'69 Grand Prix, #s 400/4-sp, Silver over Blue

[Charley Lillard]

I know that but it broke when I was driving it and I drove it alot harder than my Dad. My Dad was pissed until the repair shop told him that was a normal occurrence at that mileage.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

I know that but it broke when I was driving it and I drove it alot harder than my Dad. My Dad was pissed until the repair shop told him that was a normal occurrence at that mileage.

My dad was like that too. If something I had used in the last month broke when he was using it, it MUST have been something I did to cause it...

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

I know that but it broke when I was driving it and I drove it alot harder than my Dad. My Dad was pissed until the repair shop told him that was a normal occurrence at that mileage.

My dad was pretty good about that kind of thing.

I broke the Chevelle one time as a teenager (blew the front pump seal of the trans) and left it at the end of the driveway, hemorrhaging automatic transmission fluid into the street.

"I was driving it hard" I confessed, quietly.

After what seemed like a long pause he said "that's Ok. I drive it hard, too".

K

[Derek69SS]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

My dad was like that too. If something I had used in the last month broke when he was using it, it MUST have been something I did to cause it...

I think we're supposed to do that... makes it easier to shame the kid into helping fix it. Cale learned how to swap the transmission in our '01 Trans-Am this summer because it broke while he was driving it.

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

"I was driving it hard" I confessed, quietly.

After what seemed like a long pause he said "that's Ok. I drive it hard, too"

Me: "So, how hard were you beating on it when it broke?"
Cale: "Not any harder than Mom does."

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Derek69SS

I think we're supposed to do that... makes it easier to shame the kid into helping fix it. Cale learned how to swap the transmission in our '01 Trans-Am this summer because it broke while he was driving it.


Me: "So, how hard were you beating on it when it broke?"
Cale: "Not any harder than Mom does."

I just laughed my azz off... for those that don't know, Jenna drag races that car at times and I can imagine Cale was right ...
Derek is a VERY lucky man to have a wife that supports and participates in his racing and collecting addictions.