Morning coffee

[djfordmanjack]

Joe, really happy to see that not more damage has been done! that would have been super annoying. the bill for 4 www tires is no fun either, but only half bad. Glad you got home safely, both your wife and you AND the baby ! 
The 39 looks supernice out in the open, too bad you couldn't extend your stay in Carver. I know that little town pretty well!  Did you take a cruise down Americas first divided and paved 2 lane on Rt 58 ?

[RICH MUISE]

My alter self was telling me to say, the heck with it, and go for a long roadtrip, maybe New Mexico. After reading Joe's story, my better judgement was arguing for the opposition, so I called AAA to see what would happen if I was in the middle of nowhere 1-200 miles from home, and my car broke down. At first she said, just call the 1-800 number on your card, everything is pretty normal service wise, and there will be no problem with getting a tow. I said that wasn't my concern, I was hearing that you couldn't ride in the tow truck back to wherever they were towing the car. She said, that's a good question, I don't know, I'll find out and call you back. She called back and said I was correct, I'd have to find my own transportation. "So, they'll just leave me out there in the middle of nowhere?" She replied, I'm sure they would make sure you were in contact with someone". HMMMMMMMMMM.
Made the mistake of telling my wife. Guess who's not going on a long roadtrip.

[mustang6984]

LOL!!! Grounded! One of the reasons I am still in Branson. On top of no motel rooms to stay in across I-90...and having to eat fat food or convenience store sandwiches across the country was that breakdown issue. I will give it a shot in early May.

[CobraJoe]

Thanks DJ, I was actually planning on stopping by to see Jay, but fell a little short of the trip, so no, never made it to Savery Ave. 
Rich, you are just going to have to make shorter trips close to home, that way, you can have a friend pick you up if you get towed. No wait....that's not allowed
I copied a pasted my tire post on that "other" Hot rod forum and apparently I shouldn't have called a friend, or a tow truck for that matter, nor am I apparently man enough because I didn't change my own tire & called for a free tow. So much for wanting to take care of your stuff.
Now I remember why I don't post there much....
On the bright side DJ, I chatted with your friend Baumi there. I had met him in halifax prior to him buying Jay's '40 coupe. Nice guy.

[mustang6984]

The "macho" morons who questioned your decisions...are the ones who would have not gone on the drive in the first place...because it would have taken away their time to sit behind the computer and criticize those who DO go for a drive.

JMHO...and I have a bad habit...I tend to voice my opinion sometimes of those sort of people. Sorry.

[djfordmanjack]

true enough Hugh, the reason why I am not on the Honky Art Memory Board more often....

Yes Joe, Baumi just told me about it today. he is a stand up guy right with the best of them! Glad you got to meet each other !

[CobraJoe]

Yeah,Hugh & Gunther,  I just don't get it. As one guy put " Hey, he may have chipped a fingernail..." Gotta love internet tough guys.
When it happened, I thought about changing it and my wife is the one who actually pulled out the Hagerty roadside service card and suggested getting it towed back to my shop. I thought it just made good sense, especially not knowing how good the spare was,and mounting it on a steering axle. Not that I own anything special, but the finish on the wheels is really nice (at least to me) and really didn't want to screw them up and have to refinish them.
Hell, the tow was free and I would much rather work on it in my shop than on the side of the road.
In the future I will have the right tools to remove the center caps instead of having to pry them off with a tire iron.
Either way, I won't be spending much time on there anymore......

[mustang6984]

I think given the car that it is...and your close proximity to home already and the price of the tow...you did the right thing. The other guys...lots of mouth it sounds like...not much else.

[CobraJoe]

Just went back and reread my post and replies; Bill thought I had replied to your post, I guess I didn't hit send???
Sucks that you ended up with all that damage to your car; I guess we both learned the hard way about old tires and that "other" site. 
Oh well, at least we can still laugh about it, well.....maybe you can, my wallet still hurts. 

[RICH MUISE]

Last month we replaced the alternator in Sherry's '12 Honda CRV with a rebuilt unit from O'Reillys @ 150ish.. It apparently has gone out again as I found out taking it out for a drive yesterday. Those cars don't run at all when the battery goes dead, and the alt. isn't working. Got it home by keeping my jump start battery attached and tieing down the hood. I've read those rebuilt for Hondas have had issues, so for grins I called Honda to see what they charge, hoping to put in an actual Honda unit. 8-900. !! Why do I even bother calling dealers for parts and service? There are fuses associated with the alt., so if they check out good, tomorrow, it's getting a warranty replacement for O'Reillys.

[mustang6984]

NINE HUNDRED for an alternator? What were you doing...asking for the "pimp my ride" ghetto gold version? That's insane! What is the car worth at 8 years of age? $2000-2500? (I have no idea what Hondas sell for at that age)  EEK!

[RICH MUISE]

It's only got 58k miles on it. Sherry hasn't driven it 200 miles in 3 years since she moved in with us. That's why I started taking it, and my wife's, out for a drive once a week or so.
Value?? ebay shows 1/2 dozen with more miles than hers @$10-16k. I've seen them around town with 150-2000k miles  for 8ish

[mustang6984]

WOW! That much? Remember when cars that age were barely worth the tow bill to have them taken to a shop? Times have changed!!!

[RICH MUISE]

Yeah, if they're low miles and in good shape, they don't go too low anymore. I paid 12k when I bought my 11 year old 05(at the time) Outback 4 years ago, and I had to go to OKC to find that one. It had 72k miles when I bought it. Back in the day, a car would have been ready for the scrap pile with that many miles on it.

[mustang6984]

True..."rings at 50k...ring and bearing at 100"...I remember hearing that all the time/ My wife's '98 Explorer has 312k on it...replaced the heads at 260k...but it still has original suspension, clutch and 5-speed in it. Oil changes and polite driving...pays dividends! It still pulls down over 20mpg too. AND...we have the best accessory of all...the pink slip! LOL!!!