PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

@Plain Jane Taco
@Iamraiderpower
@LocoLocal

The one thing Eric did that REALLY pissed me off was steal from me...

Actually, the fact that he stole from me didn't piss me off that much. I was not that angry about the item stole, either. The item was a black C5 Corvette convertible, a screw-together Maisto die-cast model kit that my mom had gotten for me at the local Walmart...

The whole fiasco pissed me off because he blatantly lied to me about it for at least a week before I finally resorted to threatening him...

So, I had a die cast Corvette convertible that my mom bought for me at Wal Mart. It was a Maisto model, larger than a Hot Wheels or even an old Dinky Toy, but much smaller than a 1:43 scale model. It was black C5 Corvette convertible, and it came as a screw-together kit that you put together. One evening, Eric came over to play, and I'd left the 'Vette sitting on the brick fireplace hearth in our family room without a second thought. Eric and I hung out and played for a couple hours, and then Eric when home. It was then that I noticed my new Corvette was missing (actually, it might not have even been that new by the time this happened, but it was still one of my favorite models). I searched my bedroom and all of the other usual places I might have left, but I could not find the Corvette. I immediately came to the conclusion that Eric had taken it. My parents told me that I should not jump to conclusions and make accusations, but I was 99% sure Eric had taken my Corvette!

The next time I saw him, I asked him, and he denied it completely. I took him at his word, but had my doubts about his honest. For about a week this went on, until I finally told Eric that I was going to ask his mom about the Corvette. At this point, the little bastard 'fessed up. Not only had he stolen my toy Corvette, but he'd shown it to his mom and claimed I'd given it to him. Even worse, he'd taken it to his Grandma's house to play with, and left it there!

I wanted to clobber him at that point, but I exercised self-control and instead marched him back to his house where I told his mom the whole story. I'm pretty sure this was after all of the various altercations I'd had with Eric's mother, and while she didn't particularly care for me, she at least had strong morals...

Needless to say, stealing the neighbor kid's coveted toy Corvette has this funny way of dwarfing the accidental breaking of scissors or the watching of animated sitcoms that are full of adult humor! Eric's mother tore him a new one, apologized profusely to me, and promised that I would be getting my Corvette back ASAP. A few days later, I got the 'Vette back in the same condition, and both Eric and his mother apologized again...

I don't remember what (if any) punishment Eric received, but I do remember that his mom was a lot nicer to me for the last few months we lived in Oak Harbor before moving away in June 2002...

 

@Iamraiderpower

 

@Iamraiderpower

Do you watch South Park?

 

@Salty_Dog

How's Scooter doing?

 

Does a bear shit in the woods?

 

I love South Park!

 

@Iamraiderpower

Your '16 F150 Ecoboost was a piece of shit?

Also, did you see the episode of South Park where the boys tried to be firefighters by having the bully start a fire and peeing it out? But their teacher accidentally catches on fire?

 

@Plain Jane Taco

Bill, do you watch South Park? It seems like a lot of the humor and themes in that show would be right up your alley...

 

Yea it was a giant steaming pile of shit. Ford bought it back and No I havent seen that episode, Ill look it up

 

It was a lemon then?

Dude, buy a Hulu subscription! That's how I fuel my South Park addiction!

 

I got netflix for my addiction

 

@Iamraiderpower

Are you full-time, professional firefighter. Or are you a volunteer with a 9-to-5 job?

 

You mean Fireman...

 

@Iamraiderpower

Is this what I think it is?





At least it's not an uncapped heroin needle...

I've unfortunately found a few of those too!

 

I dont think thats what you think it is, although it might be lmao Fucking Junkies leaving that shit around pisses me off, anyone could get stuck by their dirty ass needle

 

Cops are more worried about getting AIDS/HIV or Hepatitus from a dirty needle than they are about getting beaten up, shot, stabbed, or run over!

 

well those diseases can cause slow agonizing deaths and affect everyone and everything around you also.

 

@Iamraiderpower

I've talked about the S-10 Blazer my dad used to own before...

In June 1993, my dad bought a brand new '93 Chevy S-10 Blazer 4x4 from Lafferty Chevrolet in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It was a 2-door, midnight black with gray cloth interior, and mid-level Tahoe trim. It Preferred Equipment Group 2, which included almost every desired option; air-conditioning, cruise, tilt, power windows and locks, AM/FM cassette; My dad's Blazer did not have the following options:

Power mirrors
G80 locking rear differential (though it was still a beast in the snow)
Trailering Special package (My dad just had a UHAUL hitch installed to pull our 16-foot boat and it did fine)

In terms of general reliability the Blazer was good.

However, the air-conditioner broke only a week after my dad bought it! Actually, broke is understating it...

Blew a seal and completely purged itself of Freon right before my dad's eyes would be a much more accurate description!

The Blazer was only a week old with a mere 260 miles on the odometer. One warm June morning, my dad got in the Blazer to go to work, started the engine, and turned on the A/C. Right at that moment, a seal on the orifice tube blew and a good amount of the Freon came into the cabin through the defogger vents! Luckily, my dad did not get hurt (R-12 is some dangerous shit).

My dad immediately drove the Blazer to the Chevy dealer where he'd purchased it, and it was a one-week old vehicle with 260 miles, so of course all repairs were covered under warranty. My dad went to work, and the dealer replaced the seals and recharged the system for free. My dad somehow managed to save the receipt in his files, found it last year, and gave all of it to me. The receipt shows that he brought the Blazer in at 10am, and got it back before 4pm. The Blazer's A/C worked perfectly for the entire summer.

In May 1994, the same thing happened again! However, there wasn't the dramatic purging of Freon right before my dad's eyes this time. A seal in the same spot blew again, but all of the Freon slipped out of the system unnoticed. My dad discovered the problem when he turned on the A/C in spring, presumably after not using it for a while, and found that it was blowing warm. He brought the Blazer to Lafferty Chevrolet yet again, and it was fixed under warranty yet again. My dad kept the Blazer another two years after that, finally trading it for a new Nissan Pathfinder in 1996, and the A/C worked for the rest of that time...

The A/C was the least of the Blazer's problems...

The most notable issue the Blazer had was a noise in the tailgate that drove my dad nuts. The Blazer had this squeak almost from the day he drove it home. He brought it back to the dealer at least twice before they finally corrected it, and like the A/C it was fixed under warranty. So, it turns out that my dad's Blazer was probably built on a Friday...

The tailgate had actually been installed incorrectly at the factory! The dealership's service department completely removed the tailgate and reinstalled it. This took care of the annoying squeak...

Not long after my dad bought the Blazer, probably within the first year, the clearcoat started to peel off the alloy wheels. My dad got a complete new set of rims from the dealer under warranty, and the clearcoat didn't peel again...

The Blazer required a complete brake replacement at only 28K miles (which by my estimates and my dad's typical driving pattern would have been about August 1994-March 1995). We're not talking just the front brakes. The Blazer, like most vehicles of the time (and Tacomas today) had front disc/rear drum. It also had 4-wheel ABS (apparently 4-wheel ABS in these trucks was troublesome as they got older). By comparison, I did in fact have to replace the brake pads in my Tacoma at like 31K, and am now on my third set of pads and second set of rotors at almost 80K. However, my Tacoma still has the same rear brake shoes it left the factory with back in August 2009! Unfortunately, both the dealer and GM corporate deemed the brakes to be normal wear-and-tear, and did not not cover the brake job under warranty. My dad was not happy.

Other problems the Blazer had included the entire gauge cluster completely dying while we were driving home from Grammy's house at night, and at least one of the headlights burning out when the Blazer was only three years old.

Some people might call the Blazer a piece of shit, or even a lemon, but none of the problems it had made it unreliable or unsafe. It was actually very reliable and never left stranded. It almost did once, when we (meaning me and the parents) were on our way home from a family trip and had stopped at a gas station to refuel. After topping off the tank, my dad tried to start the Blazer, and it turned over but wouldn't actually start. The Blazer ended up starting on the second or third try...

My dad says that he was drawn to the Blazer largely because of its looks, especially the two-door models. He ended up regretting buying a 2-door because it was a pain in the ass for his growing son (me) to get in and out of. My dad says that if he'd bought a 4-door instead, he probably would have kept it at least long enough to pay it off.

Our Blazer had the Enhanced Powertrain Package, which gave you a 200 horsepower 4.3L CPI Vortec V6 (The "W Code" engine) and 4-speed automatic. Standard engine was 4.3L TBI V6 making 165 horsepower, with a 5-speed manual. The CPI was not available with a stick shift, and the TBI was not available with an automatic tranny. My dad's Blaz= was no slouch...

My dad also says that he remembers the Blazer being particularly agile and fun to drive for what it was (a midsize 4x4 SUV), and when my mom drove it, she was always impressed that it was small and agile enough to fit into some compact car parking spaces!

The window sticker showed an MSRP of about two grand north of $20K. My dad says he negotiated them down to $18K, and that didn't include the money he got for the 1992 Dodge Dakota LE he traded in. My dad says he got about $12K for the Blazer when he traded it for a 1996 Pathfinder...