...emasculated, Beta male dad is taught his place. Maybe I'm reading more into this than I should, but I find the underlying message in this ad disgusting. Here's an idea. Tell her to shut up, get out and change the tire, then when you get home, tell her to make you a sammich, then head to the bedroom. Grow a pair man.

thats not the message I got. The message I got was if you have Geico and it includes free roadside assistance why would you change your own tire? And you dont even need to call.

Dude it happens more than you know. When I was living in Michigan I was renting nearly 40 cars a year, most from the local Enterprise. One of the guys is giving me a ride home and tells the story of one of the male employees (with a hyphenated last name, which just fits my opinion of such things) called in to report he got a flat and that they needed to send a tow truck and a car to get the customer he was transporting. He was advised to change the tire and when he responded that he didn't know how, they sent the one lady who worked there to change it while he took the customer in her car.

Years ago at my first job as an auto tech the shuttle van driver was the son of one of the managers. He realized he had a cush life and at least made an effort to learn things. Like the day he came in with a bottle of washer fluid and asked me to show him where it went. I gave him crap for it but at least he was trying.

When I first had my driver's license, I raked a muffler off my car in the middle of no where.

I hiked to a phone and called my dad. Told me I had tools and wire in the car, better get to fixing it.

30 years later, I found out he had come out to check on me but saw me on the road and beat me home.

It's rampant and pathetic.

How about the one where there is a water pipe leak that destroys part of the ceiling, and the guy looks at it and starts to say that he can fix it and his stupid wife shuts him down and tells him no he can't. Then they hire someone else to do it.

Emasculated indeed.

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
thats not the message I got. The message I got was if you have Geico and it includes free roadside assistance why would you change your own tire? And you dont even need to call.

That commercial is disgusting. I would NEVER EVER EVER let somebody do that to me. Changing a tire is not hard, and you can bet it takes longer than 20 seconds for the service vehicle to show up. In the meantime, while they wait, they can listen to the sound of that guy's cajones shriveling audibly from inside his wife's purse. . .

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
thats not the message I got. The message I got was if you have Geico and it includes free roadside assistance why would you change your own tire? And you dont even need to call.

That commercial is disgusting. I would NEVER EVER EVER let somebody do that to me. Changing a tire is not hard, and you can bet it takes longer than 20 seconds for the service vehicle to show up. In the meantime, while they wait, they can listen to the sound of that guy's cajones shriveling audibly from inside his wife's purse. . .

Absolutely. It's appalling. That commercial makes me want to vomit.

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
thats not the message I got. The message I got was if you have Geico and it includes free roadside assistance why would you change your own tire? And you dont even need to call.

That's what I got. Personally I would never call for a tire change. I bet by the time someone showed up to change it I could have changed it myself and be where I was going.

In HS I was changing out the starter on my old car I was happy to have every week when the remanufactured ones kept failing.

Heck at one point I was push starting it myself. Put key in. put in neutral. push. jump in and pop the clutch.

Most kids today can't even drive a stick.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
thats not the message I got. The message I got was if you have Geico and it includes free roadside assistance why would you change your own tire? And you dont even need to call.

That commercial is disgusting. I would NEVER EVER EVER let somebody do that to me. Changing a tire is not hard, and you can bet it takes longer than 20 seconds for the service vehicle to show up. In the meantime, while they wait, they can listen to the sound of that guy's cajones shriveling audibly from inside his wife's purse. . .

Absolutely. It's appalling. That commercial makes me want to vomit.

The kid's pretty good on his little guitar, though....

flashguy

Hold that finger up and shush me once queenie.

Divorces are so expensive...because they are worth it. Nope, uh-uh, not putting up with that (and I'm really laid back).

If it could literally happen that fast, sure.

Meanwhile back in the real-world, I'd rather be outside the car changing the tire than sitting in there putting up with her crap waiting on the roadside assistance.

I miss bumper jacks.

Watch this one a couple times, you'll feel better:

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Originally posted by comet24:

Heck at one point I was push starting it myself. Put key in. put in neutral. push. jump in and pop the clutch.

Most kids today can't even drive a stick.

That was always my cure if my battery went dead. Stick shifts rocked.



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Originally posted by ulsterman:
When I first had my driver's license, I raked a muffler off my car in the middle of no where.

I hiked to a phone and called my dad. Told me I had tools and wire in the car, better get to fixing it.

30 years later, I found out he had come out to check on me but saw me on the road and beat me home.

Now that is a good story! How do parents know how to say and do the right things. Stuff that sticks with you.

I did the push, hop in, pop the clutch deal for weeks when I was in HS. Had to save up to buy a new bendix/starter gear. Then took the starter apart and fixed it.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Tell her to shut up, get out and change the tire, then when you get home, tell her to make you a sammich, then head to the bedroom.

This brought the biggest grin I've worn all day. Nice job, sir!

Wow... you folks are actually paying attention to commercials!

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Originally posted by TigerDore:

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Originally posted by comet24:

Heck at one point I was push starting it myself. Put key in. put in neutral. push. jump in and pop the clutch.

Most kids today can't even drive a stick.

That was always my cure if my battery went dead. Stick shifts rocked.
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Yeah those were the days. We had a steep driveway so I could just take the parking brake off, start rolling, and pop the clutch when I was moving fast enough. Damn good skill to have, and fun too! But put in second gear not neutral if I remember correctly.

My first vehicle was a 1958 Ford pickup that had so much rust in the floor boards you could see the road. I could almost Fred Flintstone to get it moving it from inside the cab. I remember rotating the tires by hand with an old 4-way.