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From: Ava,MO
I would do this; Go buy him a hot wheels car just exactly like he wants, give it to him, and say, When you need something to drive use the car i just gave you. My vehicle is no longer available! ( Yes I am a old school Hard a@@)
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You guys are great, you know that?
It's fixed. Had to buy two tires from the used tire guy, but that's ok as they were BFG All-Terrain 31's with good tread. I put 'em on the pickup as they matched the Corsair's I have on the rears. Took the best tire I unmounted and put it on the Bronco.
Yea, I maintain the Bronco well, and the tire was a loss, but I can't afford "bad blood" in the house right now. Long story, but it's best I just eat this one.
Thanks everyone, it was good to vent, and to know I'm not the only "Old School" wrencher left out there...
It's fixed. Had to buy two tires from the used tire guy, but that's ok as they were BFG All-Terrain 31's with good tread. I put 'em on the pickup as they matched the Corsair's I have on the rears. Took the best tire I unmounted and put it on the Bronco.
Yea, I maintain the Bronco well, and the tire was a loss, but I can't afford "bad blood" in the house right now. Long story, but it's best I just eat this one.
Thanks everyone, it was good to vent, and to know I'm not the only "Old School" wrencher left out there...
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I'm 19, and I believe I learned how to change tires when I was 9. In fact, any time my dad needed to work on the brakes of any vehicle, he always had me pull the wheels off.
It's a real shame to see someone 8 years older than I having this sort of issue. I always felt that it was common sense not to drive a vehicle on the rim, but maybe your son watches too many episodes of Cops.
It's a real shame to see someone 8 years older than I having this sort of issue. I always felt that it was common sense not to drive a vehicle on the rim, but maybe your son watches too many episodes of Cops.
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My dad always had me looking over his shoulder to help him with his automobile tasks.
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21 here. I probably wouldn't have been expected to pay, or expect it of my kid. But I'd catch more heck than satan with a catchers mitt for driving on it.
Brought home a 250 that isn't running today. Mom said "we've all got to live and learn. I don't expect it perfect when I get home, but if you're goofing off I'll beat you with soap in a pillow case"
Hahaha not 100% sure she was kidding.
Brought home a 250 that isn't running today. Mom said "we've all got to live and learn. I don't expect it perfect when I get home, but if you're goofing off I'll beat you with soap in a pillow case"
Hahaha not 100% sure she was kidding.
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From: Snowflake, az
Good vent. I am deffinatly old school. Was raised return anything borrowed in as good or better than when you borrowed it, or there was going to be h@@l to pay even if it was borrowed from someone else and not him. I understand keeping the peace and no major drama at home in these hard times. I have 2 step sons, 1 is good about it, the other not so much. 5 plugs in a side wall is ok to him for fixing a tire he killed. Hang in there, and like the others said, you can teach but it doesent mean they will do the right thing.
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From: Alberta, Canada
Being 22 myself, it isn't an issue of knowing how to swap to a spare or a parking lot emergency, but my guilty conscience of returning property to someone in a lesser state in which it was taken from them...
Whether you had to eat this one or not, I believe you are in the right to establish minimum expectations, especially for future considerations.
Whether you had to eat this one or not, I believe you are in the right to establish minimum expectations, especially for future considerations.
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You guys are great, you know that?
It's fixed. Had to buy two tires from the used tire guy, but that's ok as they were BFG All-Terrain 31's with good tread. I put 'em on the pickup as they matched the Corsair's I have on the rears. Took the best tire I unmounted and put it on the Bronco.
Yea, I maintain the Bronco well, and the tire was a loss, but I can't afford "bad blood" in the house right now. Long story, but it's best I just eat this one.
Thanks everyone, it was good to vent, and to know I'm not the only "Old School" wrencher left out there...
It's fixed. Had to buy two tires from the used tire guy, but that's ok as they were BFG All-Terrain 31's with good tread. I put 'em on the pickup as they matched the Corsair's I have on the rears. Took the best tire I unmounted and put it on the Bronco.
Yea, I maintain the Bronco well, and the tire was a loss, but I can't afford "bad blood" in the house right now. Long story, but it's best I just eat this one.
Thanks everyone, it was good to vent, and to know I'm not the only "Old School" wrencher left out there...
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From: Wagener, SC
I guess the most frustrating thing about this whole situation is that I just spent the last 6 weeks or so completing the tire carrier on the Bronco, buying new jacks for BOTH trucks, buying new rubber for BOTH spare rims, and mounting everything where they are supposed to go, just so that I would NOT have to deal with situations just like this.
Hell, you can't drive the Bronco without seeing that new spare I got for it in the rear view mirror! There was no excuse for this that I can easily accept.
But like you said, next time he needs to borrow one of my trucks, he'll have to listen to my lecture first.
Hell, you can't drive the Bronco without seeing that new spare I got for it in the rear view mirror! There was no excuse for this that I can easily accept.
But like you said, next time he needs to borrow one of my trucks, he'll have to listen to my lecture first.
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From: Johns Creek GA
Or perhaps more appropriate to this particular situation: "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
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