How many times have you taken boomer advice and it actually fucking works?>be me>rear sway bar bushing decides to start squeaking, want to replace it anyway with a bigger one>install new bar and bushings, it squeaks even louder than before>go crazy with grease to solve the problem, does nothing whatsoever>ask boomer forum about what I should do>"yeh just put some teflon tape on it and seal it back up, should work fine">it fucking works and never squeaks again
>>28203718why are you surprised when men who have been wrenching in all kinds of cars from all eras since your dad was in diapers know how to fix shit?
>>28203718Off the top of my head, just knowing not to ride my brakes and not to put my e-brake up on hot brakes is something I follow and my brakes do last a long time and never get wonked rotors.
>>28203718Install all bushings with never-seize and they will never-squeak.
>>28203718It’s because boomers learned in great detail from their fathers how to fix things. Their fathers had to rely more on ingenuity especially during war time and the Great Depression
>>28203718boomer wisdom boils down to>grit>eh son just put some elbow grease into it and grit your teethsince they lived in a time with 100% white ppl women wernt fat and whores yet but wernt total prudes still and wealth and jobs everywhere, they couldnt fuck up if they put a tiny ounce modicum of effort into the easiest thing. except when you look at them now theyre all fat and retarded and cant use a computer, this means their grit doesnt apply to eating right or learning new basic skills. so it proves their wisdom is retarded and wrong and only worked because of the exact time they were born.the widsom and logic i try to apply for myself, is intuition (genetic and experience pattern matching) followed by planning followed by timing. if you know what you want and you plan it out you will recognize when to jump on or off with your action.
>>28203718I find that boomer wisdom often works for reasons that they themselves do not knowAnd if they're wrong and your idea works better they often have humility about itMillennial FAGGOTS are insufferable reddit types, with nothing but midwit theories which never work and no humility when it inevitably fails
>>28203758some old fucker once told me that the liquid that drips from your car when you run the a/c is “pure sulphuric acid”.
>>28205206>the widsom and logic i try to apply for myself, is intuition (genetic and experience pattern matching) followed by planning followed by timing. if you know what you want and you plan it out you will recognize when to jump on or off with your action.o7
>>28203718Bushing squeak is caused by the bushing sticking to the bar, and you're absolutely mystified about how putting a material known for its nonstick properties causes the squeaking to stop.Learn some critical thinking skills you zoomer retard.
>>28205673Yes I know fucking PTFE is a great material but I'm surprised that works over every other type of grease I tried.
I think the most disheartening thing about boomers was realizing they're not retarded, but they're also not full of old-timey wisdom, and are just as clueless as anyone in their 20s. The illusion that adults are in charge is exactly that: An illusion.
>>28205541>is “pure sulphuric acid”
>>28203758I've had a boomer tell me that dumping a spoonful of pepper in your radiator will stop radiator leaks
>>28206268This is true. It also fucks it up even more, but rad leaks are usually unfixable anyways so as a stopgap it's fine.
>>28203718boomers told me to hammer on a pickle fork in my driveway for 3 hours when I was doing my control arms instead of renting a separator from vatozoneboomers told me to do my drum brakes with locking pliers and a flathead screwdriver instead of buying drum brake pliersboomers told me head gasket sealer works (it doesn't)boomers told me to just "run a can o' seafoam through 'er" to fix a knock (it didn't work)fuck boomers
>>28203718Well, it helps that i wqs in a shop yard adjacent to a boomer mechanic feller of several decades my lifespan and then someTurns out i dont need a torque wrench and an hour or two of time to straighten motorcycle wheels after dropping innawoods, to realign aimply put em between your legs and twist the opposite way the crash until it clicksFuck yeah, boomer advice
>>28206964Not their fault you’re driving a piece of shit
>>28203795>dont ride your brakesWish someone had told me this before (you) did. Or maybe they did and I had forgotten.
>>28206964>boomers told me to hammer on a pickle fork in my driveway for 3 hours when I was doing my control arms instead of renting a separator from vatozoneBoomer taught me to hit the knuckle or whatever the tapered shaft is seated in while prying on it with a long bar. Works every time.
>>28206964>boomers told me to do my drum brakes with locking pliers and a flathead screwdriver instead of buying drum brake pliersFound the salesman. As a flat rate tech that figured this out on my own taking on all the drum brake jobs, I think I made 100k that year. Covid got me laid off and now I work salary for a mom and pop. Not those many digits.... 50k.
>>28208841>salesmanjust a shadetree mechanic like the rest of us. I only put up with the springs slipping off and other assorted bullshit while reassembling my drums before I quit and next-day-delivery'd some pliers. sometimes the right tool for the job makes all the difference.
>>28208966The "right" tools stay where they belong. In the toolbox. I can do a set of drums in 15 minutes with the vice grips
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>>28205206Also I have 3 bitcoin and will be a millionaire in the next bullrun.
>>28209399I can take my tool out of the drawers and do your mom's drum in 5 minutes.
>>28209399Congrats, not sure why you’re trying to convince me to make my life harder for no reason
>>28205541it is though
>>28203758Because they worked back in the day when filler and tin cans was enough for chassis repair
>>28210012well i didn’t say he was wrong.
my dad has actual autism/aspergers, so despite his first car being two fiat 124s from the junkyard frankensteined into a working automobile I never learned shit about working on cars cause it would just be holding a flashlight while he does something in complete silence or have an actual meltdown when anything was going poorly.
>>28203718>you don't need a wheel hanger, just git gud at balancing your wheels on the hubNah, that made my life so much easier when I put my winter wheels on>you should take your [German car] to this indy German specialist i took my Golf to in the 90s for major maintenance>he got bought out by a chain? I'm sure the business is still fine.The business did not, in fact, know what the fuck they were doingI love you dad, but you're striking out recently
>>28211308HAHAHAHA I had to google what that is because I never realised that there were so many people that were so physically feeble from a diet of pure onions that putting a wheel on was difficult and they made a product just for them.Holy shit thanks for the laugh honestly.
>>28211381Not sure how onions became onions but anyway, top kek
>>28205541He probably mentioned it was slightly caustic to human skin and you being a z**mer went "ZOMG WHAT A CAP'D BOOMER FRFR"
I saved a hundred bucks on tires yesterday because my dad reminded me to break their balls about the advertised warranty. I had no illusions those tires were going to last 50k miles but they made the claim and the warranty so fuck em when I want a discount after 20k miles because I didn’t tell them I tracked those tires and generally abused them.
>>28205541Not anymore, damn EPA
>>28206268It'll stop the leak because the new radiator you get afterwards won't have a leak!
Boomer dad showed me the trick of stealing extra bolts at the junkyard since you’re inevitably going to strip something along the way if you’re doing your own work and going to vatozone when you’re almost done over one bolt fuckin sucks so just toss a few in your pocket when at the yard.
>>28206279>but rad leaks are usually unfixable anywaysI have blanked off so many core tubes that this statement is funny
>>28211397Why would literally water be at all caustic to human skin idiot
>>28203758Because cars made today are radically different from cars made 20 years ago which are radically different from cars made 40 years ago which are radically different from cars made 60 years ago etc. Car tech evolves and changes every single year. Boomers may know tricks but they can't keep up with everything when the industry changes as much as it does.
>>28205211>they often have humility about itBoomers are the most stubborn hard headed arrogant people on this planet. I have never met one that reacts in a positive manner to being told, even in the most polite way possible, that they are wrong.
>>28208966I'm an engineer with a short temper and minimal bills. Idc if a tool costs $100. Is it made to do the job I am currently doing? Will it do it quickly and effectively? And then I'll have the tool in the future in case this pops up again? Sold. Gimme the tool, take my money and let me save valuable time. Time is more valuable than money, unless you're broke but then idc about you. >inb4 a personal attack or something gayIf you want to waste time nigger rigging your tool box to work proper, that's on you. I'm going to buy the right tools for the job and make my life easier.
>>28211381>>28211385Calm down newfag. Im not even the guy you felt the need to personally attack, but there's no need to personally attack people when we're talking about tools. Lurk moar but first do a 360 and walk away from this thread.
>>28211549>needing a tool to lift up a wheel>crying about personal attacks while telling people to calm downIf you tell your doctor about your unstable emotional state and total lack of upper body strength they'll order some blood tests for you to get your hormones checked.
