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Re: [Mgs] wiper blades

To: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>, MGS <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] wiper blades
From: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:46:27 -0700 (PDT)
Brilliant!   And lets add;   If anything goes wrong, our first and primary
task will be trying to find someone else to blame - then sue them.

rick

--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] wiper blades
> To: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 8:39 AM
> The US has long since abandoned
> anything that takes time. Instant gratification is the only
> thing that sells.
>
> If it's not disposable, we're not interested. And by
> disposable, I mean, thrown away into a landfill.
>
> As such. We can't replace wiper blades (the rubber part) by
> the incredibly hard and time consuming process of feeding a
> new rubber blade down a channel of clips. Anything more than
> a single latch hooking a unit on the arm, is way too much
> work for us.
>
> And be sure the replacement part is overly packaged.
>
> Don't forget, I can't be bothered to get a tool out to
> install this replacement part. Except for the tool required
> to open the packaging. That tool is probably a car key used
> to mangle the plastic to rest the item from the package.
>
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:10 AM, Richard Gosling wrote:
>
> > I don't know if these are available in the US, but in
> the UK you can
> > purchase wiper blade refills - new rubber strips that
> you cut to length and
> > fit into the old frame.  They come with 2 or 3
> different plastic supports to
> > fit a range of different wiper frame styles. 
> They are also so long that one
> > refill will do two MGB blades!
> >
> > Don't know if that really helps you, though...
> >
> > Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT)
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