me have delusions of toughness
nah,not me, oh wait, yeah me
and FWIW when i crumple a frame i just pop the radiator cap and drive a new truck under it
[ only because when i crumple it can't be fixed ] and also FWIW i've only crumpled two frames out of all the trucks i've owned, one my fault, wasn't paying attention
and totaled my '81 F150 hitting a tree head-on. second one wasn't my fault, pulled out of my mom's driveway, thought i had enough room,[ there was at least an 1/8th of a mile ]
guy was going faster than i thought. dirty S.O.B broadsided me in my chevy half ton 4x4, he was in a dodge omni, his bumper went UNDER my cab, hit the frame and re-arranged his front end. bad for me, served that S.O.B right for going way too fast on a dirt road
he said he was only doing 35, i said bullhooie. i tried slamming on my brakes in my moms mid size at 35 and slid 15 feet. he slid at least twice that. anyway as much as i like to play, i've reached the age where i now realize that i'm not ten foot tall and bullet proof, although sometimes i have an attack of alzheimers and forget
BE CAREFUL-now that your bumper is no longer the crumple zone the frame will be.don't get any delusions of toughness.the frame can be an expensive fix.if its even possible
haven't had time to finish bumper either, been out doing the other thing i like to do, kill fish, i figure if i can't kill the people that annoy me, not seriously, but it does sound good sometimes, then i can do the next best thing, get a mental image of the person who pissed me off, mentally photoshop it to the fish i happen to be working on and cut away and
great anger management tool
. specially when i can make $650 for 3 sets or @ 27 hours
FWIW, all comments welcome, if it's negative so much the better, i'm running out of faces to mentally photoshop to the fish i get to kill