need a bonnet retainer rod thingy

hi,

i am practicing "english" as a second lang....'merican is my first.

anyway, the plastic piece which holds the hood rod on to the car at the front left headlight is broken and i was wondering if anyone might have a spare one lying about.

lemme know, peter in ct

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peter
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If you are practicing "English", then you refer to the "bonnet" support rod, the "hood" being that which protects the inside of the motor car from rain when raised, and is located immediately forward of the boot lid, and rear wings.

(Tongue stuck firmly in cheek so that I don't get belted with a spanner)

Stuart H. Expat Englishman.

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Stuart H.

In college, I worked part-time as a mechanic that specialized in Jaguars. One customer came in to buy some wheel bearings. When asked if he needed them installed, he said he had an official shop manual, and would do it himself.

After a couple of hours, he called. We asked how it was going. He replied he was doing fine...but was having trouble locating the knaveplates.

("Knaveplate" was British for "wheel cover." Doing fine, indeed!)

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Lanny Chambers

DEFINITIONS. (in American English.)

A "bonnet," I know this viscerally, is a kind of hot hot hot pepper in a restaurant that DON'T YOU EVER, NO NO NO, I SWEAR TO GOD take, on a "friend's" challenge, to eat one whole, it sets all your innard afire. And beware your so-called "friends." For they aren't.

A hood beats you up, steals your goods, and sneers at you. All the rest would be endurable without the sneer.

It's a cruel world, and anyway none of this has anything to do with the heavenly Miata, long may she wave. How I wish you drunk bastards could stay on topic.

Sincerely Yours, Johnny

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johnny p.

The "boot" is, of course, what you get at work in these hard times.

Do women still wear bonnets? Only when riding in roadsters? ;)

miker, skipping to my loo...

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