Im 19 as well and you all have seen me on
here for atleast 3 years, this is the only site ive been on for over a year and
a half and not got tired of all the drama (there is very little/none here)
And I have to agree with you tim, ive
worked my ass off for my vehicles, I no longer have my gremlin, yes im kicking
my self in the ass but still lol, but I did every repair except mount 2 tires
on it, my self. I have helped my dad since I was 5 to work on cars. Even now, I
own a 95 aspire I still do all my repairs that I can on it. Im still learning,
haynes manual helps A LOT tho lol. And my junior and senior year of high
school, I had rich fucking punk kids talking shit on my car, which at the time
was the 78 grem, had primer on it and bondo, and only had the straight 6 with
auto in it. But one day after school one of them said something to me talking
shit on the car, I simply replied, atleast my car is paid for, I paid for it, and
I can change anything on it my self, that shut them up, but to top it off, I backed
my car up to theirs, dropped it into gear and fucking lit the tires up, and I mean
it smoked the whole parking lot up,
After that NO ONE ever talked shit on my
car again lol. If they did it was friends joking around lol. Even the cop that
was running a speed trap seen me do it, and as I drove by, he gave me a thumbs
up as I drove by. (older cop,)
From: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Kottman
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:36
AM
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm.............
Im a youngster compared to most. Got my gremlin about
2months after turning 16, now
im 19. Been a car nut since I was 12, wrenching on cars whenever someone needed
another hand. Most the work i've done was for free as it was a learning
expierence for me
and there is no price for education. Kids my age dont know what it means to
work for
what they have. Since i was 14 i've had a job and payed for all my goodies
straight cash.
I have been lucky enough to find a group of kids my age that have similar beliefs.
We
hang out in an abandoned parking lot at night and talk cars. We dont argue over
makes
we just sit and talk. Work on our cars, and just hang out. The bigger fight is
when punk
kids cruize up in their ricers wanting to race. Im all for racing, but when its
your daddies
car versus a car one of us had spent our life savings on it just takes the fun
out of racing.
Its sad that the car guys are a dieing breed. Kids just dont know what it takes
to have nice
things now days. They get it all for the rightful price of whining to their
mommy or daddy.
--- In BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com,
Tom H <bigrigbear@...> wrote:
>
> This whole topic makes me wonder about the future of
> this hobby in general. If your 40/up you probably
> remember that Car Talk was standard social behavior
> for almost all men, even those who weren't shade tree
> mechanics. I was fortunate to grow up in the 60's and
> remember the whole muscle car / pony car experience.
> Regular guys would fix up their cars and some even
> drag race at a local track or cop-free street. You
> knew what makes and models were built by who and
> debated the virtues your chosen loyalty.
> Nowadays its not cool in most areas or just illegal
> and/or too technical for a budding motor head. The
> exception is the Japanese rice rockets popular here,
> but mostly its a matter of opening your wallet and
> having a shop do it for you. They have no clue as to
> auto history or significant cars. As to the iron
> still out there it seems most of the interest is
> coming from an investment mentality and everyone
> thinks they have gold if its old ( I overheard a "kid"
> talking how his Cutlass Ciera would be a classic and
> almost puked). Guess Im just a 49 y/o geezer who is
> stuck in my ways, but if there ain't grease under your
> nails you get no respect from me.
>
> Tom
> New owner of a 78 Gremlin
> Past owner of a "Whats an Edsel?" and numerous AMC's
>
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