More Car Stuff

What the dealer said about water in the car was not correct. For one, more water appeared on the driver’s side floor when the car was not being steam cleaned. There aren’t many ways to get water in the car when it’s not actually raining or you haven’t been careless with your Poland Springs bottle. In this case, we believe the airconditioner condensate drain is responsible. Even though it’s November, the a/c has been on because we didn’t understand some of the details of the climate control system. In Honda Civics any setting that involves the front windshield defogger will turn on the a/c, and pushing the a/c toggle will not turn it off. If not for this, we might not have noticed until next summer.

We have an appointment for the fairly inept dealer to look at the car on Monday. In fact, I’d rather our shop deal with it, but we’d have a hard time getting them to pay for it, while the lemon law requires them to fix it to my satisfaction. I did talk to a manager who seemed to grasp how annoyed I am about it. That said, a clogged drain should be easy to fix, and taking up the front carpet and cleaning it adequately should be possible even for these guys.