What you have to do is start workin on the car yourself. If u struggle with anythin ask your dad to help u out. Your motivation will get ur dad motivated to help you.

You say your gettin your licence soon.........all you got to do is keep asking to drive his car and he wont want that so he will have to finish yours.

Just say to him if my cars not finished can i drive your car when i get my licence ask him every day even twice a day and remember to tell him how many days till you get your licence each time......This should help your situation or get you a belting lol

geez Todd thanks for reminding me what a loser I am.....my son plays with his friends while I work on his racing Kart , although he does help wash it. Of course he is only 12.
If your Dad is anything like mine you really don't want him using tools. My Dad's now 72 and I work on "his" car. Sounds like you just need to get it done yourself..........Dads just want quiet when they get home from work.
I'd say it's offer to help and if that fails get him some beer and while he is drinking it use his tools to fix it yourself.

Tom

Tom

yeah i got the same prob bud. considerin my datto's my daily driver i usually need it done yesterday. mmm paid my pops 200 american to slip in a new intake gasket. he had a week. two days after the drop off still no worky worky. ended up doin the work myself. then had the nerve to ask where his beer was!!! geez i hope i never develope the syndrome.

ooooooo hello dad

for all of you out there, my dad is THEARSE. the name suits him at the moment because he is being a ROYAL pain in the arse.

thats a pretty poor excuse anyway as the front lawn was mowed last night by the neighbour.

so everyone please give my dad (THEROYALARSE) a round of a plause for not working on my datto, dropping it off a forklift and dinting the she ite out of it and leaving screws inside so when its finished it rattles like a marraca.

thanks dad. you the best.

Yes you may start by helping with mowing the lawns etc so that your dad dosen't have to do these items when he arrives home after work. Hence no excuse other than to work on The Car

yeh beer should do the trick but he is likely to have too much. i want him to do a good job and him drunk working on the car doesnt seem like a good thing, since on one occasion when working on it with my lil brother he DROPPED IT OFF A GOD DAMN FORKLIFT. so yeh i think ill stay away from any distractions in the workshop. ill try some of the other ideas with blackmail tho. anyone got any other ideas.

thanks for the help. ill be sure to post pix of it when its all done. (probably in 5 years time at this rate)

sounds like the team simpson episode
but I also agree with beer it always gets me in the garage.

Ummmm do it yourself....der