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05-06-2021, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by n-e-d
Never mind the body cam  Image a couple of video cameras to catch the action. Wmtire could be the king of reality tv  Think of the tourist merchandise, T-shirts of St. Bobby,signed autographed used tires,blessed lug nut key chains and more |
Funny you say that. Back when I was geocaching and going to many events, one of my good friends in Mississippi presented me with a pair of lug nuts he had welded to a small chain between them and painted them gold. He bestowed the title upon me as Lord of the Lugnuts.
It became a running joke in our group.
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A 72 hour hold in a psych unit is beginning to intrigue me as a potential vacation opportunity.
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05-06-2021, 03:59 PM
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Location: Gainesville, FL
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Originally Posted by Jfkmk
I wouldn’t buy a vehicle with no spare. It’s ridiculous that a simple flat could result in a tow. Even if using roadside assistance to put the spare on (like what happened with my wife) at least it isn’t being towed.
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I don't think I'd decide the purchase of a car on the presence or absence of a full-size spare. Just figure the cost of a spare into the cost of the car.
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05-06-2021, 04:01 PM
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Yep but if the tire gets shredded, what do you do? There was a package included that the nearby Chrysler dealers would come to your side. When she needed it in north ms, they couldnt even get that tire size!! We got bit on this one.
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Originally Posted by Jfkmk
I wouldn’t buy a vehicle with no spare. It’s ridiculous that a simple flat could result in a tow. Even if using roadside assistance to put the spare on (like what happened with my wife) at least it isn’t being towed.
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05-06-2021, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by chriscowles
I don't think I'd decide the purchase of a car on the presence or absence of a full-size spare. Just figure the cost of a spare into the cost of the car.
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Many vehicles won't have a designated place to carry a spare tire. You may just have to leave it in the trunk taking up space. I started a thread on this no spare trend several years ago. I'm probably going to move all this discussion over to it later this evening.
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05-06-2021, 04:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chriscowles
I don't think I'd decide the purchase of a car on the presence or absence of a full-size spare. Just figure the cost of a spare into the cost of the car.
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I’m fine with a donut, at least you can limp along.
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05-06-2021, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Originally Posted by wmtire
Many vehicles won't have a designated place to carry a spare tire. You may just have to leave it in the trunk taking up space. I started a thread on this no spare trend several years ago. I'm probably going to move all this discussion over to it later this evening.
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Yeah, we've gotten off track.
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05-06-2021, 05:12 PM
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Here I was, hoping for a St. Bobby tire shaped key fob!
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05-06-2021, 05:19 PM
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wmtire
Funny you say that. Back when I was geocaching and going to many events, one of my good friends in Mississippi presented me with a pair of lug nuts he had welded to a small chain between them and painted them gold. He bestowed the title upon me as Lord of the Lugnuts.
It became a running joke in our group.
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Me Lord, you should change your user name so everyone knows your a man of highest nobility.
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2014 Flagstaff 832IKBS Classic Super Lite
2018 Silverado 1500 Crew Cab Z71 4WD All Star Edition
Camping since 1989, Seasonal since 2000.
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05-06-2021, 10:33 PM
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Location: Northeast Louisiana
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Originally Posted by Scrapper
Me Lord, you should change your user name so everyone knows your a man of highest nobility. |
Ha, if we were in a Feudal system, I would be most likely the court jester albeit with a short lived career.
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05-07-2021, 12:32 AM
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by wmtire
Ha, if we were in a Feudal system, I would be most likely the court jester albeit with a short lived career.
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But since you have the title of the Lord of the Luguts you could appoint one of your serfs as your stand-in.
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2014 Flagstaff 832IKBS Classic Super Lite
2018 Silverado 1500 Crew Cab Z71 4WD All Star Edition
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05-07-2021, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrapper
But since you have the title of the Lord of the Luguts you could appoint one of your serfs as your stand-in.
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they would require them to show up for work reliably...
(im sure he has some good employees, but we dont read about them here)
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05-07-2021, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Cost4133
(im sure he has some good employees, but we dont read about them here)
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That would be a boring read!
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05-07-2021, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Middlebury, IN
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The last time I took the grandkids to the circus, a clown held the door open for us. I thought it was a nice jester.
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05-07-2021, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by wmtire
Well so much for a Saint Bobby.....as per the last customer, I'm "an evil, nasty person" (their words)
They had purchased two new tires a few weeks ago. They have since totalled the vehicle in a wreck and wanted me to refund their money on the two tires. I told them they would have to take that up with their insurance company....which they told me they only had liability and it didn't cover their car.
I informed them there was nothing I could do as they had used the tires now. They tried the old "if I yell loud enough, I can get my way" routine to no avail.
They added they would even take less money than the full price they paid to help with my mounting and balancing costs.
I was just shaking my head and offered they might could sell them on Craisgslist or such.
It was at this point they told me how nasty I was as they left.......and I came inside to withdraw my sainthood app.
Just a FYI, I'm taking my name off any list for consideration not because of what they said, but for what I was secretly hoping would happen to them after they left here. It was not saintly at all.
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Bobby,
Saints wear halos. The hole in the middle allows for the crap [emoji90] from folks like that to escape your thoughts. The stronger you are the more challenges you get. We’re all with you.
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05-07-2021, 10:14 AM
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I took the real direct, blunt approach with the last customer...and to my surprise it seemed to have worked.
He comes in saying I sold him bad tires and they already had the wire showing. I showed him how bad that his vehicle was out of align per the tire below and he wanted to argue it was the tire fault not his vehicle.
I looked at him and said I just wasn't in the mood this morning for ridiculous crap. I was expecting him to curse at me and maybe leave since he was so invested in his lies.
But to my astonishment he just laughed, and said it sounded like he needed to shut up and buy some tires...which he did.
I'm still kind of shocked.
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05-07-2021, 10:14 AM
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Forgot to post tire pic again 
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05-07-2021, 10:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wmtire
I took the real direct, blunt approach with the last customer...and to my surprise it seemed to have worked.
He comes in saying I sold him bad tires and they already had the wire showing. I showed him how bad that his vehicle was out of align per the tire below and he wanted to argue it was the tire fault not his vehicle.
I looked at him and said I just wasn't in the mood this morning for ridiculous crap. I was expecting him to curse at me and maybe leave since he was so invested in his lies.
But to my astonishment he just laughed, and said it sounded like he needed to shut up and buy some tires...which he did.
I'm still kind of shocked.
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Wow! Abandoning that saint stuff really paid off!
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05-07-2021, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Jfkmk
Wow! Abandoning that saint stuff really paid off!
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Maybe I should hang a lot of pitchforks around the shop and see how it goes.
I bet my ex has a lot of extras she could loan me.
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2011 Flagstaff 831 RLBSS
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05-07-2021, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Durham, NC
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Originally Posted by wmtire
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Just turn it around on the rim. Good for another couple of thousand miles.
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05-07-2021, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by wmtire
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Wow... that looks more like the tire is rubbing on a fender or something... i had a subaru that would scrub tires bad due to alignment, but they never cut up that bad.... i would get about 5k miles on a srt of tires on that car...LOL i would hit the junkyard and grab cheap tires and swap em myself... then i did a string alignment and its been all good...LOL
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