Ok, so I was driving one of my friends home. He decided to roll the window down in attempt to spit his gum out. He missed. It hit the pillar, flung back onto the dash board, and I didn't catch exactly where it went (I was looking for it!), but I have a feeling that it went down one of the vent pieces for the front defroster. Problem, or no? I can't see that anythings stuck in there but I don't know where else it would have went. If anything I considered that there might just be a block to the vent, but I turned the defroster on for the front windshield and it seems to be working fine. I just don't want there being any issues with heat or fire or anything. Any input is appreciated

 

Your friend missed an entire open window? I would not go shooting with this individual. That's the best advice I can give considering the situation. Sorry.

 

hahahah, well, I had glanced over and the window wasn't completely down, bad coordination? lol and no, definitely not a person to go shooting with...

 

Just you wait... Soon the chewing gum tree will grow out of the defroster vent and then where will you be?

 

For several reasons, this gum throwing individual needs to "wake up". Throwing gum out a window is really inconsiderate and not very smart as it will probably end up on someone's shoe, or in your case--in someones car (vent)

 

And a hardy "Thank You Very Much!" to the chewing gum police!

 

I heard that gum stays in your vent for seven years!

 

, Chewing Gum Police!

 

I've read a couple of threads today that makes me think people really need to lighten up and get a sense of humor. Either your life sucks so bad that gum on your shoe is going to send you over the edge - or your life is so perfect you just can't stand the thought of a piece of gum on side of the roadway. Good grief! Just guessing but willing to bet the gum was intended to fly out of the car and onto the grassy shoulder of the road where the only risk is to a lawnmower tire next spring.

Isn't this supposed to be "The most wonderful time of the year"? Happy Holidays cranky, snarky, ill-tempered posters......

PS: Can I borrow "chewing gum police"?

Smile! It increases your face vaue...just sayin'

 

this is worse then you think. The gum can expand creating a vacuum of sugar in your car. Soon your car will have is own ecosystem of sugar monsters. This happened once in '69. There have been no cases since then on account of people actually being able to aim with gum. Until now I thought this problem was gone. There is only one way to stop it. Take these steps

1. Punch your friend in or around the face area
2. Find the gum before it is to late and your car becomes a breading ground for sugar monsters
3. Yes most gum is sugar free, it does not stop the sugar monsters though
4. After the gum is found, resist throwing it out the window, you might miss, instead carry it all the way to the nearest trash can.
5. Pray that it is not to late.

Good luck.


:P

 

If it was bubble gum, just wait until a big bubble comes up through your vent then you'll know where it went. LOL.

 

Thank you kindly.
I know this is an odd issue--but I was only curious because I actually care about my car and was hoping someone would be able to tell me if I should be concerned. That's all. For the record, it wasn't bubble gum.

 

I agree.

I call it karma. That's what you get for having a litterbug in your car.

 

If that were true, I wouldn't let the friend in your car again.

I wouldn't loose any sleep over it, though. After a while it will dry up into a hard, plastic like mass. Hopefully it stays stuck, so that it doesn't rattle around. No matter what, though, I don't think it will harm anything.

 

If a pice of gum sticking to your shoe is youre biggest worry in the world, I would hate to be your friend when the Zombie Apocolypse comes. It seems that there is an outbreak of political correctness, that is trying to dictate everything that people do and it's ruining a way of life. For instance growing up I vivedly remember riding in the back seat of my dad's Caddy, NO car seat, NOT even a seatbelt, sliding from one side of the leather seat to the other every time he went around a corner. I'm not dead, not injured in any way from it, it was just a way of life. Kinda like if you went walking through the grass at the park you learned to LOOK where you where going. If you didnt you would probably step right into a doggie landmine.
Now days, it's almost a requirement to keep your kid in a fully protected bubble until they are 14. It's looked down uppon to not spit your gum into a proper receptical. People are so afraid of someone elses oppinion that they are scared to voice their own. And the list goes on...
I'm not directing this at anyone in particular but, modern society is making people into over indulged PANSEYS! I hope when the zombies come they are the first to be eaten! That will atleast let the people who arent afraid of a pice of gum on a sidewalk have a fighting chance to survive.

Ok rant over, back to the OP.
If by some mericle the gum did go into the defroster vent, GOOD LUCK getting to it. There is no fire hasard, and unless it is wedged in the linkage for the defroster it wont hurt anything. Its not going to grow a tree out of your dash, it wont spawn a new culture of miniture shugar people, and it wont turn your car into zombie bait. What will happen though, is when you turn the defrost on (Maby even years down the road) you will smell the gum. Think of it as a everlasting air freshener, and thank your friend for the gift. Tell him to keep on spitting out the window, and that you appritiate his help on picking out the weeklings of todays society.
Chances are this mystery wad will turn up on the floor come springtime, it will be ground into the carpet in a deep dark hole in the floorboard. When it does turn up the best way to get it off is penutbutter.

 

Thank you for a meaningful response..finally. I appreciate it.

 

Or on the tarmac as a small black spot that works it's way into the surface to help fill a pot hole. "Wake Up"

I toss my gum out on the freeway roads and my wife get hacked off. But I don't spit it on sidewalks or stick it on chairs. I will spit it out on the freeway or local roads. I try not to hit the crosswalk wouldn't want to get any on someones shoe.

 

I bet you would all act differently if someone threw their gum in your front yard.

 

What a great thread. It's funny and I love looking at all the different angles people take. I remember when I was a kid in West Seattle. I had a paper route and it was raining and cold like no bodies business one weekend. I didn't want to ride my bike cause it was crappy out. So I took my Moms car without her permission. I was only 13. But I pushed it down the street so she wouldn't hear it start. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a 1956 Buick Wildcat. That car hauled you know what. Had a big block with an automatic. What a tank but man that car was fast.

Anyway, I took the car and was almost done with my route when a cop spotted me. Guess he thought it was kind of suspicious this 13 year old kid hopping in and out of a car delivery newspapers. (Don't know why I drove good.) It was on Sunday delivering the Seattle Times. Those papers weighed a ton.

Anyway, he busted me and made me drive the car home. Woke my mom up and made a big stink.

My point is if that happened today shoot they would probably throw me in jail, tow the car and make a big deal out of what is really nothing. We'll I now it's now nothing but you get my drift. Thinks are just different today and to DicksGarage53 it's turning the whole world into a bunch of pansies. Makes me sick sometimes.

End of story.

 

Throw gum out the window. Aim well to ensure it goes out the window. It sticks to the road and prevents potholes - a good thing! If it does not go out the window, then go to the MINI dealer and get a new 2012 MINI coupe - also a good thing! Life is short, drive your MINI, chew gum. Happy holidays!

 

Dude, that gum will stick to your ribs errr, vent passage.

Makes me think back to when my son was REAL young and got a hold of a piece of ABC gum. Dug it out of the trash as I recall. Caught him chewing it, said to spit it out. Well, I think I startled him, and he swallowed it whole. Being a new dad and all, I freaked. Told by the pediatrician that he's fine and he'd pass it.

Wellllllll, he did. Sort of. I'd like to say he was blowing a bubble out of his butt, alas this was not the case. However I was ordained by the powers that be, guess who, to remove the gum from his bum.

Yeah..ok. Ever get gum stuck on your finger, then try to pry it off with the other hand. That long stringy thing is the result, remember? Well, THAT, my friends was exactly what I had coming out of my sons exhaust. Nice. Now HTF do I get THAT out.

Gloves...$2
Qtips...$1
Vaseline...$3.99

Retrieving the remnants of ABC intestinal chewing gum for your young son's ***.....$priceless.

 

So you are saying that only the biggest worry in the world should get any attention? Wow! And not littering is "politically correct". Since when? Littering has always been wrong. If anyone throws their waste on the ground, they are a real a**hole.

 

Well than I guess everyone in the world is an @$$! You can not honestly tell me that you or anyone you know has never in their existance thrown a candy wraper, a pop can, beer bottle, wad of gum, sunflower seed shells, anything onto the ground and not picked it up. We are all humans, humans do dumb things, sometimes without thinking.
Yes it royaly pisses me off if I'm out 4Wheeling somewhere and run across an old campsite with peoples trash thrown everywhere, but I'm not going to sweat a wad of gum in the street. Even if it sticks to my shoe, I just clean it off and life goes on. When I do get a wad of gum on my shoe, I scrape it off, and where does it go? Right back onto the ground!

So maby I am an A** HOLE, but I'm just one of MILLIONS!

 

That was a wonderful story grandpa. Seriously though, I'm joking. It sucked. But for real, I hated it. Ok, seriously, don't hate me.

 

Seriously? This is what I have to look forward to in the next year or so. Ugh, as if the diapers were bad enough.

Yea, compare gum on your shoe to this.