Driving without wipers?

MayoForSam · 13-02-2014 11:42PM #1

OK, so I have a problem.

The windscreen wipers on my wife's car stopped working earlier today, she's booked into the garage tomorrow to get it fixed but the problem is I'll be gone to work (in fact I'm gone until Saturday), we're 4 miles out from town and the forecast for tomorrow morning is more RAIN.

So how can she get the car into the garage with no wipers, any bright sparks with any ideas? I heard wiping a spud over the surface of the windscreen might work. And she doesn't have arms like an orangutan.

El Weirdo · 13-02-2014 11:44PM

Cover the car in tarpaulin.

Problem solved.

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:44PM

MayoForSam wrote: »

OK, so I have a problem.

The windscreen wipers on my wife's car stopped working earlier today, she's booked into the garage tomorrow to get it fixed but the problem is I'll be gone to work (in fact I'm gone until Saturday), we're 4 miles out from town and the forecast for tomorrow morning is more RAIN.

So how can she get the car into the garage with no wipers, any bright sparks with any ideas? I heard wiping a spud over the surface of the windscreen might work. And she doesn't have arms like an orangutan.

get a mate in an anorak to perch on the bonnet with a squeegee. Sorted.

13-02-2014 11:45PM

Sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Can she borrow a friend's car or maybe take public transport, and then bring it somewhere when it is dry?

PirateShampoo · 13-02-2014 11:45PM

Well if she can drive one handed then you could use a umbrella, buy holding it out the window and above your windscreen.

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:46PM

change the fuse on the wiper circuit. Dull answer.

shopaholic01 · 13-02-2014 11:46PM

She should reverse the car to the garage.

MadYaker · 13-02-2014 11:47PM

Fix it yourself.

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:47PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

She should reverse the car to the garage.

Head out the window is easier.

Senna · 13-02-2014 11:48PM

Are you still at home with the car? I'd bet money its a 15c fuse that takes 30 seconds to change.

sawdoubters · 13-02-2014 11:48PM

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_fix_windshield_wipers_that_stopped_working

kneemos · 13-02-2014 11:48PM

If she drives fast enough the rain will blow off.

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:48PM

Senna wrote: »

Are you still at home with the car? I'd bet money its a 15c fuse that takes 30 seconds to change.

someone else said that too.

.Henry Sellers. · 13-02-2014 11:49PM

Sway the car violently across the road so the car itself acts like one giant windscreen wiper.

Cookie_Monster · 13-02-2014 11:49PM

Book a tow truck

MayoForSam · 13-02-2014 11:49PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

get a mate in an anorak to perch on the bonnet with a squeegee. Sorted.

My 10 year old son would relish that challenge.

Dónal wrote: »

Sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Can she borrow a friend's car or maybe take public transport, and then bring it somewhere when it is dry?

No such thing as 'buses' out here in the sticks.

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well if she can drive one handed then you could use a umbrella, buy holding it out the window and above your windscreen.

Might be a tad breezy for a brolly.

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

change the fuse on the wiper circuit. Dull answer.

Motor is fine, linkage is probably broken.

shopaholic01 wrote: »

She should reverse the car to the garage.

Hmmmmm.....

kneemos · 13-02-2014 11:51PM

Senna wrote: »

Are you still at home with the car? I'd bet money its a 15c fuse that takes 30 seconds to change.

Presumably the fuse would blow for a reason and the new one will do the same.

The Backwards Man · 13-02-2014 11:51PM

Do you have windscreen insurance?;)

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:52PM

kneemos wrote: »

Presumably the fuse would blow for a reason and the new one will do the same.

Very true. I have never changed a fuse and had somthing work, ever...no, wait..

delw · 13-02-2014 11:53PM

Is it possible to drive the car down to outside the garage now,if not checking the fuse as suggested might be worth trying

shopaholic01 · 13-02-2014 11:54PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Head out the window is easier.

Too Ace Venturaish for my liking.

Stavros Murphy · 13-02-2014 11:55PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Too Ace Venturaish for my liking.

wipers are for cissies anyway.

shopaholic01 · 13-02-2014 11:57PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

wipers are for cissies anyway.

I don't even bother with a windscreen.

irish bloke · 13-02-2014 11:57PM

kneemos wrote: »

Presumably the fuse would blow for a reason and the new one will do the same.

Fuses often blow with no lasting damage to the circuit.

Ruu · 13-02-2014 11:57PM

Well I can offer you my services as a windscreen wiper sound man for a very low price, aside from that you are on your own.

Stavros Murphy · 14-02-2014 12:01AM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I don't even bother with a windscreen.

windscreens are also for cissies. I wear a scarf and biggles goggles.

The Backwards Man · 14-02-2014 12:01AM

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Well I can offer you my services as a windscreen wiper sound man for a very low price, aside from that you are on your own.

How long is your blade?

kneemos · 14-02-2014 12:02AM

Actually seen a man do it manually with a wiper in his hand,it was very light rain though.

shopaholic01 · 14-02-2014 12:02AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

How long is your blade?

That's a very personal question.

Femme_Fatale · 14-02-2014 12:03AM

My windscreen wipers stopped working on the fecking dual carriageway on the way to work one morning. It's awful - she doesn't have a choice; can't be done. I was in a line of traffic so didn't have a choice for a few minutes. I stuck my head out of the window. It's the only way. Pulled over when I could.

Cork boy 55 · 14-02-2014 12:05AM

Use the force.

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