The driver's side windshield wiper arm decided to come loose and flop around today, in our first rainstorm since October. Fortunately, it was in our neighborhood, so I was able to drive home slowly, through a neighborhood that the French Impressionists would have appreciated. Since we don't have a garage, the car will be benched until the rain stops, so I don't know if the arm's just loose (or the splines stripped) or the linkage is broken.

Either way, a question for when I reinstall the arm: the manual I have for the car refers to installing the arm "1.41 inches above the scuttle panel." I take it this is measured from the end of the arm where the wiper blade attaches?