I hated playing cat-and-mouse with car salesmen. For some, young and old people are considered easy prey. People in between can be more of a challenge to them, but they’re potential prey, too.
I shop for cars and collect the business cards from the sales guys. I use the cards for times I might bump into a parked car. I tuck the card under the windshield wiper with a note written on it; “Sorry I backed into your car.”
According to my late father-in-law, kicking the tires goes back to WWII. Lack of quality rubber during the war meant tires went flat if you looked at them sideways.
Old military expression about flying, “Kick the tires and light the fires.” Preflight checks were a bit lax in the old days.
If we did a pre-drive check on our cars with the same thoroughness as even a private single-engine aircraft, it would take us 15 minutes to get out of the driveway.
Tires have a manufactured DATE on them! When you buy tires ask the seller to show you the date..old tires, sitting for years, will blow faster and are dangerous.
Having spent some time working in a tire factory, I got a chance to see some of the technology behind them. The tread designers told me “We can make one to squeal at 15 mph if we want.”
jasonsnakelover over 1 year ago
One time I had $58,001.
Imagine over 1 year ago
Too bad the tire popped.
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
I hated playing cat-and-mouse with car salesmen. For some, young and old people are considered easy prey. People in between can be more of a challenge to them, but they’re potential prey, too.
Zykoic over 1 year ago
I shop for cars and collect the business cards from the sales guys. I use the cards for times I might bump into a parked car. I tuck the card under the windshield wiper with a note written on it; “Sorry I backed into your car.”
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Somebody who is good at kicking understands the importance of wax on wax off.
Ichabod Ferguson over 1 year ago
According to my late father-in-law, kicking the tires goes back to WWII. Lack of quality rubber during the war meant tires went flat if you looked at them sideways.
dflak over 1 year ago
Old military expression about flying, “Kick the tires and light the fires.” Preflight checks were a bit lax in the old days.
If we did a pre-drive check on our cars with the same thoroughness as even a private single-engine aircraft, it would take us 15 minutes to get out of the driveway.
monya_43 over 1 year ago
Tires with inner tubes were not as durable as the ones they make today.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Tires have a manufactured DATE on them! When you buy tires ask the seller to show you the date..old tires, sitting for years, will blow faster and are dangerous.
rshive over 1 year ago
Having spent some time working in a tire factory, I got a chance to see some of the technology behind them. The tread designers told me “We can make one to squeal at 15 mph if we want.”
royq27 over 1 year ago
Lack of mechanical knowledge in today’s youth is appalling!
Calvins Brother over 1 year ago
C’mon, honk the horn.
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
Hey… this car has a RADIO!
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
He doesn’t LOOK like a ‘kid’.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I wish they’d bring back white wall tires. The ones that were white on the whole side of the tire, not the little white striped ones they had later.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
FUNNY!
hooglah over 1 year ago
Kicking tires tells the salesman he has a sucker on the line.
dlestersprint0 over 1 year ago
Today kick the lithium battery and hope it doesn’t explode.