OMFG

Oct 29, 2008 05:10

For the last half hour someones goddamn car broke, causing the horn to sound like someone was just leaning on the steering wheel. For a goddamn half hour. The guy who owned it and the landlord couldn't figure out how to kill it. With half the apartment building, the landlord, the owner and several police standing there, they still couldn't figure ( Read more... )

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antiduh October 30 2008, 21:44:35 UTC
Morning right before sunlight is the coldest time of day.

My guess is that condensation built up somewhere and caused enough of a signal to trigger the horn. My guess would be between the plates in the steering wheel, where the car is exposed to all sorts of humidity build up. The freezing water might have displaced a contact just enough to trigger it, or perhaps pierced through some insulator.

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tophertg October 29 2008, 22:14:05 UTC
Look, we're not all car geniuses like you! I swear I hunted for an hour for that damn Duracell shaped thing in my car and I still can't find it!

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antiduh October 30 2008, 21:45:42 UTC
You're kidding, right?

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