live and learn,

[lozz]

My lad came in yesterday,

dad ive bought a car he says.

1999 fiat punto,

Hes just had it dropped off, ive never seen as much rust,

told him to have it Weighd in, and iwill get him something else, but no hes in the garage with it trying to fix it up

he will learn the hard way spose, There must be 8pages of mot failures

reminds me of the Morris marina ibought as a first car,

[scotty73]

Wheres the pics? ... Kids dont listen i spoke to my local parts dealer a few weeks back his kid (who works with him behind the counter) had bought a car he begged him not to buy... 24 hours after buying it the cam belt went.... kids behind the counter looking pissed off dads next to him looking at me shrugging his shoulders... what can you do but let them learn and guide them?

[lozz]

iwill get some pics up,

hes doing realy well with it, suprised me,

he had my angle grinder out, hes cut all the rust out and patched in new plates,

this morning he chopped the exhaust off, and hes started making his own stainless or shouid of said hes robbed a stainless exhaust ihad and making that fit the fiat,

all my filler /sandpaper primer and everything else hes claimed, told him to buy his own but he said my stuff is better because its free,

idont know what this punto craze is but all the kids are getting them

[Bailes1992]

Good luck to him!
Wish I had the tools and the Knowlege to do something like that.

[lozz]

Hes using all my tools,

told him off a few times, when hes sweeps the garage out hes too lazy to pick stuff up,
sockets etc end up in the bin, so ihave to keep my eye out,

he dont know what stuff costs yet, he will learn aspose when he has to buy his own,

[scotty73]

Mate you cant knock that it sounds like he's having a good crack at it.
Not sure how young he is but it's better than sitting in the bedroom on the pc or xbox all his waking hours.. My eldest daughter is 14 and she cant get her best friend out of her bedroom half the time it pisses me off cos it means she's mooching around here with nobody to go out with... and the weather has been lovely

Watch your tools, my dad claims now i have half of his and i'm 38.... well i do have a few sockets.

[lozz]

Yeah true,
im glad hes got aproject to do, he used to have his mates round but theyre banned,
they smoke Ganj and drink crates of beer, not having all that shite in the house,

its not good for my other kids to pick up on,

Ive got my eye on my tools, one of the sockets he threw in the bin 35mm cost me £18 he looked at me half gone when itold him how much they where,
they havent got a clue at the age 17 of values of things,

[scotty73]

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Ive got my eye on my tools, one of the sockets he threw in the bin 35mm cost me £18

Would that be for the rear wheel hubs on the cistern gzara? i had to buy one but it may have been 34mm.

[lozz]

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Ive got my eye on my tools, one of the sockets he threw in the bin 35mm cost me £18

Would that be for the rear wheel hubs on the cistern gzara? i had to buy one but it may have been 34mm.

no , 35mm is for front drive shaft nut,
same as 406,