Where in the World is Bob Saget?

Status
Not open for further replies.
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
Nemo14 said:
So... We were pretty careful with our spending on this past FL excusions, so we ended up with $$ leftover from what we had planned. So we put it in our little (and I do mean little) account for next year's escape. Well, last week the battery died on my car and now this morning the starter died on DH's car. I think by the end of the day our little account will be in the negative numbers...

Stupid real life!!
Click to expand...

Among other things, I've installed starters and batteries (although, the battery will probably come with "free installation") in cars numerous times over the years. For just a 6-pack of rhubarb beer I'll save ya' a little a' that jack. ;) :)
 
Nemo14

Nemo14

Well-Known Member
donaldtoo said:
Among other things, I've installed starters and batteries (although, the battery will probably come with "free installation") in cars numerous times over the years. For just a 6-pack of rhubarb beer I'll save ya' a little a' that jack. ;) :)
Click to expand...
OH, DH can do all that too - for that matter, so can I. It's just the unexpected ecpense... some days you just can't win, know what I mean?
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
Nemo14 said:
OH, DH can do all that too - for that matter, so can I. It's just the unexpected ecpense... some days you just can't win, know what I mean?
Click to expand...

Darn, there goes my free rhubarb beer. :grumpy:

Yes, Yes I do. All but one of our cars are pretty darn old.
And, these days there are just a lot of repairs you can't do on the newer models at home anymore without specialized tools and a load more time... i.e. I don't know of a car anymore these days that has the old mechanical fuel pump mounted on the block . I once changed one in a parking lot . A coupla' fuel lines, a gasket, 2 mounting bolts and washers and BAM! your done. There all electric and in the tank and the tank has to be dropped to get to 'em. I just don't have the time for some a' that stuff anymore.
 
Last edited:
Nemo14

Nemo14

Well-Known Member
donaldtoo said:
Darn, there goes my free rhubarb beer. :grumpy:

Yes, Yes I do. All but one of our cars are pretty darn old.
And, these days there are just a lot of repairs you can't do on the newer models at home anymore without specialized tools and a load more time... i.e. I don't know of a car anymore these days that has the old mechanical fuel pump mounted on the block . I once changed one in a parking lot . A coupla' fuel lines, a gasket, 2 mounting bolts and washers and BAM! your done. There all electric and in the tank and the tank has to be dropped to get to 'em. I just don't have the time or the tools for some a' that stuff anymore.
Click to expand...
I grew up in a family of mechanics - my 4 brothers all work in mechanically-related fields now- and my father insisted that my sisters and I learn our way around some of the basics anyway before he even allowed us to get a driver's licence. Cars today are so different though...I often wonder what my dad would think of all this stuff now.
 
NYwdwfan

NYwdwfan

Well-Known Member
Nemo14 said:
I grew up in a family of mechanics - my 4 brothers all work in mechanically-related fields now- and my father insisted that my sisters and I learn our way around some of the basics anyway before he even allowed us to get a driver's licence. Cars today are so different though...I often wonder what my dad would think of all this stuff now.
Click to expand...

I've always said that if I could have learned a trade it would have been auto-mechanic. Although I probably wouldn't tell anyone. Hubby is an electrician and at least once a week someone crawls out from under a rock to call him about an electrical problem. :rolleyes:
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
Nemo14 said:
I grew up in a family of mechanics - my 4 brothers all work in mechanically-related fields now- and my father insisted that my sisters and I learn our way around some of the basics anyway before he even allowed us to get a driver's licence. Cars today are so different though...I often wonder what my dad would think of all this stuff now.
Click to expand...

Fortunately, my 81 yr. old pop is still around, and actually still does his fair share of car repairs and things like that. He has seen how things have changed so much over the years and it's pretty amazing to him even though most of 'em still run on the same basic internal combustion gasoline engine as day one.
His father, on the other hand, would freak. He was a very basic farmer type - a house that was anything other than a box was a waste and so was a car that had anything more than what the manufacturer offered as the lowest base model.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

Well-Known Member
Nemo14 said:
I grew up in a family of mechanics - my 4 brothers all work in mechanically-related fields now- and my father insisted that my sisters and I learn our way around some of the basics anyway before he even allowed us to get a driver's licence. Cars today are so different though...I often wonder what my dad would think of all this stuff now.
Click to expand...
Exactly, tomorrow I have to bring my tired old Deville in to replace two items that would have been a 15 minute repair in my youth. A water pump and a couple of cooling system related gaskets that are leaking just a little. As I said, it would have been 15 minutes and probably no more the $15.00 to repair back in the dark ages. I already have been told what this little minor repair is going to cost... $1300.00.

Nemo, I had the same philosophy with my daughters. They had to change their own oil, rotate their tires, fix flats if necessary, and generally do whatever small repair that came along. One even did a brake job on her car. I was looking on, of course, but she did it by herself with my guidance. I saw how women were treated by garage people and vowed that they would never be taken by some jerk for repairs that weren't necessary. My X-wife once was told that she had to replace all four of her tires because she had hit a curb with one wheel and bent the wheel. They showed her how the tire was "bent" and had to be replaced. Then they convinced her that she had to replace all four because it was important to have a matched set. I got quite a chuckle out of that. I wouldn't have if we had been married at the time, but, we were just engaged at that point. So it was funny. I have a weird sense of humor like that! :angelic:
 
Nemo14

Nemo14

Well-Known Member
Goofyernmost said:
Exactly, tomorrow I have to bring my tired old Deville in to replace two items that would have been a 15 minute repair in my youth. A water pump and a couple of cooling system related gaskets that are leaking just a little. As I said, it would have been 15 minutes and probably no more the $15.00 to repair back in the dark ages. I already have been told what this little minor repair is going to cost... $1300.00.

Nemo, I had the same philosophy with my daughters. They had to change their own oil, rotate their tires, fix flats if necessary, and generally do whatever small repair that came along. One even did a brake job on her car. I was looking on, of course, but she did it by herself with my guidance. I saw how women were treated by garage people and vowed that they would never be taken by some jerk for repairs that weren't necessary. My X-wife once was told that she had to replace all four of her tires because she had hit a curb with one wheel and bent the wheel. They showed her how the tire was "bent" and had to be replaced. Then they convinced her that she had to replace all four because it was important to have a matched set. I got quite a chuckle out of that. I wouldn't have if we had been married at the time, but, we were just engaged at that point. So it was funny. I have a weird sense of humor like that! :angelic:
Click to expand...

My dad was very protective of us, but he also knew he wouldn't always be around, so it was important to him that we knew those things. He could fix anything. Funny thing was though that as much as he insisted we learn those kind of "survival skills" he himself had absolutely no skills in the kitchen at all ("Women's stuff"). My mom fell down a flight of stairs when I was in college and was hospitalized for a few weeks. I had to move home and commute to school because he couldn't even make a cup of tea for himself.:rolleyes:
 
acishere

acishere

Well-Known Member
donaldtoo said:
Darn, there goes my free rhubarb beer. :grumpy:

Yes, Yes I do. All but one of our cars are pretty darn old.
And, these days there are just a lot of repairs you can't do on the newer models at home anymore without specialized tools and a load more time... i.e. I don't know of a car anymore these days that has the old mechanical fuel pump mounted on the block . I once changed one in a parking lot . A coupla' fuel lines, a gasket, 2 mounting bolts and washers and BAM! your done. There all electric and in the tank and the tank has to be dropped to get to 'em. I just don't have the time for some a' that stuff anymore.
Click to expand...
Now even just changing a headlight involves a lot of steps. My friend's Malibu had to have the bumper, grille, and tires removed according to the manual before you could get to them.
GqaSw.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom