Cars, DIY and Money: Thanks dad…

Thanks dad…

By Anonymous - 06/09/2013 16:10 - United Kingdom - Godalming

Today, my car broke down. My dad insisted he could fix it, but screwed up in the process. After finally getting the car towed to a mechanic, I was told that I'd only needed a new water pump, but thanks to the damage my dad did, fixing it all will cost me a small fortune. FML

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lissa_jade 22

Saturday 7 September 2013 1:10

I hope your dad brought his wallet then!

LexSwift 17

Saturday 7 September 2013 1:11

If he messed it up, he should pay for the damage he did. You pay for the new water pump and he pays for the rest. Only fair.

Comments

rety1 13

Saturday 7 September 2013 3:24

Broken water pump? Who knows what this persons father broke, but it could end up costing a ton anyway if they overheated too much too long.. Especially with newer all aluminum engines, not only the head(s) warp, the engine block warps too..

SweetasCandy0609 28

Saturday 7 September 2013 3:30

you break you buy it so your dad needs to fix everything he broke and you pay for the water pump compromise.

CorpsmanUp88 21

Saturday 7 September 2013 4:15

When people think they know about cars

worldclassrager 39

Saturday 7 September 2013 4:47

Your dad owes you big time...

BFons 19

Saturday 7 September 2013 6:38

Bummer OP.

simsgirlgem 25

Saturday 7 September 2013 12:42

Unless your dad is an actual mechanic like mine is he should never ever try to fix a car himself

baref00tmama 15

Sunday 8 September 2013 17:26

Oh please. There are plenty of people with a wealth of practical knowledge that didn't choose to be mechanics, or don't have the ASE certification. This doesn't mean they can't fix things. OPs dad is obviously not in that category.

JabberWocky54210 10

Saturday 7 September 2013 14:42

Get your dad to pay for it! It was his fault for tinkering when he shouldn't have.

pedinhuh 23

Saturday 7 September 2013 18:08

That's why I love my aircooled car, water pumps can cause major headache.

Shade1982 20

Monday 9 September 2013 10:54

Well, you have the headache of driving a car which is AT LEAST 15 years old, which was when they last produced air-cooled cars... There is a reason they stopped using that...

Supganosh 2

Sunday 8 September 2013 23:29

Excuse me. But has anyone ever thought about how strange it is that although the car had apparently only just broken down, that when they finally bring it to the garage the mechanic knows that the only problem was the water pump before her dad tinkered with it? Sounds like a money grub to me