"valve_float" (valve_float)
11/18/2013 at 00:26 • Filed to: None
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"valve_float" (valve_float)
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a friend wrecked his miata last night, pretty fucking bad, and his rollbar saved his life. so i tell my dad this, who ive been asking to get me said rollbar for xmas. he says 'ohh, ill just take a life insurance policy out on you if your gonna drive like that'
Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 00:29 |
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Tell your dad that isn't even how you drive, it is simply the fact that anything can happen, even if the Miata is not likely to rollover in an accident (whether that be a one-car accident or an accident involving two parties).
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 00:40 |
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I told my pop about this and what your father said.
I had to restrain him from potentially looking for your dad in anger.
Porsche924GTR
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 00:47 |
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Why don't you try asking him for a loan and paying him back instead of talking bad about how you think he should spend his own money.
erspimp03
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 00:50 |
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How old are you? buy yourself a roll bar if you need it, I'm tired of all these people complaining about their parents. You chose to buy a car that is unsafe in a rollover accident, therefore you take responsibility for anything that happens because of it. Claiming that your father 'needs to be gassed' is fucking ridiculous, and is insulting to those of us who actually have shitty parents. And yeah, if your friend had been driving responsibly, he probably wouldn't have gotten into a situation where he needed roll protection (you didn't provide particulars, but 'wrecked' usually implies a one-car accident). Sorry if that offends you but that is how I feel.
Ignorance of NASCAR is a Jalopnik Trophy
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 00:51 |
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Daddy daddy give me what I want or I'll say you should be killed on the internet!
Ungrateful entitled rich kid ...
ToyDeathbot
> Ignorance of NASCAR is a Jalopnik Trophy
11/18/2013 at 01:14 |
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No one buys a roll bar for performance or aesthetics. It's only there to prevent people from getting crushed when a car flips over. He's not angry about not being able to get what he wants, but rather that his father doesn't treasure his own son's life.
Please keep these type of comments to the FP.
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Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> erspimp03
11/18/2013 at 01:16 |
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From the person that made this statement, no less.
Of that, probably a little more than half died in care. Cats are total dicks.
Squid
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 01:17 |
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I don't know, that just sounds like a joke to me. I mean you really need to fuck-up big to roll a Miata. In most cases a roll bar can hurt more than it helps especially if your head is directly in line with the bar. But I would really laugh if he ended up getting you a sweet style bar instead. . .
Anon
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 01:17 |
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Dude as someone that has had serious issues with his father. Just chill.
Reigntastic
> erspimp03
11/18/2013 at 01:48 |
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But daddy should buy him a roll bar, just like daddy bought his car.
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Reigntastic
> Anon
11/18/2013 at 01:50 |
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Definitely a lot of first world problems in this thread.
Hope you're doing well.
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Reigntastic
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 01:50 |
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Get a job.
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Anon
> Reigntastic
11/18/2013 at 02:13 |
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Thanks. We've worked out a lot of our issues. We still get into screaming matches sometimes but it's not near as bad as it used to be.
McMike
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 05:29 |
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I posted my thoughts about this on the Gawker front page. It probably left the person I replied to confused and angry, but that's better than leaving it here. I am nice to my fellow Opponauts, no matter how much I may disagree with them.
I should really go apologize to that person at some point today.
davedave1111
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 06:51 |
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Jeezus... Of all the self-entitled whiny-bitch rich-kid posts on here, this is far and away the most obliviously obnoxious of them all.
Yeah, I can see why your dad isn't going to buy his retarded son anything that'll encourage him to drive even more stupidly in his sportscar. If you think there's any significant chance of the rollbar saving your life at some point, then you're saying that you drive in a way which means you're extremely likely to have serious crashes. If you drive like that, then, since in all the other crashes apart from rollovers, the rollover bar will do precisely nothing to protect you, you're going to die anyway.
So yes, your dad needs a kick up the ass - to encourage him to take your keys away and buy you the slowest, safest Camry he can find.
Now stop being a complete asswad and go and apologise to your dad for even thinking about him in such a disrespectful way, let alone posting shit about him in public for others to read. Give him your keys voluntarily, and ask him to give them back to you when he thinks you've grown up enough to be trusted with them.
GhostZ
> Reigntastic
11/18/2013 at 07:18 |
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So much this.
Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 07:22 |
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Buy it yourself, in all seriousness though, if I ask my grandmother for a Roll bar she would say the samething your dad said to you, to me.
She gets that I do drive like a race driver occasionally, but also knows that other people on the road suck.
daender
> Squid
11/18/2013 at 07:46 |
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The Miata's a-pillars don't hold up shit in a rollover no matter what speed. Your head is basically pasta in such a situation.
And you can buy bars that are further back so you don't smack your head (especially with a helmet on) on every bump but will still provide great protection. Also they're not just for rollovers, if I could find the right thread, one owner was saved from a t-bone crash because of his rollbar taking the blunt of the impact. Hell, I'm saving up for one for mine.
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 08:41 |
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reason 683???? Really? Wow.
Okay, here are the questions.
how old are you, what do you do for money, are you a student?
what type of car are you in, and what mods have you had done to it.
what are the costs that you pay on your car, ie, insurance, gas, loan payments, tires, brakes.
Do you have any tickets, driving related, not parking.
Right now, you're coming across morals a whiney little kid that needs a time out, note toys. Answers might help.
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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
11/18/2013 at 09:05 |
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*morals* - more as...
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 10:29 |
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Here's a rule to life by.
Your parents are rich.
YOU ARE NOT.
Make your own money and be thankful for what they have provided for you.
This is you right now. 150% you!
deadpedal
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/18/2013 at 10:47 |
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Thanks for some Tempestt Bledsoe.
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Squid
> daender
11/18/2013 at 10:49 |
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm going to put one on mine too. But the main issue I have is that I have a 99 that has no headrest what so ever. I'm more concerned about a concussion than I am about rolling.
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McMike
> McMike
11/18/2013 at 10:59 |
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I hope he understands.
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d1ck
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 11:07 |
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Man up and buy your own roll bar. It's your father's money and he likely worked hard for it. If he's kind enough to buy you things, be thankful. Otherwise stop bitching and move on.
TheOnelectronic
> valve_float
11/18/2013 at 15:35 |
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Silly man, it would be way cheaper to buy the roll bar in the long term!
Philbert/Phartnagle
> valve_float
11/19/2013 at 00:48 |
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Quit being a crybaby and get to work and earn the money you need for a roll bar.