Projects "Dogging" a car

A few times over the years, I've taken friends along on a ride to buy a new project; I stopped doing this because it never failed that my "co-driver" would take it upon himself to try and wring out the last few miles of existence of my new project on the way home. Nothing more aggravating than hearing collapsed lifters and smelling hot oil when your "buddy" pulls in behind you in the driveway. Same excuses every time: "you were going to swap out the engine anyway" , "hey, it's just a parts car, right?", and my favorite, "man,you got robbed. That engine is junk.".....

So, no more do I take "friends" on buying trips. I call a tow if I make the buy.

 

You need to either drive the project car home yourself, use a truck and trailer to haul it, get a buddy that is not an asshole have the car delivered to you. PICK ONE!!

 

Never had any thing like that happen to me. HRP

 

Heavy on the "get a buddy that is not an asshole". If that's not an option hauling with a truck and trailer would be my 2nd choice.

Lynn

 

I can't remember the last time I bought a car that ran.

 

the guy with the rollback is your friend.

 

I think I bought one that ran, I got to drive it home, wife drove the car that we came in home.

 

You need new friends.

 

^^^^^^^

 

That would p... in your wheaty:s for sure.

 

They got the point, I hope, after I started closing my garage door when they would show up. "WHATCHA working on?"
Right now, nothing. Washing up for dinner. See you later

 

Spoken like a true South Carolinian! If your ever in the Beaufort area, hit me up. R/S Mike

 

I'm a "come here" South Carolinian, transplanted from Virginia, where the Yankees have been taking over for forty years... but I think like a native!

 

Too many peeps are so quick to shoot down ur dreams it’s easy to dog another man than 2 finish ur own dreams i guess


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Virginia? That's a "taint" state.

 

Never take wanna be's with you to pick up a new project, they just dont get it....

 

They say......"If you can't trace your family tree back 8 generations..........then your just a 'viz-tuh'(visitor) in Chawl-stun"
6sally6 (lived there 40 yee-ahs)

 

The last project, we drove 250 miles to get it. My buddy says he wouldn`t take it if it was free. Yes I paid for it. The owner knocked off 1/4 of the price for exchange of 9 Redline Hot Wheels. Yes, it was that cheap. My buddy thought that was the best part of the whole trip.

 

Lots of potential there!

 

Running car or project. I always get the same shit from the same a**holes. They always want to know what I paid for it or make some other stupid comment. I typically shut them down hard with a wonderfully rude comment of my own.

 

Sad to say, but 99.9 percent of assholes will still be one when they die, they won't change. They COULD, but they usually WON'T. You are their friend, but they aren't yours.

 

The seller told me it doesn't run well. Did a little adjustment under the hood and drove it away. Buddy told me I stole the car because I got it at a non running price. Good Doggy