Ignorance or arrogance?

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Falcon_LS

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This afternoon I noticed a late 90s Camry had a wheel cover that was about to come right off on the highway. A few miles down the road, the driver took the same exit I did and stopped at a traffic light right next to me. So I roll down my window and inform him. His response was "It's just plastic." The speed these things come off at is unbelievable, but he reckons there's no harm done. Many years ago, I had an aluminium wheel cover dent and puncture my gas tank and the driver was probably just as ignorant, or rather arrogant!

I was also at a garage a few days back, to sort out a tire that had a nail in it. Some guy was getting some work done to this '03 Lexus ES, and the mechanic was about to pour ACDelco Dexcool into his system. He wasn't flushing out the old coolant, he was going to top up Toyota Super Long Life with Dexcool! So I went and politely told him Dexcool cannot be mixed with Toyota SLL, and that he has to flush the whole system. The mechanic's response was "They're all the same". It's no wonder vehicles do not last long in this country.
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I was trying to signal woman on the highway that her SUV had a vdangerously low rear tire. She rolled up the window and sped off like I was some Serial Killer. I was expecting to see a mushroom cloud on the interstate - but I had to exit a mile later.
 
U cant win in a parnoid era in the old USA, kindness, good manners are a thing of the past or at least lost somewhere in time. U do what u think is a good thing and get in trouble today, right is called wrong, and wrong is called right............................
 
I had gotten a response similiar to what the OP heard from a guy that was pulling a trailer and dragging a lock and chain on the interstate.
 
Originally Posted By: Falcon_LS
This afternoon I noticed a late 90s Camry had a wheel cover that was about to come right off on the highway. A few miles down the road, the driver took the same exit I did and stopped at a traffic light right next to me. So I roll down my window and inform him. His response was "It's just plastic." The speed these things come off at is unbelievable, but he reckons there's no harm done. Many years ago, I had an aluminium wheel cover dent and puncture my gas tank and the driver was probably just as ignorant, or rather arrogant!

I get the feeling that when you point these things out to people, they think you're doing it for their own good. It doesn't even occur to them that there are other people on the road who may be affected by their actions.

Back when I had my Maxima, this girl literally made a left turn into my passenger-side door. After we pulled over and she got a chance to inspect her vehicle, she almost drove off because the damage to her car was negligible to her. When I yelled at her about my doors being bashed in, her response -- verbatim -- was, "oh, you got hit too??"
 
Originally Posted By: LS2JSTS
86% of being polite is forgiving other peoples ignorance.

^^ This!
 
Tried to talk a guy out of using HD30 in his 2001 car. He said it burned oil, like a quart every 200 miles. With straight 30w, he would burn a qt every 2000k. I know it's SC but it does get below 40F here! He wouldn't listen. I suggested a 10W40 but no dice. Oh well, I tried.
 
I was driving at night down a lonely interstate, no other traffic in my lane, down a hill. Suddenly in my headlights caught a chrome wheel trim ring (remember those? went with dog dish hub caps) rolling along at 10 mph. Hit it with my air dam and it went ZING and flew over my hood, windshield, car...

I think I found a little dent it made but can't be sure. Was one of those non repeatable events.
 
One of the most telling of them all was when I was at Uni, and a group of us were driving interstate late on a Friday night.

Ford Telstar in front of us, and every time he hit a bump or a dip, there was a shower of embers splashed out under the car.

Mate was driving us, and he flashed his lights. Telstar check braked. We pulled along side, and gestured to pull over, he accelerated.

We accelerated and pulled along side, windows down, yelling to him to pull over.

He did, and we pulled in in front of him.

He got out with a pinch bar, calling us all sorts of names, walking straight past his burning engine bay, screaming "you punks want a piece of this ?" (that's a translation from what he really said).

We pointed to his burning car, then suddenly his whole attitude changed to "don't just stand there, find something to put it out.

We used a couple of coke cans to put out his oil soaked bonnet lining.

I'd have given him 50:50 on the ignorance/arrogance scale.
 
Most of us are conditioned to react instead of evaluating things. The unfavorable "conditioned responses" tend to show up most.
 
Originally Posted By: wantin150
Tried to talk a guy out of using HD30 in his 2001 car. He said it burned oil, like a quart every 200 miles. With straight 30w, he would burn a qt every 2000k. I know it's SC but it does get below 40F here! He wouldn't listen. I suggested a 10W40 but no dice. Oh well, I tried.
SAE 30 is good 100% oil and 10w-40 is severely compromised with high VII - all rubber no oil. The better bet all 'round for cold start flow would be rotella 10w30 but that may be too much money for him.
 
I dont see the problem with the HD30 in the 2001 Toyota Camry. I probably would have opted for a 15w40 diesel oil, because it resists burn-off better than any gasoline grade oil. Really this thick oil phobia and cold temperatures is way over-rated. All the oils are better than they were 10-20 years ago and we used straight 40 weight in our Detriot diesels, year around in PA and used it in Dodge pick-ups with gas engines, this was 1978. Contrary to popular belief HD30 doesnt turn to a solid at 32 degrees.
 
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