Spousal support for one's bad habits is rare, but sometimes we get lucky...
I have a salvaged 2014 blue i-MiEV hibernating in a storage trailer out back that has already supported a couple of forum member's repair needs, and disassembling it taught me a lot about the car. Anyway, last week my wife called from the highway with one of those "I heard a big bang and now there's a terrible scraping sound- can you hear that?" calls..... I had her pull off, take a peek and perform some tests. Sure enough, road debris had shattered the front splash tray, which was now held by only one fastener and dragging on the highway. I got home and jacked up the car for closer inspection and she comes out with "is it bad?". I truthfully reply that it'd probably take a couple of hundred dollars and several weeks to get a part through the dealer, but ...... let me go check on something! Fifteen minutes later, the tray was replaced with a pristine 2014 splash tray, she could resume driving through puddles, and I was praised for collecting junk cars....
I have a salvaged 2014 blue i-MiEV hibernating in a storage trailer out back that has already supported a couple of forum member's repair needs, and disassembling it taught me a lot about the car. Anyway, last week my wife called from the highway with one of those "I heard a big bang and now there's a terrible scraping sound- can you hear that?" calls..... I had her pull off, take a peek and perform some tests. Sure enough, road debris had shattered the front splash tray, which was now held by only one fastener and dragging on the highway. I got home and jacked up the car for closer inspection and she comes out with "is it bad?". I truthfully reply that it'd probably take a couple of hundred dollars and several weeks to get a part through the dealer, but ...... let me go check on something! Fifteen minutes later, the tray was replaced with a pristine 2014 splash tray, she could resume driving through puddles, and I was praised for collecting junk cars....
