Idiotic "idiot lamps" - GoFuckYourself.com

baddog · 08-23-2006, 02:54 PM

Back in the day, cars had gauges to give you status on your battery voltage, oil pressure, engine temperature, fuel. It was determined that people were not smart enough to recognize that high or low on one of these readings was not a good thing, so they replaced them with red indicator lamps so it might get the message across.

These days cars have so much technology that your dashboard would look like a 747's cockpit if they were to put gauges for everything, so they have had to transition back to using idiot lamps.

Now, don't get me wrong. I appreciated the fact that they had a lamp to tell me that I had a flat tire because I had knocked the air pressure valve off when I hit that giant 10' wide sinkhole at Jenni Dahling's place. It was dark so I probably would have been stuck on a narrow, winding road before I noticed it instead of having the luxury of changing the tire in her driveway. But the one I got the other day . . .

So, I am driving up the 605 so these 3 naked girls could wash my car, when all of a sudden I hear a bell and notice a weird lamp light up on my dashboard. I had no idea what it meant so I reached over to my glovebox, got the manual and discovered it was a MIL icon. MIL? I looked it up, and it says; Malfunction Indicator Lamp. Thanks, that helps.

I decide to pull off the freeway and read up on it a little more, and they proceeded to tell me it could be anything from bad gas, loose gas cap, just about anything. I used my navigation system to find the closest Dodge dealership. Luckily, just 3 miles away.

I get there and they tell me they have no way of knowing what it means without testing, and they can't do it until the next day, but since it isn't blinking, I should be okay to drive it for the rest of the day.

I head off to let the naked girls do their thing.

Later that night I was going to dinner with my son and decided on a whim just to check the gas cap, it was in place, but I gave it an additional twist and proceeded, lamp still on. When I got done with dinner and started the car, the lamp was off. Amazing.

Oh, one more thing, while watching 3 naked girls wash your car may be fun, they aren't very good at it. Hire a Mexican or do it yourself, the results will be much better.

betabomb · 08-23-2006, 03:00 PM

i'm confused

baddog · 08-23-2006, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betabomb

i'm confused

Cliff's notes:

lamp goes on indicating problem
lamp does not say what problem is
naked girls are fun to watch, but not very effective when it comes to cleaning cars

brand0n · 08-23-2006, 03:08 PM

damn dude on that brand new charger?

ouch..

on another note.. u dont want my biz?

betabomb · 08-23-2006, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

Cliff's notes:

lamp goes on indicating problem
lamp does not say what problem is
naked girls are fun to watch, but not very effective when it comes to cleaning cars

tip for next time: let the girls watch the gauges and wash your own car

baddog · 08-23-2006, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brand0n

damn dude on that brand new charger?

ouch..

well, if it was a problem the warranty will cover it . . . however, it seems tightening the gas cap rectified the issue

Quote:

on another note.. u dont want my biz?

Not that I don't want your business, but after talking to your partner, goodgirl and I discussed it and we decided that this was a venture we did not want to risk our Class C's on. Nothing personal.

baddog · 08-23-2006, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betabomb

tip for next time: let the girls watch the gauges and wash your own car

no doubt

jmk · 08-23-2006, 03:23 PM

as long as it runs ignore it ;)
it's all scams ahhahah

OG LennyT · 08-23-2006, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

Cliff's notes:

lamp goes on indicating problem
lamp does not say what problem is
naked girls are fun to watch, but not very effective when it comes to cleaning cars

08-23-2006, 02:54 PM	#1
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	Idiotic "idiot lamps" Back in the day, cars had gauges to give you status on your battery voltage, oil pressure, engine temperature, fuel. It was determined that people were not smart enough to recognize that high or low on one of these readings was not a good thing, so they replaced them with red indicator lamps so it might get the message across. These days cars have so much technology that your dashboard would look like a 747's cockpit if they were to put gauges for everything, so they have had to transition back to using idiot lamps. Now, don't get me wrong. I appreciated the fact that they had a lamp to tell me that I had a flat tire because I had knocked the air pressure valve off when I hit that giant 10' wide sinkhole at Jenni Dahling's place. It was dark so I probably would have been stuck on a narrow, winding road before I noticed it instead of having the luxury of changing the tire in her driveway. But the one I got the other day . . . So, I am driving up the 605 so these 3 naked girls could wash my car, when all of a sudden I hear a bell and notice a weird lamp light up on my dashboard. I had no idea what it meant so I reached over to my glovebox, got the manual and discovered it was a MIL icon. MIL? I looked it up, and it says; Malfunction Indicator Lamp. Thanks, that helps. I decide to pull off the freeway and read up on it a little more, and they proceeded to tell me it could be anything from bad gas, loose gas cap, just about anything. I used my navigation system to find the closest Dodge dealership. Luckily, just 3 miles away. I get there and they tell me they have no way of knowing what it means without testing, and they can't do it until the next day, but since it isn't blinking, I should be okay to drive it for the rest of the day. I head off to let the naked girls do their thing. Later that night I was going to dinner with my son and decided on a whim just to check the gas cap, it was in place, but I gave it an additional twist and proceeded, lamp still on. When I got done with dinner and started the car, the lamp was off. Amazing. Oh, one more thing, while watching 3 naked girls wash your car may be fun, they aren't very good at it. Hire a Mexican or do it yourself, the results will be much better.

08-23-2006, 03:00 PM	#2
betabomb Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 777	i'm confused __________________

08-23-2006, 03:08 PM	#4
brand0n been very busy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: the queen city Posts: 26,983	damn dude on that brand new charger? ouch.. on another note.. u dont want my biz? __________________ want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

08-23-2006, 03:23 PM	#8
jmk Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,391	as long as it runs ignore it ;) it's all scams ahhahah