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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
There is a clutch in my garage for 2 years now, it needs replacing, I'm lazy.
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.
Back 'round the turn of the century I had an ancient car with a dying starter.
It was a manual, so sure I could start it on a hill. But sometimes you just have to whack the starter itself and it will work!
I think I went months with a straight wooden axe/sledgehammer handle in the trunk as my starter starter until I replaced it.
Hill/push starting a car was pretty common occurrence when I was a teenager, since there was so many proper shitboxes in the town
Starters being dead...99% of the time actually aren't fully dead. The solenoids fuck off and if you wack the shit out of them with a chunk of 2x4 usually it'll get them to engage. Doesn't mean it's going to just keep working but I've done it a few times to get something started and into the garage.
Old Honda. Could be manual
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.
I read it as once the kid called about the failed starter, they went out and bought a new one specifically to teach the kid how to do the repair
I'm pretty sure he just meant that he bought the starter before the kid brought the car back.
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.
Tbh, I know a few gear head types that just have a bunch of parts in their garage. If they see a part being sold for a decent price and it has potential use they'll just hoard it.
Literally this isADHD, I have packages with parts for shit that has been broken for months that is unopened because I have had neither the time nor the lack of task paralysis to begin whatever fuckass journey I will need to go on to find the time tools and lack of distractions (both important and not) to complete those tasks.
Next weekend tho I promise
Story sounds made up to me. He's not bringing it back with a dead starter unless he knows someone with a car hauler, in which case that person could probably just as easily help him with replacing it in less time than it would take to tow and work on it at this guys house and if the guy already had a replacement for it why didn't he replace it/throw it in with the car when he sold it the first time.