Thread: Why I'm Concerned With Exposed Headers

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This is a very graphic example of why I'm concerned with exposed pipes on any car. Austin, one of my twin grandson's, took a keen interest in Grandpa's ride leaving a "morning after wedding" brunch for his uncle and new aunt Sunday a week ago. His Mama knew well that the car had been sitting in the shade for three hours, so there was no concern and she let him enjoy the moment. Just sayin' that those shiny pipes are like magnets, especially to toddlers.

Back when side pipes were popular I ran them on a couple of cars (yeah I'm that old ). Both the (X) wife and mother in law got bit my them getting out of the car.

By the way cute Grandson with a twin brother is that toruble X2 ?

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With all due respect to all involved, that photo illustrates a parental control problem, not an exposed pipe problem.

awareness of the potential problem sure won't hurt us Grandparents and Parents for sure - - - - don't know about the rest of you but I've gotten into them accidentally over the years - - - - not proud of my stupidity just being honest

double tattoo's . didn't learn anything the first time.

if you owned a t bucket it owned you at least once.

Originally Posted by Mike P

By the way cute Grandson with a twin brother is that toruble X2?

You've got that right 100%, Mike. These guys just started walking, and they're already tag-teaming Grandma and seem to be using their "twin power" secret communications!!

Originally Posted by techinspector1

With all due respect to all involved, that photo illustrates a parental control problem, not an exposed pipe problem.

Tech, I'd agree in a normal situation, but as I stated in the lead in his Mama (my daughter) knew well that I had arrived to help prepare the food three to four hours before, so she knew that there was no danger from Grandpa's car. You're right though, if a kiddo gets burned it's quite likely indicative of a parenting problem, but that kind of parent is usually the kind that screams loudest about it being someone else's fault, or worse goes running to a sleazy attorney....

I was tought by my dad and I tought my children not to touch anyone's car, motorcycle or what-ever at any time for any reason-ever, not even mine. If you teach them that right off then you should not have an issue of your child getting burned, cut, ECT.

I guess Roger, as long as your grandchildren know not to touch unless mom, dad or grand parents say it is ok, then that works for you and yours.
Good looking young grandson's you have there. Even if we can only see one of them

Take care,

First thing i tought my kids not to touch cars. See lots of yougins climing on cars these days. Cant believe parents allow that. As a single parent with custody my kids started in helping while still in diapers.
Also I usally had wood burners in my home and or garage. Try as you might telling them it was hot and them already knowing what hot was they would touch it once then never again. Lucky no one was seriously burned. Even my cats and dogs back off if I say something is hot or some spilled oil or coolat they know when I say ucckky they back off.

The only real issue was when I got the anti sieze out somehow the kids would get into it.

I think of the burns on my calf from riding Honda 50s and 90s. Riding double or tripple on one.

You guys must be waaay better teachers than I if you had thirteen month old toddlers who had already learned not to touch a car, especially the shiny parts. I didn't say that I condoned the action, and I was not there when Austin was checking out the car. My daughter sent me a few pictures telling me that it was only a matter of time before he would be wanting to borrow it, which I thought was a hoot!

I was at a run over on Waiheke Island a few years back when a kid of about ten climbed up omto the back of the '47 and walked across the rear splash pan.
Its mother got a bit uppity with me when I bellowed at the kid; so I bellowed at her too. (Just to keep things equal and fair...if she can't train her kid to behave correctly she deserves a bellow too.)

"I'd never climb on your furniture; don't let your your idiot child walk on my car!"

The husband/father didn't want any of this; he went as fast as his legs would carry him to somewhere/anywhere else.

I somehow got the impression that neither of them (mother and daughter,) liked me very much.
Dunno what the cause of that could be.

But I doubt that kid will ever touch another car; let alone climb on it.

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many adults arnt much better. One guy wanted to look under the hood pulled the release then he tried to open the hood from one corner with out releasing the safty catch. Another closed it his ring left a chip. another leaned against it had to stop him from tapping his beer can on the side.
I mich seems like if someone sees a nice car they have to open thier door into it.

Have you ever had some idiot check if your pin stripes were tape or paint - with his fingernail?

Good on ya johnboy. Someone has to teach the little ankle biters how to behave, the parents don't seem to know to do it. Perhaps they weren't taught by their parents either. Television and the computer don't teach manners and the respect for the property of others and that may be the only instruction these generations are receiving. If the parents aren't doing it, then we are doomed to suffer succeeding generations of illiterate and unmannerly troglodytes.

My children would not have climbed on your property in the first place and if they did, they could expect to have their little bottoms warmed up on the spot with my belt. As I said though, I'm probably at the end of a line of parents who could and would do that.

Mike, I don't know why your observation about the fingernail shocked me. It shouldn't have, but it did.

Personally, I'm fed up to the teeth with the whole lot of it and can only hope that our Maker will eliminate the human race (Doofus Erectus) and start anew on this rock with another species that will have enough common sense not to foul their nest.

2 ........... 13 months old . lord keeping them both in the same zip code would be enough . my nieces were 11 months apart. always in two different directions.

we have 14,, 21 to 6 weeks all ove the map I know not a one of them would touch things they were told not to...There parents won't warm there rears in front of anyone but my daughter in law has taken her girl in to the lady's room and when they came out te little one had a totaly different attitude.