… best not to try so hard, nobody wants to be like Cliff Clavin.
It’s always been in my nature to share the best info I’m able to, when possible misinformation or misunderstandings might exist.
Repeatedly, repeatedly, on other car forums, I read where Poster A inquires about “how much air should I put in my tires” or words to that effect.
Participant B replies with “Look on the tire sidewall”.
Enter ChrisTireWhisper…!
Quite often my knowledge and advice brings the conversation to a quick conclusion and thanks, other times, it sparks a debate more fiery than on any recent Presidential primary stage! Geez, it’s tire pressure, not national policy.
Currently, I’m engaged in rather lively debates on whether the recent UPS MD-11 crash was the result of the same flawed engine-pylon removal procedures used to save time, that brought down American flight 191 at Chicago in 1979.
You could imagine the hatred being aimed at me for even bringing up flight 191! Ignorance is bliss….
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@ChrisTheTireWhisperer you just keep digging a bigger hole
You DO come across as someone who’s trying to “lecture” and “educate” us
And you’re straight out saying WE are unwilling to accept the “correctness” that apparently only YOU know
Great job . . . That was sarcasm, btw
You ARE “that guy” . . . That was NOT sarcasm, btw
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A lot of people, and not just two or three on CarTalk, are reluctant to entertain correct ways of doing things. A whole college-level psych course could be built around such fears.
I didn’t build the car or aircraft. Engineers did. And they provided the specs for the oil type, tire pressure, and other maintenance aspects on those machines.
So everyone should know those things, if they are willing to look in the right places for them. I’d like to estimate that 3/4 of people do know. It’s the other 20-30 percent that might not.
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Perhaps, you should train to be a law enforcement officer.
Once again, you are implying that you need to educate everyone else.
Try not to dislocate your shoulder while you pat yourself on the back.
Once again, you are telling us that anyone who disagrees with you is not as smart as you are. You’re just not “getting it”, whether a moderator tries to help you to improve your onscreen persona, or whether a bunch of veteran forum members attempt to do the same thing.
And, you are the one who will tell us… again, and again, and again… what is “correct”.
I wouldn’t attempt to tell other forum members what to do, but this long-term forum member is placing you on permanent “ignore” status, simply because your total lack of self-awareness makes it pointless (at least, for me) to continue to sit through your lectures.
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I figured you knew where that saying came from and were referencing the iconic phrase from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BTIm0D2A5o8
It’s like “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”, “I’m the king of the world!”, “I feel the need, the need for speed” and so on.
I think a lot of us have that same urge. I’ve used my positions as shop foreman, owner, manager, or a technical trainer to improve my industry when I can. But advising people on what kind of deodorant is best (without being asked) can be seen as intrusive. And no one likes unsolicited advice from strangers.
With the upcoming holiday, yesterday was shopping day. My wife braved Costco while I hit the local grocery. As I was picking out the green beans, the woman next to me said “Buy that other brand, it’s on sale.” It was a split second decision whether to say “Oh thanks” or “Mind your own f&%*in’ business, I know what I want.”
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@asemaster “Buy that brand. It’s on sale”. Before we were married, my fiance was with me in the grocery store. I had a dog and picked up a bag of the house brand dog food. The future Mrs. Triedaq said, “Is that the brand you feed the dog?”
“Yes”, I replied. “He is just a little cheap dog I got at the pound”. A woman over heard my comment and proceeded to give me a lecture on cruelty to animals. Actually. the dog thrived on the house brand. I had tried a more expensive dog food and the dog didn’t like it.
Yup!
There are “Karens” everywhere, of every gender, and they exist in stores, on the streets/roads, and in online forums.
I’ve encountered . . . and personally know . . . Karens of every gender, race and age
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… and they congregate on the Nextdoor forum in order to complain about… everything.
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Alright. Maybe I’m being a bit of a ‘broken record’ some times.
I saw Pulp Fiction once, years and years ago, just didn’t associate the line. But it looked like Jerry was making fun of AntiFox knowing about something.
Now the other three lines you quoted? Everyone probably knows those.
That’s a good response.
I don’t get why some folks respond that way, especially in a context of a situation where two people in a supermarket right next to each other are about to grab the same items off the shelf.
Is something going on in their personal sphere that is affecting their mood?
She was just being friendly!
How does point out a sale item make someone rude or intrusive?
And I never got the whole thing about assigning a perfectly nice name to a certain set of behaviors.
It makes me feel sorry for people whose actual name is Karen.
Chris, when you are “educating us”, you basically sound like a corner religious person, pushing their religion on you when you already have your own strong religious believes and they just won’t stop telling you how wrong your preferred religion is no matter how many times you tell them you are not interested…
Since y’all are talking famous sayings, here is one for ya…
You have to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em and know when to walk away…
Well it’s time for you to fold 'em and walk away…
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In a town where I lived, back in the '80s, a group of Bible Thumpers would gather on the same corner every Saturday, in order to SHOUT their Biblical beliefs at anyone who wandered past. The net effect was that anyone who didn’t want to be “preached at” by those zealots learned to avoid that corner. The bank on that corner actually lost a lot of customers who didn’t want to deal with that nonsense. There may be a lesson there for CarTalk. 
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I have nothing against religious beliefs . . . we attend church on Sundays, fwiw . . . but I’m not too fond of strangers on street corners, airports, etc. telling me in no uncertain terms this 
is where I’m going
Years ago, one of my colleagues was always talking very forcefully about his religion and trying to push it on others. He was warned by HR to tone it down because others had complained it was making them uneasy. But he didn’t comply and was eventually shown the door. It’s a shame because he was a pretty good mechanic.
I’ve also known others who keep a bible or other religious books on their desk, work vehicles, etc. But they were very quiet about it and ONLY talked about it if you told them you had a few questions, wanted to talk about a particular chapter, etc.
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I don’t think mood has anything to do with it. I think it’s the other side of the coin that you espouse, trying to pass on information that you think is useful. The nice lady said that I should buy the other brand because it was on sale. I resisted the urge to educate her that the Kroger brand was a bad choice because Birds Eye is a far superior green bean. Also, I find it presumptuous thinking I would make a decision based on price. How would she know whether the cost of the green beans is something I would even think about?
That’s not to say that I don’t appreciate being helpful, or that I don’t offer help or advice when I see it’s needed. If I go out to the parking lot and see someone with a flat tire that is having trouble with a jack, I will ask if they need help. I would not look over their shoulder and say “Don’t put it there, put it over here.”
And when I’m in traffic and I see a car changing lanes rapidly, riding my tail, and then weaving through traffic to speed off, I don’t think “That guy needs a lesson in speed limits.” I think “Hey, that guy drives like me!” 
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You do realize that you can just PM/DM people instead of making post and then deleting them right???
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Saw the Sea World blimp assisting in counting manatees in the early 90s.
Saw one of the Goodyear blimps displaying an animated light show, hovering over Cocoa Beach on the eve of the first Space Shuttle launch.
Outside of heavy traffic on Highway A1A, I have no idea how we can make it car related. A few years back a thread was deleted because of a question about power boat rather than car.
Yes he does realize that, and yes he does. 
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Btw, tire sidewalk only sez max recommended tire pressure. It does not say what pressure should be per car it is used on. There is a door sticker that has recommended tire pressure.
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