So I have a brother that is "that guy" He has had a few wives and girl friends that run his life for him, they arent social and he wont even show up to his nephew's birthday party when invited. But he sure dont mind calling when his crap is broke down, which is all he buys. Every vehicle he has had for like 15 years has been a turd and I told him that before he bought them but he doesnt care because he thinks I will always fix it for him. But after being a GM tech for years I have changed proffessions and now I dont even work on my own stuff, I buy new so I have warranties then I trade them in after the warranty is expired. So anyways his latest turd is a Dodge pickup, I dislike Dodge anyways but this one is a turd. He has had it 5 months and had nothing but problems with it. Now the intake gasket is leaking and cheapest shop he could find (because he is cheap) wanted $600 to do it, but hes to cheap so he calls me telling me he can get the gasket from auto zone for $17 so why do they want $600. So today he tore into it and found out why. He has been calling me all day to come save his ass and I am not going to do it, he's on his own. I had family plans to take the kids to see "Rango". So now he has our dad calling me to help him. His friends that like working on cars wont help because he has asked so many favors over the years but never helps anyone else out. Its time for him to put his big boy pants on and suck it up!!! The SOB only calls me when his stuff is broke (his or his GF/wife of the year) so I am blocking his number. I am sure their is one of "those guys" in every family, he's kinda like the gay uncle nobody talks about

Now to BBQ some burgers and get back to family time! Sorry for the rant


Note: I did have to laugh at him, he complained that the parts the shop quoted were like $150 which sounds fair to me for all the gaskets, coolant, oil etc. And he thought he was pretty smart spending $17 at vato zone. Then he called to complain that the cheap set didnt have the valve cover gaskets, T-stat gasket, distributor o-ring/gasket (not sure because I never work on Dodges).