A guy breaks into a McDonald's then a car dealership then damages several cars and is thus called a "tweaker"?
Three cheers for regional idioms.....I suppose?
Three cheers for regional idioms.....I suppose?
Test drove a $2200 one-eyed Buick today.
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We're not supposed shame them these days, P.C. and all. Even criminals have feelings.
I walk if I even think there's been an overheat event. Most of the general public doesn't know how important it is to pull over and shut down as soon as the gauge starts going high. I'm betting it overheated a few times on the previous owner and they just dumped it. Caution.
I'd keep looking.
They weren’t. It was a customer car in for a new transmission. They bought it off of her after it was hit, or at least that’s the story they told me.
A tweaker is someone who is high on meth, which this individual allegedly was.
I suppose he could have been on his way to Wednesday night bingo and fellowship, but tweaked out on meth seems the more likely explanation.
Something so bad shouldn't have a 'cutsie' nickname (IMHO).
I might offer "At auction after their fees and your expenses of getting it to them you'll net $793.42 so I'll give you $800 and save you some hassles." Probably not as the issues seem too significant but that would be my approach I think.
I never thought of it as cutsie. Calling someone a tweaker is universally seen as an insult around here, but I take your point. It’s just that “drug-addled toothless moron” doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
That's no Lucerne
Think he means LeSabre.
You’re right, it’s a LeSabre. My bad.
I have the year wrong too. It’s a 2005. Not that it matters because it’s going to be someone else’s problem.
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So was calling someone a "hoople" (Who - pull) when I was a kid.
However, calling a meth head a tweaker is like calling a child molester a "cuddler".
My region prefers "crackhead". It rolls easily off the tongue after a few rides on the DART train.
Mr out-of-touch-with-modern-slang (that is, me) thinks of a tweaker as someone fine-tuning a piece of electronic equipment by adjusting potentiometers.
I think 1300 might even be too much, depending on what is causing the overheating.
Too bad on the Buick, overheating would scare me. Chances are the block is fine, but what about the heads? seems like worst case is that the motor is junk, and now you're out quite a bit more.
On the Mazda, did you get under it? Make sure it's not some Northern state refugee looking for a new home. But it sounds like the better bet.
On the Mazda, did you get under it? Make sure it's not some Northern state refugee looking for a new home. But it sounds like the better bet.
Maybe Ziggy might be interested in another Lesabre.
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