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If your windshield wipers are streaking and you don't have the opportunity to replace them immediately, run some wetted #400 wet/dry sandpaper along the edges. It'll get you another couple of weeks out of them. If the sandpaper isn't available, the striker strip from a book of matches will work too.

Toothpaste is a decent stand-in for rubbing compound to remove a paint scrape from your car's fender or bumper. I used this trick on a rental car once to avoid being charged for paint damage after scraping a pole in a parking garage.
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