To change a headlight

Sounds wonderful.  It is great that you could do that for her.

There ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley deep enough, ain't no problem big enough, that our Dr. Clock can't solve.

Working on modern cars is a royal PITA.

My wife got a new car last year, so we gave my son her 2000 Passat. We had the clutch, timing belt, and new tires done for him, but it needed some other minor tweaks. Luckily he's a tweaker, so it found a good home and I don't have to tweak on it anymore. I did replace 3 of the 4 window regulators. That new cable system that they use sucks. 

Good for you, Alan!!

GM really has your best interest at heart.

An access hole would be bad for the economy.

If they'd drilled that hole, any dude with a screw driver could replace a headlight in ten minutes. Without the hole, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America have to take it to the dealer and get billed for an hour's labor.

This makes the dealer more prosperous and he goes out and spends his newfound wealth in ways that will benefit you and me.

It's really cynical to think that a car maker would purposely make a car more difficult to service just to enrich themselves and their dealer network.

Think of all the starving new car dealers who bust their butts just to make ends meet every month, and all so that you and I can be more comfortable in our daily lives.

Drove 5 1/2 hours round trip today to get the painted hood and headlight assembly. from Tom Bucannon .  ( A huge thanks to Tom's son Matt for quick 2 day service on the hood painting) .  Installed the headlight with minor tweaking on the mounting tabs, reattached the front bumper cover. Installed and aligned the hood insulation pad and various rubber pieces . Just 2 1/2  hours to do it all . We'll drive it over to our eager granddaughter's tomorrow ~ 

Looks good, Doc!

Gréât job grand-papa

I have family-owned '96 Buick Regal I'm making road worth for grand-child --- so we don't continuously drive 40 miles one way to cart her around.  The gas gauge hasn't worked for the last few years - and it now has sat a couple of years with ethanol gas in it.  So decided to replace the complete fuel pump/gauge sensor unit - only $60.  Rather than a removable inspection plate in the trunk - the entire gas tank has to come down!

I know Buicks float down the road - but this one had a bad rear shock.  So the float was for a couple of miles! The shock's ramrod just went up and down with no resistance.  Got the bad one replaced - the other side's shock is still in the trunk.  Guess I'll tackle it while I'm under doing the gas tank. 

Hope she is an Auburn fan - the car is bright crimson burgundy/red!  It's a perfect Sherman tank for a young person to be driving!  Just need to build a faraday cage inside so she can't use her cell phone.