- Dec 26, 1999
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Some dope does anything stupid and it's not their fault. NO! It can't be THEIR fault it is the fault of the manufacturer, the store, anybody but the idiot that actually caused themself harm by doing something stupid. The same idiots that never lost a ball game because everybody is a winner. :coocoo:
Case in point. I picked up a 1990 Ford F150 with 42,000 grandpa miles on it. Super nice old truck but come on now it's 20 years old so the original spare even though it appears darn near new is old and starting to crack. I like my spare tires to be something I can put on and get where I need to go not something that might make it to the next place... maybe.... if it even holds air. So I just put 4 new Cooper ATR's on last weekend and decided to get the spare replaced today. $80 for a new one. WHAT?! I don't want a new one. Heck if the tires that were replaced last weekend were not old and cracked I would have used one of them! Most places will not sell you a used tire because they don't want the liability. I can appriciate that but cripes why should they have to worry about things like that in the first place? Back in the day when men were men of their word and a handshake was good enough this type of crap wasn't an issue. Now in the world of everybody wins and it's never your fault we can't move forward 1/2 a step without some idiot wanting to make life difficult for good people because he's too much of a panty waste to take responsibility for his own stupidity.
I'll head over to the other side of the tracks in the big town near me and I'm sure I'll turn something up from an honest person that most likely doesn't speak english but is just trying to make an honest buck. Not a problem but what a hassle.
Case in point. I picked up a 1990 Ford F150 with 42,000 grandpa miles on it. Super nice old truck but come on now it's 20 years old so the original spare even though it appears darn near new is old and starting to crack. I like my spare tires to be something I can put on and get where I need to go not something that might make it to the next place... maybe.... if it even holds air. So I just put 4 new Cooper ATR's on last weekend and decided to get the spare replaced today. $80 for a new one. WHAT?! I don't want a new one. Heck if the tires that were replaced last weekend were not old and cracked I would have used one of them! Most places will not sell you a used tire because they don't want the liability. I can appriciate that but cripes why should they have to worry about things like that in the first place? Back in the day when men were men of their word and a handshake was good enough this type of crap wasn't an issue. Now in the world of everybody wins and it's never your fault we can't move forward 1/2 a step without some idiot wanting to make life difficult for good people because he's too much of a panty waste to take responsibility for his own stupidity.
I'll head over to the other side of the tracks in the big town near me and I'm sure I'll turn something up from an honest person that most likely doesn't speak english but is just trying to make an honest buck. Not a problem but what a hassle.