If he bought you the car in the first place then he seems a pretty decent guy trying to help his son out. Sorry but if your dad can't/wont pay for repairs then there is always the option of trying to find temporary evening or weekend work to earn additional money, or consider selling some items.
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If he bought you the car in the first place then he seems a pretty decent guy trying to help his son out. Sorry but if your dad can't/wont pay for repairs then there is always the option of trying to find temporary evening or weekend work to earn additional money, or consider selling some items.
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You do realise if you were caught on 4 bald tyres, it'd be your problem and not your Dad's?
Maximum of 3 points per tyre, so license losing territory. Time to take some responsibility and maintain the car yourself, it's your license not his. Get a weekend / evening job to pay for it perhaps.
Maximum of 3 points per tyre, so license losing territory. Time to take some responsibility and maintain the car yourself, it's your license not his. Get a weekend / evening job to pay for it perhaps.
You didn't have to drive the car anywhere.
Out of interest, do you earn any money at all?
If I was in your position I'd either be paying (or paying in installments / paying towards via parents) for the required work (i.e. tyres, the windscreen) etc myself, or just giving the car back to my dad saying "I really appreciate the gesture but this car needs money spending in order to be road worthy, and I'm not using it in the mean time."
If I was in your position I'd either be paying (or paying in installments / paying towards via parents) for the required work (i.e. tyres, the windscreen) etc myself, or just giving the car back to my dad saying "I really appreciate the gesture but this car needs money spending in order to be road worthy, and I'm not using it in the mean time."
Especially when in your first two years of driving, you're probate only lets you get half as many points/points are worth twice as much. So it'd only take 6pts to lose your licence in this period.
I may be wrong, but that's what I'd always been told / heard
Somehow, I don't think he is the tool if you are driving a car with bald tyres...
Sorry officer, my dad is a tool and forced me to drive this car with these tyres.
No harm done and all that. #YOLO
Not according to this thread he doesn't...
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Simple OP
Dont drive car until its fixed.
Dont drive car until its fixed.
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1. Get a job.
2. Pay to get windscreen fixed
In the meantime, get the bus, cycle, or dare i say it...walk?.
2. Pay to get windscreen fixed
In the meantime, get the bus, cycle, or dare i say it...walk?.
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Bit of duct tape, right as rain.
In fairness various members of my family contributed to buy me the car including my dad. The simple fact is that he has money but does not like to spend it, it is very strange.
Right I feel the need to clarify this. My dad at the time told me that they were fine and did not need changing, a few weeks later however I asked my mum to check them and she confirmed that they needed changing. Sure enough I took them to a tyre fitter and all 4 needed immediate replacing. It was foolish to trust my dad's judgement on that and believe me I learnt a lesson. I was ignorant at the time and that is nobody's fault but myself
No I do not. My dad tells me he will get it sorted but gives me no sort of time frame for something that is clearly urgent. I have considered that and if I get nowhere with him then I think I may have to.
Well you're certainly entitled to your opinion, how valid or invalid it may be.
Yes, it did slam down with some force
So you are incapable of checking your own tyres?
You don't need to be a mechanic to do that, and you should have the knowledge of how to do so. It is a requirement of driving test that you will have recently sat (with you being 17) that you know the legal limit for tread depth and how to check it.
I'm not jumping on the whole, let's flame the OP band wagon, but jeeze man, take some responsibility for your own motoring
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Your mum, your dad, and your tyre fitter are all unreliable sources for the answer to the question: 'do my tyres need changing?'.
Your mum is worried about the safety of her kid and probably has no clue how to check anyway.
Your dad is a tight arse and cares more about his wallet than his own son's safety.
Your tyre fitter wants to sell you tyres.
The only reliable source for that information is: you, so DIYFS.
Your mum is worried about the safety of her kid and probably has no clue how to check anyway.
Your dad is a tight arse and cares more about his wallet than his own son's safety.
Your tyre fitter wants to sell you tyres.
The only reliable source for that information is: you, so DIYFS.
Well I trusted the judgement of my Dad at the time and never gave it any further thought as I thought he knew what he was talking about. I have learnt my lesson and now check the tyres regularly
Absolutely. I was foolish not to.
Blunt and to the point and absolutely spot on. I learnt a lesson from it I assure you. I mentioned it purely to illustrate how difficult it is to get my Dad to help me with the car despite promising when he bought me it that he would sort out any issues that arose straight away.