I grew up the son of a "buy it cheap-drag it home-fix it- and use it forever" father. So I had enough experience at a young age to be fairly decent at towing stuff. My wife is daughter #11 out of 12 girls and 2 boys. Her brothers were married off and out of the house by the time she reached her teens. So she was her dads helper. She learned the ways of a junk collector too.
That "genetic make-up" didn"t seem to filter down to my youngest daughter unfortunately.
When my 3 kids turned 16, I"d let them start driving to school. We live out in the country, almost 20 miles from the high school they attended. Not much choice but let "em drive. I"d start "em off with a decent, but definately not NEW car. Once the graduated, I"d help them get something better. But for the short term, they"d drive an old hand-me-down. (Usually "moms" old car)
So, Nikki got moms Toyota. It had over 150,000 miles on the clock by then, but was still a fair old car. But we all know how cars can be after 100,000. Not ALWAYS the most reliable. It was Nikki"s senior year. She was on the way home one afternoon. KerPLUNK. Dead in the water. Tranny troubles. So I go to get her. She"s only a few miles from home, good roads, not a lot of traffic, so what the heck. What can go wrong? (Famous last words, huh?) I hook up a tow strap, tell her how to keep the slack out of the line, and any other pertinant info I can think of. Off we go. We hadn"t gone far when I started to wonder if my Dodge pick up had it"s own problem. The little Toyota seemed to be a bit more load on the Cummins than I expected. As we turned into the drive, I couldn"t help but notice smoke rolling out from under the rear fender wells. I stopped immediately and ran back to see what the problem was.
When we started out, I told her to "ride the brake" a little to keep the slack out of the strap when we were starting out or stopping. Seems my young scholar decided the best way to do that was to set the parking brake....ALL THE WAY ON.
So... I got to buy a rebuilt transmission AND brake drums, brake shoes, and a AAA membership for Nikki so a wrecker could handle the NEXT breakdown.
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