8 minutes to put the battery back in... I'm not sure I should tell you what I did regarding the lost screw... it's one of those things that will go on my "Not proud of that" - list and Ill most likely burn for some time in hell for it... but desperate times call for desperate measures, I noticed there was sort of a plate next to the radiator it had 3 screws on top and two other that kept it in place that looked just like the screw I lost, I figured 5 screws were plenty so I removed one and used it on the battery... So finally when it was over, had taken about 15 minutes, he woman tried it and it worked... now I'm sure after this much trouble someone would be thankful for the assistance, but no, after the woman paid for the bulb ( the installation is free) she looked at me with this " God what a idiot" look and drove away. I didn't really mind because I was still wondering what god awful amoebaen designed the god damn car... it ust baffles me that someone would make a part of the car that regularly needs changing almost inaccessable...

So like I said, I hate cars... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 07-11-2005, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]

07-11-2005, 12:50 PM	#1
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	Yes seriously I do... I think the way some cars are designed is the main reason that the evolution theory is still just a theory... Why Jorath? I hear you ask... And I will tell you... I am so incredibly lucky to work in a gasstaion... acctually it's a sort of a service station, I pump gas, check the oil, water coolant break fluid and even change your lightbulbs should you need it... and there in lies my deep hate for cars... WHY IN THE SEVEN HELLS DO CAR DESIGNER HAVE TO PUT THE BATTERY RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKIN HEADLIGHTS!!! on some cars it doesn't matter because the designer did have the IQ of a cucumber and had some space between so you can slide your hand between and change the light bulb, but on other cars, mostly american (FORD) and japanese (older Toyotas) cars I have come to find out that they left a 2 cm wide space between, so to change the lightbulb you either have to screw the headlight or remove the battery. Today I had one such cars and noticed that to remove the headlight I'd basicly have to remove the bumper too... and probably the doors and the roof too... so I decided to remove the battery... ungh, of course after I removed the first screw, I placd it on the ground next to the lightbulb I was going to put in, I look up for about 2 minutes and try to figure out how to reomowe the poleholders (no idea what they are called) from the battery and then look back down and the screw was gone, just disapeared... no where to be seen, and ofcourse it was needed to fasten the battery. So I actually remove the battery,and by now it had taken about 6 minutes, and then it takes 6 seconds (or so) to change the bulb... and then another 8 minutes to put the battery back in... I'm not sure I should tell you what I did regarding the lost screw... it's one of those things that will go on my "Not proud of that" - list and Ill most likely burn for some time in hell for it... but desperate times call for desperate measures, I noticed there was sort of a plate next to the radiator it had 3 screws on top and two other that kept it in place that looked just like the screw I lost, I figured 5 screws were plenty so I removed one and used it on the battery... So finally when it was over, had taken about 15 minutes, he woman tried it and it worked... now I'm sure after this much trouble someone would be thankful for the assistance, but no, after the woman paid for the bulb ( the installation is free) she looked at me with this " God what a idiot" look and drove away. I didn't really mind because I was still wondering what god awful amoebaen designed the god damn car... it ust baffles me that someone would make a part of the car that regularly needs changing almost inaccessable... So like I said, I hate cars... [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 07-11-2005, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]