I’ll pile on with the Rick love, too. Having someone around with specific expertise who is ready, willing, and able to share that expertise with people needing advice/information is one of the things that makes this board great. Thanks, Rick.
Good heavans yes, hippos, not rhinos. I’ve got my aggessive shit spewing mammals confused. (BTW, the show said that hippos were related to whales – pretty interesting stuff.) Thanks for the correction!
So Bijou Drains, don’t go changing your name to rhino. As the old saying goes, if the hippo shits, wear it.
See? This is what I was thinking.
I’m not sure what a set of rear brake pads costs on an Accord - I’d guess it’s less than $50. If these “Morons” can do it, why don’t you just do it yourself and save the money you’re vehemently bitching about.
Morons? I think we have some pot/kettle confusion going on here.
(FTR I do all my own break service - in case you were wondering)
Me too, been pouring my own coffee for years 
Brake service. Brake!
Sorry.
Wow. I was willing to cut you some slack, but you truly are a fucking asshole.
Is this thread supposed to upset me? Because I just find it really funny.
Hey, I Have Hippos… really doesn’t deserve that sort of company!
:rolleyes: Yes, ha ha, it is to laugh. Dude, you’ve come into this thread twice now to announce that you find it all very hilarious and to ask with wide-eyed innocence whether you should be upset that someone has called you a fucking idiot? Because it is so very hilarious to you. Perhaps a lesser human being would be upset, but no, you, you are above it all and find it to be a great source of humor. Nothing but comedy, this thread is to you. Did you forget to mention that it is all very funny? Because it is. Funny, funny, funny.
Seriously, we get it. You’re an attention troll with no perceivable redeeming qualities, and if you have nothing further to say than “I am so very amused by all of this” - which, trust me, we all managed to read the first couple of times you came in here to drool it out - then kindly fuck off to some other message board, or whatever crawlspace you lurched out of. Actually, I don’t care where you go; just go.
Well, see, people around here tend to remember things. Things like who the assholes are. You may not be upset right now, but hey, you’ve felt this board is informational enough to ask a question before, and you may want to ask another question sometime in the future; do you think acting like an asshole in this thread is going to make people want to help you later? You’re shitting on a good resource here. If that’s OK with you, go right ahead.
Well, whether it upsets you or not is really something only you can decide.
Just don’t be too surprised, next time you ask a question in GQ, if no-one is interested in offering help or advice.
I wonder if we’d ever be able to add it all up. He’s saved me a few hundred bucks, that’s for sure. GaryT doesn’t get as much recognition, but is equally awesome and helpful. Also, Omegaman is pretty on the ball himself.
Thanks for the props, man.
Rick and GaryT have it all over me though. They have a better knowledge of general automotive than I have just working with Dodge/Chrysler.
Well, when you find yourself in the intellectual desert which is the Internet, the first thing you do when you find an oasis is not drop a giant turd in it. You might need a drink later.
I don’t know… Seems like maybe he had too much already.
I have a friend who’s a mechanic for city trains - he’s not even slightly stupid. He just likes fixing trains (I guess, because he does it for a living). Yes, there are people in trades who don’t have the brain power to do anything else, but by no means all of them, and I won’t be looking down my nose at someone who gets their hands dirty for a living. This is a battle we’re all going to be fighting in future years, when all of our mechanics, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. have retired and all the kids think the only good jobs are ones that require a BA or higher.
Does this mean we won’t be finding out the professional’s opinion of Honda brakes?
Nobody will help me? Well, in that case I better head to the nearest high bridge and take a leap off.
You gotta do what you gotta do, I guess.
That’s what you got from this thread, eh?