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> OT: The kid pulled a real boner, Was I that stupid at 17?
DNHunt
post Mar 7 2007, 08:13 AM
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Maybe, I can't remember. It's been too long.

The kid has been doing the sound board for the school musical and they are in rehersal so he's had real long days. Anyway, he leaves the lights on in his bug and drains the battery. So, mom and dad are going to bail him out and head up to the school to bail him out. I jump it and we leave my Subi. There's not much gas but, I can't shut the thing off so we make a dash for home. Guess who had a long walk?

Would it have been so hard to say we'll need gas? I could have brought a gas can full.
Anyway, then it's bring back the gas can, jump the POS and bring it home. Oh ya, the charger wouldn't charge it so, mom says why don't you get the kid a new battery? Why can't he walk for a while until he can buy a new battery?

Let's see I seem to remember calling my dad at midnight one night cause the car couldn't go. When the tow truck driver came he found a broken U-joint and said I'm going to tell your old man what you were doing. Dad never said a word.

What do you think should I bust his balls or just get a new battery?
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post Mar 7 2007, 02:05 PM
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I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him with AAA card and a cell phone.
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post Mar 7 2007, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE(grantsfo @ Mar 7 2007, 03:05 PM) *

I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him with AAA card and a cell phone.



Why... there is no reason to.

I get sick and freakin tired of all these pansy ass parents who go out and buy Jr a new car or even a newer used car only to see them F it up big time.

No one EVER bought me a car. I always paid for everything myself (yes even insurance). Most of my cars were held together with Duct tape and bailing wire. It taught me to work on my own cars.

Kids will wreck cars... kids will mechanically trash them. I'd rather have them do that to a beater than a new car.

My daughter has an 81 VW Rabbit convert. I bought it but so far she has paid me back for half of it. She will probably have it all paid back by the time she actually gets her full license. Of course, no driving until she has two months worth of insurance in the bank.

So you go ahead and buy Jr. that new car. Just don't freakin whine about it when he totals it and you have to go buy another one.

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post Mar 8 2007, 02:25 PM
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QUOTE(tdgray @ Mar 7 2007, 01:52 PM) *

QUOTE(grantsfo @ Mar 7 2007, 03:05 PM) *

I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him with AAA card and a cell phone.



Why... there is no reason to.

I get sick and freakin tired of all these pansy ass parents who go out and buy Jr a new car or even a newer used car only to see them F it up big time.

No one EVER bought me a car. I always paid for everything myself (yes even insurance). Most of my cars were held together with Duct tape and bailing wire. It taught me to work on my own cars.

Kids will wreck cars... kids will mechanically trash them. I'd rather have them do that to a beater than a new car.

My daughter has an 81 VW Rabbit convert. I bought it but so far she has paid me back for half of it. She will probably have it all paid back by the time she actually gets her full license. Of course, no driving until she has two months worth of insurance in the bank.

So you go ahead and buy Jr. that new car. Just don't freakin whine about it when he totals it and you have to go buy another one.

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If I was a parent with a teenager I'd want them in a safe reliable car. Not saying they should be in nice new car. I'm thinking late 1990's or early 2000 era Toyota Camry or Honda Accord.

I taught my nephew how to drive and we put him in a early 90's era Nissan Maxima. No crashes, mechanical issues etc since he started driving over two years ago in that car. BTW I taugh him how to drive in a newer well tuned 250 HP Audi A4. You can teach the worst of drivers how to treat cars. When he started with me he was clearly not ready to be driving anything, yet his parents were letting him drive their cars. ..scary.

I'd be worried about a kid in a VW bug, but that's me. Fortuantely I dont have to worry about these things often.
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DNHunt   OT: The kid pulled a real boner   Mar 7 2007, 08:13 AM
rick 918-S   Mom say's get the battery. You'll never wi...   Mar 7 2007, 08:19 AM
seanery   I'd give him a good ribbing and then get the b...   Mar 7 2007, 08:20 AM
GWN7   Get him a new battery......make him pay for it ......   Mar 7 2007, 08:29 AM
rhodyguy   let him buy a new bat with the money from his job....   Mar 7 2007, 08:32 AM
rhodyguy   the bug is a stick. why didn't he push start t...   Mar 7 2007, 08:35 AM
JerryP   Buy him the battery to keep the wife happy. Make h...   Mar 7 2007, 09:01 AM
Bleyseng   Buy him the battery to keep the wife happy. Make ...   Mar 7 2007, 09:20 AM
Dr. Roger   IMHO, i think a wash and wax on your 914 is a goo...   Mar 7 2007, 09:19 AM
DNHunt   the bug is a stick. why didn't he push start ...   Mar 7 2007, 09:28 AM
sww914   At least he's involved in school activities, n...   Mar 7 2007, 09:31 AM
mikez   Buy a battery...one of them deep cycle gel cells f...   Mar 7 2007, 09:42 AM
Vacca Rabite   Buy a battery...one of them deep cycle gel cells ...   Mar 7 2007, 10:40 AM
Vacca Rabite   And for what its worth, needing a new battery is a...   Mar 7 2007, 10:46 AM
So.Cal.914   When I was about 12 my clutch scattered on my kart...   Mar 7 2007, 11:13 AM
r_towle   Hi, I have two driving. Running out of Gas is pre...   Mar 7 2007, 11:30 AM
anthony   I think the mistake is bailing him out. When my ca...   Mar 7 2007, 11:40 AM
2-OH!   Dave: Do what your wife tells ya to do... Jeff F...   Mar 7 2007, 11:44 AM
Rotten Robby   Maybe, I can't remember. It's been too lo...   Mar 7 2007, 01:03 PM
Jenny   Yeah, it's a pain to have to bail him out. An...   Mar 7 2007, 02:00 PM
grantsfo   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him wit...   Mar 7 2007, 02:05 PM
tdgray   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him wi...   Mar 7 2007, 03:52 PM
grantsfo   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him w...   Mar 8 2007, 02:25 PM
Rand   :lol: Thanks for sharing, Dave. I won't try to...   Mar 7 2007, 02:08 PM
greybeard50   I'd give my left n*t to have my son call me fo...   Mar 7 2007, 02:56 PM
Joe Ricard   Nah, just get him a set of jumper cables. Let it ...   Mar 7 2007, 03:49 PM
914nerd   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him w...   Mar 7 2007, 04:04 PM
elwood-914   Let it go. Lesson learned. I'm sure we all did...   Mar 7 2007, 04:36 PM
Joe Ricard   Let it go. Lesson learned. I'm sure we all di...   Mar 8 2007, 06:56 AM
Paul Illick   I'm several times his age and I still forget a...   Mar 7 2007, 04:55 PM
Hammy   I'm several times his age and I still forget ...   Mar 8 2007, 02:38 AM
LS6/914   Run down to Westbay, ask for Carl. Buy a jump box....   Mar 8 2007, 01:07 AM
Brando   Buy the kid an optima red-top, or at Kragen/Auotzo...   Mar 8 2007, 02:09 AM
brer   disable the ignition so he has to pull the battery...   Mar 8 2007, 02:15 AM
BarberDave   :trophy: I like "ROTTEN ROBBY'S ...   Mar 8 2007, 04:49 AM
DNHunt   Used battery (nicely charged) and $20 worth o...   Mar 8 2007, 07:29 AM
Jenny   and a little lecture on the reliability of VW ga...   Mar 8 2007, 12:00 PM
Series9   If you think that's a 'real boner', yo...   Mar 8 2007, 07:56 AM
Series9   .....and 'boner' doesn't mean fuck-up ...   Mar 8 2007, 08:00 AM
John   Just why do you suppose that I don't divulge e...   Mar 8 2007, 01:09 PM
alpha434   What? VW bugs were fine when you learned! I w...   Mar 8 2007, 10:59 PM
Paul Illick   Well there's a new way to look at it. There w...   Mar 9 2007, 05:12 AM


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