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Originally Posted by drkshdw

I'm one of those people that always manages to break something while replacing something else. Usually an expensive part while replacing a cheap part. Doesn't matter what it is.

This past weekend I replaced the turn signal/wiper switch on my 944. In order to get to the bolt that secures the switch to the column you have to move the ignition trim out of the way. Didn't want to break that as it's expensive to replace so needed to undo the screws which lie under a very thin, fragile, breakable faceplate covering the HVAC thing. But in order to get that off you have to take the knobs off the upper and lower vent openers. The bottom one pops off fine. Top one wouldn't budge. Thought maybe since it was 30* outside it was cold and numb fingers couldn't grasp it firmly enough. Finally got a firm grip on the thing and it pops off. But not before taking the little piece of plastic it clips onto with it.

So a job that started because my turn signal switch wouldn't cancel left handed turns turned into a project that broke an expensive part that still works, just doesn't let you move a slider to open and close the upper vents. Had I known, I would've just lived with a turn signal that doesn't cancel.

Makes you want to buy an old car, where everything is made with metal and screwed together. Plastic and snaps are the bane of my existence.