"roflcopter" (roflroflroflcopter)
09/07/2014 at 14:31 • Filed to: None
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"roflcopter" (roflroflroflcopter)
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Are definitely the best looks. Especially when your hood prop is a 2x4 and you don't have any tools on you, except for the fire extinguisher you have sitting on the bumper in case your new found fuel leak happens to take a turn for the worst.
$kaycog
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 14:37 |
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I can imagine. Has anybody asked if you needed any help?
Racescort666
> $kaycog
09/07/2014 at 14:41 |
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Tips on helping people work on their cars in the parking lot: don't walk up, push them out of the way, and do it yourself.
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roflcopter
> $kaycog
09/07/2014 at 14:49 |
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Nope, people just kinda gave me funny looks. I guess I looked like I knew what I was doing!
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roflcopter
> $kaycog
09/07/2014 at 14:51 |
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And it really wasn't that hard of a fix, just took a decent bit of roll around under the car to find where the leak was coming from. Turns out it was just a compression fitting on the fuel line where it goes from hardline to softline. Used a relay bracket from the passenger footwell and two quarters to get enough grip on it to tighten it a bit, all good now!
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$kaycog
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 14:55 |
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Good for you! Glad it wasn't a hard fix.
PS9
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 14:59 |
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The looks you get really depend on who you are and what kind of car you're working on...
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:02 |
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Once while living in Pennsylvania, I had someone inform me that my tire was flat... while I was standing there looking at it, deciding on what to do. I'd rather just do things my self than have random people inform me I am wrong or point out the obvious.
mcseanerson
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:06 |
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Nothing to see here, just pulling my radiator.
desertdog5051
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:16 |
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Brilliant.
davedave1111
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:25 |
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"you don't have any tools on you"
Honestly, I can never understand why people on here knock cheap toolkits. This is precisely the situation they're for.
Buy one of these for about ten bucks.
You have to be much more careful with them than with proper tools, and they're not very strong, but at least you'll have things like a spanner on you when stuff goes wrong.
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roflcopter
> davedave1111
09/07/2014 at 15:26 |
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I personally like the small multitool route myself, but this car has only been on the road for a week now and I haven't bothered with too many of the small things yet, like new bulbs for half the car. I figure if it's anything that needs more tools than that a call to a friend for a ride home and parts is probably in order anyways.
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davedave1111
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:28 |
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For me that's just one of the things that goes in the car when I get it, like a bottle of water, one of oil, a road map, and so-on.
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roflcopter
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/07/2014 at 15:28 |
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There's been a few times I would have absolutely loved if someone just offered me a ride... Although I have stopped to help a few people before, especially on road trips when we don't have a timeline and it's always a good feeling to pull up and be able to spot the broken wire/hose/clamp and make someones day a whole lot better.
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roflcopter
> davedave1111
09/07/2014 at 15:30 |
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I guess some of us just like the taste of adventure more than others ;)
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> roflcopter
09/07/2014 at 15:37 |
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Yeah, but 9/10 the person who approaches you has no clue what they are talking about and/or has nothing to offer but useless assistance. That 1/10 person is always nice to see, though.