Most people who grew up driving old cars learnt some mechanical sympathy, or walked a lot! Now Daddy buys them a new toy to destroy like the last one! :wallbash::bat:
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Most people who grew up driving old cars learnt some mechanical sympathy, or walked a lot! Now Daddy buys them a new toy to destroy like the last one! :wallbash::bat:
Mate of mine bought the Cooks little Datsun 1200 off us many years ago. A great little car and you really could hardly hear the engine tick over. So he bought it for his "highly intelligent student son" who proceeded to destroy it in a fortnight!
Having brains certainly doesn't guarantee to make people intelligent drivers.
AlanH.
That would take some doing! Datto 1200s are pretty tough little jiggers.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATH
I have a mate exactly like this...he"s a teacher also...hmmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares
Cheers Rod
I blame the parents!
Looks like the son has not saved anything to help buy the car so has learned absolutely nothing about the consequences of his actions.
But lessons like this should have started when he was a toddler so too late when he was let loose on a big car! If my 3yo brakes something, looses something or hurts someone else she has to make it right and looses play school priveliges.
End of bad parenting rant!!!
Not just the kids. My father seemingly took the stand that cars and all to do with them were a scam . The car was considered to him to be a necessary evil .Didn't stop him from manufacturing vinyl for seats and other uses. A handle down first car I had was in such poor shape that as a student all I could do was drive it further into the ground. A Chrysler 360 running on 5 cylinders and a Holed exhaust is not a good way to start a positive relationship with the automotive world.
Many years later despite trying to maintain a disco , for reasons outside my control the engine decided to die , so now back to being a professional pedestrian. Still have to be sure the batteries are fully charged in the phone and iPod though.
My first car was a busted arse $100 Holden HK station wagon that I bought with my own money, Trust me when I say when I was 17 years old $100 was a bloody fortune.
I had that car for 2 years and it was a better vehicle when I sold it than when I bought it because I leaned How to do the maintenance and repairs because "Daddy" although he was a Fitter wouldn't do the work for me nor would he put his hands in his pocket to pay for it, He did however teach me how to do the work and to save my quids for the bits and pieces I needed/Wanted.
I am pretty sure I got a Far better deal than some spoilt Brat that gets everything for nothing [bigwhistle]
Unfortunately a car is a consumable these days.
It was a prized possession when I got my 1st one but times change I suppose.
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Originally Posted by trout1105
Your dad sound's like my dad. Also taught me if I couldn't afford to buy it than I didn't need it. [smilebigeye] When I was 12, I striped & reassembled a gear box by my self after watching him do jobs on his 56 Customline.
HmmmQuote:
Unfortunately a car is a consumable these days.
It was a prized possession when I got my 1st one but times change I suppose.
I doubt that many here would consider their much loved landrovers as a "Consumable" [bigwhistle]
I most certainly don't.