Here is the deal, I am 16 years old and just got a 2006 F250. I drove it for 3000 miles and did an oil change like the dealer said but when I emptied the oil out it was a reddish color. I put the plug back in and filled it back up with oil but it only took 1 qrt. of oil and it showed full. I figured I would take it for a drive so I hit the highway. I was cruising along at about 90 (I like to drive fast in my new truck) and I start hearing the grinding noise. I slowed down and took the back roads back home to see if I could find out what the problem was. I checked the oil level to see if I was dreaming earlier and it still read full. In fact, it was a hair over the full line. I decided to take it for another drive. I tried to replicate the noise so I kept flooring it from a dead stop to see if I could hear it again. Well, about 5 miles from my house it starts making the AWFUL grinding noise so I pulled over and called my dad to get me a tow truck. It was towed to the dealer and I have not heard from them yet. Has anyone else had this problem?































*snicker*
http://forums.thedieselstop.com/ubbt...=0#Post2967174
It was funnier when the link to the f150 forum worked.

 

Pain personified in a post...

Altough I think that everybody is a hypocrite or senile to shun a 16 year old driving 90...

Other than that, I couldn't troll better with a Penn 12 ought and 140 pound test...

 

holy cow i just about died! i havnt laughed that hard in a long long time!

 

I'm glad I didn't get that type of response when I joined this site. I don't know why it's such a big deal that a 16 year old is driving that truck. I was 15 when my parents bought mine. It's becoming more the norm for kids to be driving 30, 40, even 50 or $60,000+ cars these days. There's still no reason for them to be harrassing him like that. Granted that kid is pretty stupid doing 90 with his truck making funny noises but still. Those guys over there are a bunch of tools.

 

If you read further down there, it appears he is just fooling with them. He apparently has like 3 different user names.

Probably is some pimply faced 13 year old with nothing better to do.

 

I certainly wouldnt buy my 16yr old son a brand new truck when the time comes around.

Sure theres a reason to be harrassing him about it. A 16 year old thats way over his head. Even if this is a true story on that site, for a 16 yr old to want a new diesel truck, and not know anything about driving, experience, mechanics, or common sense, is retarded. Age aside. Wait no, experience and common sense comes WITH age, so yes, all the right to make fun of him.

Guess everyone has a different parenting style.

Some have gone through life having things handed to them, others tend to work for it.

When you work for things, is when you learn, gain common sense, understand values, and worth. He did not work for it, so he has no understanding of the said.

Wow, this post was too long for such a simple point. Stupid kid, even stupider parents.

 

Yes, this story has gone around the internet for a couple years, its always a different vehicle though.

It really is great to see the responses and reactions for it.

 

Being that your driving a Ford you probably should find out on a Ford message board if there is a dip stick problem. In referance to then not reading correctly. I'm sure you didn't measure the oil you drained, but didn't it seem to be more than one quart? Your truck is pretty expensive when you have a question that could cause such a big problem with it, you should ask it before you drive it.

 

It's thinking like that that makes me embarassed to tell people about my raising. Maybe I did have thing a little easier than others but mind you I had a job the day I turned 15, I've made a's and b's throughout my entire school career, I've always helped my parents whenever they needed it, I've earned my way. Yes, I was better off than some but I was brought up to respect what I was given to me. I was never just given anything to me. I pay all of my own bills except insurance and have since I turned 15. Just because my parents bought me a $31,650 truck when I was 15 doesn't mean that I'm some spoiled yuppie kid who doesn't respect what he's given. Hell, every single aftermarket thing you see on my truck I bought and paid for. I am very fortunate that my parents were able to buy me the truck I wanted. So before you start going and passing judgement on some kid just because they drive a nice vehicle, stop and think about the fact that maybe they earned it in their parents eyes.

 

(You missed the humor... )

Dude, just don't try arguing parenting from a childs perspective. It just doesn't work, even with logical reasoning and evidence, because of arrogance and jealousy. I've been there...

 

Wow, this guys trolling on whole different site has you guys bickering!

I do agree though, without being a parent it's hard to make logical statments about it.

The only was my kid is going to "earn" a brand new truck is if he EARNS the new $700 payment that comes with it.

 

I drained the ATF on my fiance's VW Jetta first oil change. Cost me like $100+ for the change (2 oil changes and 1 ATF Change). Never owned or worked on a FWD car before... but ... since I have experience with this.... an auto trans with no fluid will not go anywhere. At least not a VW TDI.

 

AMEN.

And Big Blue, it wasnt a shot at you. If you consider that topic as a whole, the kid recieved the vehicle with knowing nothing, zip squat. Im sure you at least know how to change oil. Slightly different for someone that is into vehicles and knows them to recieve a nice one, vs. someone who mistreats it all together.

However, it is a little contradictory to say:

I pay all of my own bills except insurance and have since I turned 15. Just because my parents bought me a $31,650 truck

 

Oh, no offense Blue. Trust me, anyone who breaks your nads in jealous.

There are such different extremes of class out there, what is "rich" to some people might be considered poverty to others. What people do with money in relation to their kids is thier business, period.

 

Touche. Only reason I don't pay insurance right now is because that's my graduation present from college.

And what's an oil change? How often am I supposed to do it? I've got 105k on my truck. Should I do it now?