Vent - OT

Trish36 · #1 October 23rd, 2009, 10:13 AM

I am so PO'd right now. We just bought out our van a couple of months ago and my headlight died on Wednesday. Easy thing to fix righ? WRONG! Right away DH started whining that the car is breaking down already...so negative sometimes. grrrr! Anyway I said, it's not that hard to buy and change the bulb. We went to Canadian Tire and got a light bulb, but the silly man started to change it in the parking lot instead of waiting to get home. He just couldn't get the new bulb in and left it hanging in the light. Well when we got home it had melted the inside casing of the headlight. Wonderful! I took the car to a couple of places today and both told me that it's melted so bad it's made the opening too wide and now we can't screw the lightbulb in, it will be lose and probably just fall out and start burning other stuff. Guess what......I have to replace the whole light...$450 + labour. Ouch! I just don't have that kind of money right now. Moral of the story, don't try to change your own lightbulbs unless you know what you are doing. I feel like crying! Hopefully we can get away with driving with only one headlight for a little while.

Kary♥RN · #2 October 23rd, 2009, 10:26 AM

OH TRISH!!! HUGS! I am so sorry that happened! HUGS!

farasha · #3 October 23rd, 2009, 12:20 PM

oh hugs! I am so sorry ! I had an ex boyfriend try to change the lightbulb on my car one time, and he broke the hood of my car doing it.. so it never closed correctly. Three months later, it whipped up into my windsheild while I was driving over a bridge! My car was in the shop for months! I totally agree! The lightbulbs aren't worth the hassle! HUGS!

Trish36 · #4 October 23rd, 2009, 12:30 PM

Oh Kristin, that's awful! You win. LOL.

~InHisHands~ · #5 October 23rd, 2009, 12:38 PM

Ah man!

TeresaSuperMama · #6 October 24th, 2009, 04:28 PM

((((Hugs)))) I am so glad my dh is a mechanic. If we lived near you I'd make him go fix it for you. (He's not an auto mechanic, but he can do quite a few auto repairs as well.)

Trish36 · #7 October 24th, 2009, 04:49 PM

Thanks Teresa. My DH and my Dad worked on it this morning and managed to get the light bulb in and taped it in place, so hopefully it will stay put for a while. I'll have to call around some scrap yards and see if I can get a used headlight somewhere. Sigh! At least we can make the best of this situation.