needing to vent...

[Leung]

ok i've got a friend who's very cheap when it comes to car care. he just replaced his car battery because "autozone" told him it had a bad cell so that's why it won't start his car. that was maybe 3 weeks ago even when choosing batteries, he chose the cheapest one with the least amount of cold cranking amps knowing it's winter time.

he's really paranoid about his car failing on him and all that jazz. like who isn't? anyways he keeps wanting me to check his battery to see what condition it's in and i keep asking him the basic questions. "are your lights dim, are you having a hard time starting in the moring. does your car stall when you turn on anything electrical? "

I mean i've checked his new battery so many times that i've noticed the nuts on the battery cables are starting to get rounded. i've told him to replace those too but once again he's too cheap to do it.

i might add, he's WAYYYYYYY overdue for an oil change. like 8 months over due. i remind him everytime i do mine, every 3 months or 3k miles.
I feel really bad for that Nissan Sentra because i'm sure it was a really good car until he bought it... I can't wait till he's on the highway some day and his temp gauge just goes nuts. that will teach him a lesson in not being cheap in car care.

He's texting me right now asking to check his battery again. i replied back with "replace your alternator"

[Old School]

Sounds more like your mother than a friend. Anyway if it really bothers you than tell Betty to check her own battery.

[ExplodingCake]

Stop doing things for him.

[JDM_CB7_TX]

I hate that shiet....Man just let him know to go and get a haynes manuel a few cups of coffe and read up.

[HondaB18]

I had a similar experience, only it wasn't my friend but more along the lines of a friend's friend. He had me ghetto rig everything for him in the cheapest way possible. His car was like 20% zip ties and 20% duct tape. His car died on him because of a snapped timing belt, I told him to change it but as he said, "it wasn't broken so it doesn't need replacing."

[arcadiacb7]

That sounds like a kid around here that i help out. He has my old cb7 and the body is all rotted to hell and the front end is ready to fall out of it. Anyway his motor blew up and he decided that we were going to re-ring his old block that came in the car. When i got to his house, he had the crank pulled out of the block and all the bearings were in a bag marked J1 J2 J3 etc... Well he didn't mark the top and bottom, and the thrust washers were... well mixed up too. so he ordered a set of bearings. (and for the record you don't need to pull the crank to re-ring a F22) Then he had me take all the best parts from the block with the spun bearings and the block with now discovered bad pistons due to all the ring grooves were cracked. One cylinder had a good piston so he wanted to use that one on the "good motor" and the other three from the other motor that just blew up in his car. Well the reason he didn't want to use all four is because I talked him out of using it due to the fact that the rod was blue. I hate helping him out but for some reason he just doesn't take anything i say into his brain. But he always asks me for help when something is wrong with his car.

Well not even 1000 miles since the motor was put together he is revving it constantly to 6500 and the motor is knocking. I wasted my time putting that engine together but for some reason i keep helping him out.

Sorry for thread jacking but i needed to vent too.

[Leung]

dood it's all good. by all means vent.

i avoid reading his texts sometimes and just procede to delete them that way i can say i never got it but now he's resending everything if i ignore him too long.

i think i'm going to set him down and tell him straight up that i'm not his mechanic and i'm not touching his car anymore.

[NorcoAccord]

Here is my personnel rule I work on no ones car that hasn't helped me on mine.

[js593]

Here is my personnel rule I work on no ones car that hasn't helped me on mine.

I love that idea... Sounds like my friend and his focus... doesnt know jack all about cars... every day he calls me, when you doing my suspension... one thing you DONT wanna touch on a focus... i told him a few days ago, *im not *&^#ING doing anything on your car, you think im a perosnal mechanic and i have all this time on my hands... im busy leave me alone*

He has yet to call me back for anything though... i think i actually lost a friend lol... im gonna have to callhim back :P

[Leung]

I like that idea too.

[Dan9]

Here is my personnel rule I work on no ones car that hasn't helped me on mine.

Now THAT is an excellent rule.

[benji]

Here is my personnel rule I work on no ones car that hasn't helped me on mine.

Mine is I'll supervise them working on their own car, as in I'll just make sure they don't fuck something up. I sure as hell won't do it for them without some green coming back.

If I was you, I'd just start charging. $5-$10 everytime you do it, and either you'll get rich fast or he'll stop asking so often.

[Leung]

i got fed up with him and i haven't talked to him in ... several months. I've tried to convince my brother to remove him from his MSN but dood keeps messenging him anyways to see him i'm home. I should just sneak onto his account one day and block dood. it'll be funny.

I hate moochers anyways, i'd buy a case of beer and he'd come over and drink the most of it. I'll share a beer with anyone but shit man if you drink it all replace it or offer to buy me some next time.

[Ralphie]

i got fed up with him and i haven't talked to him in ... several months. I've tried to convince my brother to remove him from his MSN but dood keeps messenging him anyways to see him i'm home. I should just sneak onto his account one day and block dood. it'll be funny.

I hate moochers anyways, i'd buy a case of beer and he'd come over and drink the most of it. I'll share a beer with anyone but shit man if you drink it all replace it or offer to buy me some next time.

sounds like a dick....dont talk to him ever again untill he straightens out.

[Leung]

yeah i don't plan on it.