**OHIO WHEELIN' & MEET-UP THREAD**

I ain't picky as long as there is food and beer. Only other thing I wanna do today is get sand bags for the taco.

 

Tonight is a little short notice for me. Got the wife/kids deal. Weeknights are hard, both kids in school. Any weekend works. I don't have a wife leash, shes even used to random TWer's showing up. All day Saturday is fine typically or Sunday afternoons after like 3.

Next weekend, 13th, would be good. Gonna get some tires this coming one.

 

Their obviously more Jeep oriented but I do recall they are not Toyota haters.

 

Don't wait...ask me why? heh

 

Roads look clear? What happened?

 

Wellllllll I'm still at work lol.

 

Now you have an excuse to get a raptor.

 

Is that a 5 lug?

I say deer.

 

I'll give credit where it's due. He's good with cars. Worked on them a long time. He's got a shop and it's been around for awhile, so he's had success.

Other than that, I personally never saw much redeeming quality in the guy. He's a former Chevy/GM/Buick Dealership Tech who opened his own shop. So he has that Dealership cutthroat mentality. Bad. I was putting an engine back in a Camry. Asked him to give me a hand/advice. Straight up said "Nope". I was like "WTF dude, this your shop and you refuse to help your employees?"

His ego is large, and it's obvious in the way he carries himself and talks. It's just like "Drop the pompus crap". Great Rich, you can and will work on anything with a motor in it, you damn snowflake. Tell me your ego laden stories about finding the smallest detail as being the cause of a fault, please.

And yup, to bash on the guy a little bit, here is a fun TRUE story:

In the shop one morning and Rich walks in, starts telling this story about trying put the moves on this wife. Then proceeds to tell us that she denied him saying she was almost finished with her book.

I died laughing inside.

His wife would rather finish a book than fuck him.

Chicks love the D.

She can't stand him and I wouldn't be surprised if she was or ended up cheating on him.

 

I dunno, the roads here are clear and it's like Tokyo drift every time I get on the gas.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/1...x86b301ab9f33bf95!8m2!3d40.11965!4d-83.092203

1830 if anyone wants to join in the fun. Party goes to question mark question mark question mark.

 

Happened yesterday morning, black ice maybe, was stopped at a light to go left onto 315, light changed, I started going (slow, 4cyl 4x2 AC) and as I'm almost pulled straight the rear end just kicked out to the right, I don't think I'd hit but maybe 25 mph if that? Face first into the guard rail which was positioned just far enough past the edge of the road for my tires to fall off the pavement making the guardrail completely miss my bumper and let me use the hood, both fenders and the entire grill to stop. No airbags thankfullly so it *probably* won't total, but apparently it won't be appraised until Monday :-\

Don't I wish!

Yes 5 lug, no the deer is what dented the bed behind the drivers door. AFTER I came to a full stop when driving in Southern Ohio at 1230am one night last year.

 

Got caught up with some stuff, won't be able to make it out. Next time for sure though.

 

I'm astounded at how much of a difference even 200lbs made.



RIP my bumpstops.

 

Dude, that sucks! No frame damage and looks mostly cosmetic. If it were a Ranger it would be totalled, but the taco should be okay.

I once had a 2wd fiberglass bed Ranger and I slid on ice into the back corner of an H1 Hummer. The 1/2 I-beam rear bumper was taller than my front bumper and the corner went straight into my radiator. All it did to the Hummer was put a small dent in his Jerry can.

 

You need a raptor.

 

You're like the Oprah of Raptors, but you're not paying for them!

 

You need a raptor too

 

I need a Raptor