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re: My 20 something year old son couldn’t figure out how to open the car hood
Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:39 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:39 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Maybe ask your wife’s boyfriend to teach him.
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Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:48 pm to 21JumpStreet
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Failed parenting
Could be but maybe not. We take things for granted that we as kids had interest in without being told. Opening car hoods, tinkering on cars, etc as a kid came natural to many of us as kids. We just jumped in and did it without asking many questions.
Kids today have no desire to do much that requires hands on work
Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:50 pm to TutHillTiger
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My 20 something year old son couldn’t figure out how to open the car hood
Congrats on failing as a father to teach him.
I’m 31 and I bought a 1972 Chevy for my first truck for 900 bucks. Rebuilt the engine at 15 years old to get it running right by the time I got my license at 16.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:53 pm to Crawdaddy
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Kids today have no desire to do much that requires hands on work
I’ve never had any desire to work on/tinker with my vehicle. Nothing to do with not wanting to work, I think it’s moreso that younger generations do not share the interest in vehicles/machinery that was more prevalent 20-30 years ago. In other words, I don’t care what’s under the hood.
This post was edited on 10/20/22 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 10/20/22 at 4:56 pm to PerplenGold
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Had my 16 yr old nephew over
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Asked him to run the weed wacker
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Had never operated one before
I have owned a half dozen gas weedeaters, thrown half that many against a garage wall, and eventually learned to tear down and rebuild the carb on any brand out there. That said, I had not run one until I was out of college. I cut the grass hundreds of times growing up, but our kind didnt go for none of that fancy string trimmin. We didnt even own an edger until I had moved out.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 6:25 pm to High C
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GTFO, it’s opening a hood, not overhauling an engine
And this attitude is why your son doesn’t know shite.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 6:30 pm to Splackavellie
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You didnt have to make up a story just to let us know you drive an Audi.
And that millennials are worthless.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 6:31 pm to TutHillTiger
You’re his dad, did you think he was gonna learn through osmosis?
Posted on 10/20/22 at 6:50 pm to TutHillTiger
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My 20 something year old son couldn’t figure out how to open the car hood
That's your fault
Posted on 10/20/22 at 8:59 pm to TutHillTiger
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My 20 something year old son couldn’t figure out how to open the car hood
The problem is their fathers.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 9:11 pm to Penrod
Dropped our Volvo at a well known European car repair shop in BR a few years ago. They had to call me to show them how to open the hood. Didn’t leave me with a lot of confidence.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 9:17 pm to TutHillTiger
Can he change a flat tire?
Jump a ded battery from a live one
If not his Dad or Mom should have taught him how
before handing him car keys.
Sadly very few know anything except how to call Roadside assistance
Posted on 10/20/22 at 9:44 pm to TutHillTiger
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It’s a damn Audi, and it has a lot of weird German shite, but the damn hood latch is not one if those items.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 11:42 pm to CaptainsWafer
I was showing him how to put radiator fluid in the damn thing, sent up pictures of the type to buy where to buy it etc, told him to buy a plastic funnel etc, and sent him several videos of how to do it etc. I had no clue he didn’t know how to open a hood. I had to send videos on that too. i have showed him several times as part of putting oil in a car, it just didn’t take.
I have tried numerous times to teach him about cars, etc. He and his friends have zero interest in it. So I just have to do everything
I have tried numerous times to teach him about cars, etc. He and his friends have zero interest in it. So I just have to do everything
Posted on 10/21/22 at 12:51 am to TutHillTiger
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have showed him several times as part of putting oil in a car, it just didn’t take.
But I bet the know all about something techy. Possibly audio, video, or. Gaming. Kids are different these days. No saying good or bad, but different. At least, that's true for the kids in my life.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 4:05 am to TutHillTiger
quote:That is your fault. Do you understand? This is on YOU, not him.
My 20 something year old son couldn’t figure out how to open the car hood
Posted on 10/21/22 at 5:33 am to TutHillTiger
Should have bought him a truck and some truck nutz. He would have become a baw instead of a metro.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 6:40 am to TutHillTiger
Your son is clueless because of you, not because he is a millennial. And unless he is 27 or older he isn’t really a millennial either.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 6:44 am to TutHillTiger
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German
So it was burning oil and he needed to add a quart between oil changes…
Posted on 10/21/22 at 6:49 am to TutHillTiger
Some cars it isn't easy. I feel like a Jaguar you need to be shown how to open it and I had a car that had the release under the bumper with no release inside the car.
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