ot-another snow story
so i was at a scrapyard 50km north of here to pick up a windshield that had been pulled for me. not a beautiful piece of glass (not oem i'm pretty sure, it's blue on top?) but i don't care i can't afford a new windshield right now, whatever... so anyway i asked if i could poke around the car and they direct me to this tiny guy (like maybe 5') who takes me out to the back. the whole place was completely buried under 10 feet of snow it was unreal like a snow maze or something, i wish i'd had my camera. i'm guessing 6-800 cars but i could be way off it's tough to guess - there was a plow working nonstop to clear paths between the rows. the car my glass came from had been pulled out and was sitting on top of a big pile of snow presumably with a car underneath and we climbed on top of it to have a look (i was looking mainly for the console) but it was trashed so i (without really thinking) asked if there were any others. the guy squints his eyes up and looks about four rows away and counts with his finger "...quatre, cinq, six... la c'est un 89". so i'm totally amused and impressed at the same time and we get into the little beater car and drive through the maze to the pile of snow and dig at the front for a bit (it was cleared by the plow almost within a foot to the front of the car) and eventually uncover an e34 signal light - he pulls out a shovel and we clear a hole to the drivers window which is open and i climb half in and pull out the console which i'm hoping was a super-lucky find (see this current thread).
anyway i was just really impressed that this guy had an accurate roadmap of all of the cars buried in the lot. he could only see the yard properly by climbing on top of a car or two and even the snow on top of the cars almost came up to his (well and mine too i'm not too big) waist. i've had the misfortune of needing to visit a few scrapyards this winter which has been totally ridiculous this year. i can't imagine doing that job. it's so ridiculous i'm still waiting for a trunk lock to come out from six feet on the south shore. buying a 20 yr old recently-poorly-maintained (but garage kept that's what sold me whoops) and making it through this winter (so far haven't made it yet) has turned out to be one of my greatest adventures ever! (thanks again for all the help!)
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