The Official Rambling Thread
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I'm sick, I can't believe I sold my car to this idiot kid.
Short version of story: Some kid that's maybe 19 or 20 wants to buy my 1991 NSX. Kid goes to daddy, and daddy hands kid $32,000 to buy my car. Kid then drives 500 miles with Grandma (they stop in Vegas because Grandma loves the slots) to get my car. Kid has a mechanic look at the car, hands me the check (which cleared) and I give him the keys and he drives away. He was so excited about buying it he never even test drove it .
That brings us to today: Kid calls me with some questions. First he's a little lost and would like directions, I remind him the $3,000 stereo system has Garmin touchscreen navigation. Next question, he doesn't think the power steering is working. I inform him AGAIN that the car was never built with power steering and that driving enthusiasts like it better that way, he's bummed but says okay. Last question, is 85 octane good for the car. I scream "NO!!!!!!" into the phone and that's when he tells me he drove the whole way home on 85, despite the fact I gave him a seminar on why he can ONLY USE 91 OCTANE! That car has a lot of mods and has been tuned for premium only, I wish him luck and tell him I'll be surprised if the car makes it a year in his hands.
I now think I'm responsible for destroying one of the first dozen NSX's to ever be sold. When I got off the phone and told Crystal she said " If that car was alive it would come back and kill us". I'm done venting here, now I'm going to go shoot things in the hills.
Short version of story: Some kid that's maybe 19 or 20 wants to buy my 1991 NSX. Kid goes to daddy, and daddy hands kid $32,000 to buy my car. Kid then drives 500 miles with Grandma (they stop in Vegas because Grandma loves the slots) to get my car. Kid has a mechanic look at the car, hands me the check (which cleared) and I give him the keys and he drives away. He was so excited about buying it he never even test drove it .
That brings us to today: Kid calls me with some questions. First he's a little lost and would like directions, I remind him the $3,000 stereo system has Garmin touchscreen navigation. Next question, he doesn't think the power steering is working. I inform him AGAIN that the car was never built with power steering and that driving enthusiasts like it better that way, he's bummed but says okay. Last question, is 85 octane good for the car. I scream "NO!!!!!!" into the phone and that's when he tells me he drove the whole way home on 85, despite the fact I gave him a seminar on why he can ONLY USE 91 OCTANE! That car has a lot of mods and has been tuned for premium only, I wish him luck and tell him I'll be surprised if the car makes it a year in his hands.
I now think I'm responsible for destroying one of the first dozen NSX's to ever be sold. When I got off the phone and told Crystal she said " If that car was alive it would come back and kill us". I'm done venting here, now I'm going to go shoot things in the hills.
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I just got a call from the kid. He did not add an octane booster to the 85 gas at the next stop like I told him to do, he did not give the car a cool-down in Vegas like a normal person would do when crossing 500 miles of 111 degree desert, and now he is sitting on the side of I-15 20 miles away from the nearest gas station in California and the car is overheating and grandma saw some dark smoke come out from underneath.
I'm just not going to answer my phone anymore today. I can't take anymore.
I'm just not going to answer my phone anymore today. I can't take anymore.