Was this mean?

Macdaddy4738 said:
People who cant do simple maintenance on their own cars (Oil change, filters, wipers, air pressure) should NOT own a car.
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I'm with you on this. The females in my family are notorious for not checking things like fluid levels. They think that a key and gas is all that's required. When I have to repair their junk after it's neglected, I make them listen to my speech about why these fluids are necessary.
On a side note, my older step son was given a '69 Ford F-100 after he got his license. Old school(3 on the tree, 4 wheel drum brakes, no P/S). I showed him how to do all the work on it and told him he had to do it all himself and I would help if he needed it. Rarely has he ever had to ask and I usually have to offer. His younger brother, on the other, hand,is a college grad who cant seem to check his fluids.
 
TheWarBeast said:
My ex wife would never check fluids or tire pressures or anything. After the divorce she called me and told me I had to come fix her car. "Hell no I don't" and I hung up. About 2 hours later she called and said she would pay me to fix it. And she did.

My ex always told me she didn't need a man to check under the hood of her car because she could do it herself. One day she came home and told me her car was making a clicking sound from the engine and it was running a little hot. I pulled the dipstick and there was no oil on it. 3 and a half quarts later I asked when she last checked her oil. She said she has never checked her oil(we bought the car new and had just finished paying it off two months earlier). She said she thought I was checking it. I reminded her of her declaration of not needing a man to do all this and told her if she was going to drive it, she would have to check her own oil.
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My son was suposed to come down this weekend and go the the Flats with me. I get a call today and he tells me he quit his job because he got mad. I din't ask him what happened I was a little upset and didn't really care at the time. Then he says he still wanted to come down but he didn't have enough gas.... I guess he expects me to pay his way.... NOT

I don't mind helping somebody that is atleast trying, but to just give up my hard earned money to somebody they will just up and quit their job.... I have a hard time with that.
 
GREENCHEROKEE said:
My son was suposed to come down this weekend and go the the Flats with me. I get a call today and he tells me he quit his job because he got mad. I din't ask him what happened I was a little upset and didn't really care at the time. Then he says he still wanted to come down but he didn't have enough gas.... I guess he expects me to pay his way.... NOT

I don't mind helping somebody that is atleast trying, but to just give up my hard earned money to somebody they will just up and quit their job.... I have a hard time with that.
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So your son quit his job and wants to go on a vacation and have you fit the bill? Nice - priorities are a little skewed... Tell him you will give him gas money to get to the unemployment office!
 
On another note - I wish my father was more capable under the hood.. As a young adult in England he would take apart the motor to his mini cooper at his dining room table, now on newer vehicles he has a hard time checking the oil. He is into the exotic imports and used to own an exotic car dealership in Greensboro where they would also take lamborginis and stretch them into limos. He never showed me anything past changing my own oil which usually he just had the mechanic do but I wish he would have bought simpler cars at the time. I had always loved 4x4s, especially jeeps so I bought a hanes manual with my first jeep and tried to fix everything myself.

So now when he has a problem I try to see if I can resolve it before he has to shell out money. I wish I could call up my pops and have him help out and I only call him as a last resort. Your "kids" should be thankful to have somone with the knowledge and expertise to guide them, its just sad to see them throw that potential away b/c they would rather have someone do it for them than show them.

So no - not mean at all - In fact very smart! I love the tarp idea - I think the rain helped your situation!
 
Mean? Perhaps..... Necessary? Absolutely!

My 20 year old step-daughter is already on her 7th car much for the same reasons. Mostly because she does NO routine maintenance. I remember one time coming to pick her up when her car "stalled at a traffic light". It wouldn't restart even after I tried to roll start it down a hill. I asked her when the last time she put oil in it and she said her boyfriend had just put a quart in that morning. I pulled the stick and found it bone dry and burnt. This is the same guy who convinced her to buy another car and give him that one so he could put a different motor in so he could drag race. He conveniently already had the motor bought that morning.

Today's teenagers seem to have a "disposable" mentality. At least the loser ones that my step-daughters seem to gravitate towards.

The sad thing is that in the same span of time, she has seen us maintain two vehicles one with just over 100,000 miles on it and one that has 230,000 miles on that we have spent less to maintain than she bought the cheapest of her 7 and I wouldn't hesitate to drive either of ours to Florida or Michigan for our next vacation.
 
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