[SEL] Mechanical geniuses

[brent]

How young was this kid sounds like he was just off his ride on obviouly had
never been told there are manual gearboxs. I hope you told him where the
brakes were as well..its a bit of a worry..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony & Jackie" <kimmell at verizon.net>
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Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Mechanical geniuses


> Wow nothing surprises me anymore.  I once sold an old car to a
> younger kid (I'm only 25, so I guess that makes him a REALLY young
> kid).  He drove away and 20 minutes later he was back in my driveway
> bitching that the transmission was slipping and his engine was
> revving real bad.  He was also demanding his money back.  I took a
> ride with him down the road.  When he got it up to 30-35 the engine
> WAS revving up real high.  So I reached over and moved the gearshift
> from 1 up into D where it should be.
>
> Kid didn't have much to say on the ride back to my house...
>
> -Tony
>
>
> At 07:59 AM 12/14/2007, you wrote:
> >did I mention the half hour battle  with a pair of
> >magnetic
> >towing lights I had the good fortune to witness recently ?  He was down
to
> >hacking
> >and taping , trying to get the turn-sigs to stop blinking on the wrong
sides
> >. I even got a minor
> >ass chewing for selling junk .  Drunk and stupid is no way to go through
> >life  .
> >
> >59 degrees and falling
> >Chuck
>
>
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