So I installed some new windshield wipers (Rain X Latitude to be exact) today. Unbeknown to me, when I tested them a pine needle got caught and was streaked several times back and forth causing the glass to essentially be cut in a giant radius. So now I have a giant steak of cut glass from the pine needle (It‘s not cut too deep, fairly shallow) along the passenger side of the car which can‘t help but block my vision.So my question is.Is there any product that can help me buff out or refill the shallow cut to the window? Thank you in advanced for you help!
Put the brake on,turn you same foot so your ankle will hit the gas,when ready.Push the clutch in,with your other foot.Put it in gear,if not already,release the parking brake if on,turn the key,it will start.Slowly push on the accelerator with your heal while at the same time letting off the brake as you simultaneously are slowly letting the clutch out all the way.the car will move without having the clutch out all the way,so be aware.once the car starts moving release the brake completely.make sure you keep the accelerator pushed or it will stall,and do not let out on the clutch pedal fast.
Manual transmission vehicles seem to be very difficult to master at first, but once you get the hang of it, they are great to drive. and a lot less boring then automatic transmission vehicles. Prior to turning the ignition key, make sure your foot is firmly pressing the clutch pedal all the way to the floor. you MUST keep this pedal to the floor unless the car is in NUTURAL.it will stall out otherwise. When you feel it is time to move forward OR backwardlets say you are in Nurtural.you put your foot on the clutch and shift the car into first gear.with a standard 4 or 5 gear shifter on the floor, the shift pattern is an H with first gear at the top left of the H pattern. but clutch in with LEFT foot, push shift knob toward the LEFT and UP, let go of shift knob, SLOWLY bring foot off of clutch while at the same time, slowly putting your foot on the gas pedal and slowly pushing down. your left foot should come off the clutch pedal in at the same speed your right foot is pushing down on the gas pedal now you should (hopefully) be moving forward. LISTEN carefully to your car, the engine will basically let you know by it's sound when you need to shift again. it takes practice to be able to HEAR when the car needs to be shifted and the only way to get that practice is to drive and hopefully not strip the gears. just be careful with practice you can do it Oh and shifting into reverse is different if you have a 4 speed transmission or a 5 speed transmission on a 5 speed transmission (5 gears to shift into), you shift to Nutural (center of the H then HARD to the right beyond the boundry of the H and then straight down. Once again, practicing with the feet coordination is essential. good luck it takes lots of patience (mostly on the part of your driving instructor).
If you're asking on how to just start the car, it's pretty easy. Check to see that you're in neutral and depress the clutch (just to play it safe), insert the key into the ignition, turn it forwards and press the gas pedal. Now, to actually drive a standard is another matter altogether. This does take patience, coordination and skill. You can begin by practicing shifting gears (with the ignition off) just to get the feel of this. When driving, you're likely going to over rev the gas or stall the engine a number of times until you get the feel of things. Start slow - press the gas down a bit to speed up. When you hear or feel the car over-revving, it's is time to shift. Depress the clutch (with your left foot) and release the gas (with your right foot) simultaneously. Shift gears with your right hand. Find yourself a nice large empty parking lot and practice, practice, practice. Keep working at it - mastering a standard shift can add so much more excitement to driving.
because a pine needle is much softer that glass it cannot cut into the glass windshield however, if your old wiper blades were worn enough that the metal portion of the wiper blade was touching the windshield and wearing on it for a lenthy time then it is possible your windshield is indeed damaged and cannot be repaired ,, however, there is also the possibility that a fresh pine needle with plenty of pine resin in it could leave a pine resin streak on the window that appears to be a scratch and it that be the case i suggest using some paint thinner to disolve the resin.
