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(midwest.social)
VetOfTheSeas"Bring it back"
"...it won't start"
If a complete stranger reaches out for help, do it. Your future self will thank you.
I've run into too many scams for this to work for me. It's highly situational. If I can verify that they genuinely are in need of help, I'm all for it. But if a random person walks up to me and says they need money for a train ticket/gas/whatever? Nope.
Yeah a stranger walking up to you and asking for money is a bit different from this
You're right. In this case, it's easy to see that helping was the right thing to do. There are many possible scenarios where offering help is good. There are also many situations where offering help makes you a mark, or, in the worst case, threatens the safety of yourself or people you care about. That's why I say it's highly situational. Many variables to take into account.
We saw two ladies trying to take a car wheel off one night so me and the boys jumped out the car to help them out, we took the wheel off the car and they said they would be back once repaired and said thanks as they jumped in another car and drove off.
Then we realized the two other wheels on the other side of the car were missing and we had just helped them finish stealing someone's wheels
that's funny as fuck (not for the person who lost their wheels)
The easy litmus test is to offer to buy them the thing they want.
But I've given money to panhandlers twice. First guy said, "hey man, do you got any change? [N-word] needs to get drunk."
The second time was a group of guys scrounging for change in their car because they were trying to get a dime of weed.
He sat down and walked through replacing a starter with the kid. Worst case scenario he just taught a kid that he can work on his own stuff even if he doesn't have to.
Yes, in this case helping was clearly right. All I'm against is the belief that you should always offer help. In many cases (not all, or even most), that just makes you a mark. Though if you personally would rather risk getting taken advantage of than risk denying someone in genuine need help, that's up to you.
Eh, depends. For example, where I live there's a trend of people approaching you asking for information, before carefully pivoting into asking money to buy food. And if you buy them food then and there (under their eyes so they can choose what they want and make sure it's not poisoned), they'll turn the corner and throw it away. Helping strangers isn't always something your future self will thank you for
Bro, that's free dopamine and I'll take it. I recall someone stopping me and asking for help with changing a flat because they didn't have a lug wrench. I didn't have the time to stop and help but I told them they were in luck because I just so happen to have a universal lug wrench in the trunk and they could have it, they wanted to pay for it and my broke college student ass could use it but there is more dopamine in giving then selling haha.
This reads more like a linkedin lunatics than a wholesome 🤷🏼♂️
I'm confused. Are they saying that they knew the starter was going to die and bought the replacement before the kid ever called them back?
so I've sold a car and forgot i had bought parts for it. i think it's pretty common.
I've sold one and forgot I had parts for issues I'd forgotten about. I called the buyer and told them to come pick up the parts, free of charge.
Sus timing though
Also, how did the kid bring the car back if the starter was dead?
Sure it could be bump-started if it was a manual, or otherwise towed, but the author left that out.
Hill/push starting a car was pretty common occurrence when I was a teenager, since there was so many proper shitboxes in the town
Old Honda. Could be manual
I'm pretty sure he just meant that he bought the starter before the kid brought the car back.
Yep, so he either knowingly sold him a car with a dying starter or the story is made up
I just assume it's an ad for Honda.
Yeah, I'm not sure about the story. I did buy a car off my neighbor's, well my dad bought it for me and after a few months it started acting weird and the neighbors helped me replace the spark plugs and do general maintenance. Both my dad and I are in IT so it was helpful to learn.
Good will makes it better for both parties.
A guy bought an old dirt bike off me, it was when premixing 2 Stroke gas was no longer needed because of oil injectors. But I never could verify how much oil was being injected because the manual was vague onsettings the injector.
He saved up $150, hitch-hiked to my place and rode it home. A few days later he called to ask troubleshooting questions, because it died and wouldn't restart, and he had no mechanical knowledge.
I went through the list:
- is run switch on OK
- does it have gas OK
- is the petcock open OK
- check aifilter for dirt OK
- does it spark OK
Hmm
- when you kick it over how does the kickstarter feel, can you feel compression ... NO spins easy
OK, rings could be shot, or piston is blown.
Dude was crestfallen. Because he was low on cash and had no experience doing work himself.
I said there's a parts place between my house and yours, I'll grab some parts.
We spent the next two hours disassembling the head and cylinder. Piston had a hole blown in it. Probably too lean a fuel mixture.
Swapped for new piston and rings.
We still could not make sense of the manuals oil injector setting, the image made no sense on how to set the valve.
Started right away. I said the rings have to wear in, so take it easy for the first while. He rode it out like a bat out of hell, up and down a field, with me cringing. Then Pop! Blew the piston again.
Sigh. I was disappointed, but didn't know if it was his riding style or a faulty injector. But I know I did the right thing trying to help him out.
The adults are alright.
Hope that’s true, I had really bad vehicle luck starting my adulthood. It really held me back having to fix and replace car after car on like no money.
