Yeah, just as I was finishing up the well job at 7pm friday, my phone rings. My buddy went on about a 100 mi road trip in his miserable 4Runner and his [censored] front tire shreaded. No spare, no jack, no lug wrench, not even a screwdriver to get the center cap off. What is wrong with people? I had to travel 30 min to get his spare from his garage, then about 1.5hr to meet him on the side of the road near Philly then another 1.5hr home after he and his friend who came with me changed his spare.
I rag on him all the time about learning the basics of car ownership. Clean windows, air in and tread on the tires, a full crankcase, etc. BULB REPLACEMENT! He has a 97 4Runner that is beat to heck. Never has he done a single service until failure. I changed his air filter about 2 years ago, it looked original. Trans check light is on, CEL, the front end shakes and it has no brakes. A long time ago we shopped for a truck together to no avail and he came home with this one at twice the price he told me he would spend. It had cheap chrome American Racing wheels, window edge guards, press-on after market wood trim and inside smelled like the men's room at the United Nations and best of all it HAS a tow hitch, yay! he thinks the tow hitch is a good thing, even though he does not tow. I think they towed a 40 ft boat uphill both ways. It's rusted and has sorry paint. Until a year ago he always drove it totally dry of oil. It got a new head gasket 6 mo ago.
So, he says, it's been a good truck for him at 160k. I told him anyone can get 160k from a vehicle, the trick is 260k or 360k. Anyway, I think he is mental. He spends all his time and money on his ~crazy~ GF, who is a p0S. She drives his vehicles like a nut and destroys them inside and out. Filth and scum. No tools and a stupid plan. A smart guy too, just not with-it.
He suffers from a lot of Wishfull Thinking, that is my most accurate diagnosis. I just ordered a copy of Zenn and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence for him. I am out of patience.
I rag on him all the time about learning the basics of car ownership. Clean windows, air in and tread on the tires, a full crankcase, etc. BULB REPLACEMENT! He has a 97 4Runner that is beat to heck. Never has he done a single service until failure. I changed his air filter about 2 years ago, it looked original. Trans check light is on, CEL, the front end shakes and it has no brakes. A long time ago we shopped for a truck together to no avail and he came home with this one at twice the price he told me he would spend. It had cheap chrome American Racing wheels, window edge guards, press-on after market wood trim and inside smelled like the men's room at the United Nations and best of all it HAS a tow hitch, yay! he thinks the tow hitch is a good thing, even though he does not tow. I think they towed a 40 ft boat uphill both ways. It's rusted and has sorry paint. Until a year ago he always drove it totally dry of oil. It got a new head gasket 6 mo ago.
So, he says, it's been a good truck for him at 160k. I told him anyone can get 160k from a vehicle, the trick is 260k or 360k. Anyway, I think he is mental. He spends all his time and money on his ~crazy~ GF, who is a p0S. She drives his vehicles like a nut and destroys them inside and out. Filth and scum. No tools and a stupid plan. A smart guy too, just not with-it.
He suffers from a lot of Wishfull Thinking, that is my most accurate diagnosis. I just ordered a copy of Zenn and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence for him. I am out of patience.
