October 6th, 2006
damn cars
Posted by
rdub in
Rants
A $0.25 weather gasket around the base of my 2001 Jetta’s Antenna cracked, the day before it starts to rain. Admittedly, I’m partly to blame for leaving it covered in playa dust (extremely caustic, so all the moisture left the gasket).
However, in order to get the gasket replaced, I need a $50 antenna base assembly (they don’t sell the gasket separate). What’s worse: in order to replace it, you have to drop the headliner (the inner, upholstered cover on the ceiling of your car) - a task that’s infeasible even for my usual mechanic.
Drop the headliner to replace an antenna? double-you tee eff?
All said and done, a $0.25 gasket replacement is going to cost me over $100. Who designs this shit??
on October 6th, 2006 at 9:57 am
Fucking germans, that’s who.
on October 7th, 2006 at 12:40 pm
V-dub representing Deutschland! Keepin’ it real on the engineering tip!
…Yah