Carben68 2nd Gear November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 Guys, Over the weekend, I visited my favourite haunt in JB. Sorry GL1500, I didn't contact you. It was a last minute thing. But I did not service the car, so I shall be going in again soon. Will let you know then.. As you can summised, I sent the car to the workshop and then decided not to do the servicing. But I did a car wash, as is my habit, and after our last COOLTRONIC grounding where I saw that Presea could actually fry an egg on his engine and Gadgeter could actually see his face, I damn paiseh, so decided to also send for engine wash. The whole thing cost me R$16. ( This includes the normal wash and vacumn ) Thats not the story. Before the wash, I was having problems with starting, not that cannot start, but must crank the engine a couple more times than usual. But funny thing is, after the wash, the car turn over immediately every single time...???? And also I had less problems with the aircon... Anyone knows why..? Cheers.. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo Neutral Newbie November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 After I read your post and find a question that u did the car wash or engine wash? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 Or my Fav, '7-flower' wash!!! A bit weird, man! Never thot such things cud happen. Logically, think u r batt is acting up!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo Neutral Newbie November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 U try B4? and acting up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo Neutral Newbie November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 so call me B4 u go again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgoh Neutral Newbie November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 CarBen68, your experience reminded me of this story: This is a real story of a customer of General Motors and its Customer Care Executive. The Pontiac Division of General Motors received a complaint: "This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. "It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. "You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. "I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: " What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind? " The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinnertime, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start. The Engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start. Now the Engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And towards the end he began to take notes: he jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas used, time to drive back and forth etc. In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer time to check out the flavor. Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the vanilla ice cream! The engineer quickly came up with the answer: "vapour lock". It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start & when the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapour lock to dissipate. I guess even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem to be simple only when we find the solution with cool thinking... er, where's Cool??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 Interesting but true... sometimes....we just need to be a little bit more patient.... and the solution surface.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 i am damn puzzled now: how come the title of this thread says something about shower, so i expected either stories about man or gal in shower, or both....... but all i got is car wash and vanilla icecream????....... do we wash our car in the shower room with icecream........ man, this world is getting weirder each day........ ........ is that my alarm clock ringing now...... am i in a dream or not???.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgoh Neutral Newbie November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 1. I notice that CarBen likes to use 'slightly' misleading titles/headings... 2. These stories ARE, but are NOT, related... 3. Its the wee hours of the morning... 4. Are you dreaming??? 5. Are you wet??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator November 11, 2002 Share November 11, 2002 "......man, this world is getting weirder each day........ " Ahem...as if u did not know, particularly for MCF!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged November 12, 2002 Share November 12, 2002 G-g-g-o-o-o-o-ddd Mo-o-o-o-rnin-n-n-n-n-gg Bro, As usual, you're the early bird......... or rather the little birdie overworked last nite n is now looking for fresh victim..............??? what a weird world we have here...... .... C'm'on, give little birdie a break.......... cheers n lets look4ward to another glorious MCF day........... got your yellow booklet all readi??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator November 12, 2002 Share November 12, 2002 Both Yellow and Red!!! Have a gud day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged November 12, 2002 Share November 12, 2002 u 2............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear November 14, 2002 Share November 14, 2002 i am damn puzzled now: how come the title of this thread says something about shower, so i expected either stories about man or gal in shower, or both....... but all i got is car wash and vanilla icecream????....... do we wash our car in the shower room with icecream........ man, this world is getting weirder each day........ ........ is that my alarm clock ringing now...... am i in a dream or not???.... As always.... as always.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgeter 2nd Gear November 14, 2002 Share November 14, 2002 1. I notice that CarBen likes to use 'slightly' misleading titles/headings... 2. These stories ARE, but are NOT, related... 3. Its the wee hours of the morning... 4. Are you dreaming??? 5. Are you wet??? And he is always late for meetups... That's our good old Ben... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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