LOL. yeah... do you think he LEARNS from these incidents, thinks about maintenance, or actually cracks open the FSM periodic maintenance chart, or even the Owner's Manual in the glovebox? Does he bring any spare parts, points, belts, tools, fluids or an intact spare tire in the trunk? Nope. He prefers to just get in and turn the key.. with wifey and all four kids.. (front bench w 3 seatbelts, plus the 3 rear belts so everyone is safely strapped in) and rely on the kindness of strangers or me to bail him out. Knock on wood, he's never been badly stranded. One thing that he DOES know is all kinds of Mopar history: Model options, engines, transmission options, model year colors, VIN and data plate decoding, etc, etc.. You could think of him as a Mopar Nerd.

Story number 2:

Another family visit to our house for a week, and I ask him how the trip was...

"Well, the brake pedal is traveling a lot further down towards the floor these days. I'm not getting a whole lotta braking. But I discovered they work fine if I pump the brake pedal once or twice."

I suggested there could be air in the brake lines. Ya know, because AIR is NOT how hydraulics work? So I asked if he wants to, we can check the brake fluid level and bleed the brakes. He says "Sure! That sounds like a great idea."...

We started by opening the MC lid to have a look. To my surprise, there WAS fluid in both the reservoirs. But WHAT kind of fluid was anyone's guess... I think he put @%#$ Italian dressing in there! I sucked it all out with a turkey baster and flushed it for fresh DOT3..

(sorry the pics are sideways, just a computer glitch).
- Art

..anyway - THIS is what I sucked out of his MC...