The “go” in go-cart (or go-kart) implies a motor, which this didn’t have, Makes it more of a homemade wagon. Now strap on a 5 HP Briggs and Stratton and you might have something…that needs brakes, too!
Back in MAH day, we would have broken that go kart in HALF the time! Go to your room, young man, until you learn to use that go kart the way a go kart is meant to be used!
Acutally, Mike did build it. Check out a few days ago when John told him he would have to help build it, then the following day when Mike told his friends that he had built it.
My kids learned to drive with a used Mercury Zephyr – no major loss if it got totaled. They bought their own cars. First boy rebuilt one that was ready for junkyard – engine was shot. Rebuilt another engine to put into it. The three have never had a major accident. Some of their classmates that got new cars for graduation had them totalled in first year.
Kids do tend to break things. I had three kids who managed to break their toys. I recall reading Thomas Edison’s bio. It told of when he was small, he broke his toys to see how they worked. So maybe this was Michael’s intentions.
Maybe John’s 175+ lb. body all scrunched up inside that kart that was built to only hold the weight of a 7-year-old kid weakened its frame so much that it really didn’t take much effort (either purposely or accidentally) to completely destroy it so quickly???!!!
hsawlrae over 12 years ago
You and ‘the ’guys’ broke it, you and the guys fix it.
bluskies over 12 years ago
The “go” in go-cart (or go-kart) implies a motor, which this didn’t have, Makes it more of a homemade wagon. Now strap on a 5 HP Briggs and Stratton and you might have something…that needs brakes, too!
ReadingComicsAtWork over 12 years ago
Looks like Mikey is being a smartalec.
psychlady over 12 years ago
This could be a good lesson for Michael!
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
Since Mikey didn’t build it, it’s time he learns to rebuild it.
J Short over 12 years ago
They say a car that the child pays for last approximately 3 years longer.
sundogusa over 12 years ago
Mikey, back in my day, we built our own! We had to walk to school uphill both ways, in the snow, barefoot.
Nairebis over 12 years ago
Back in MAH day, we would have broken that go kart in HALF the time! Go to your room, young man, until you learn to use that go kart the way a go kart is meant to be used!
lightenup Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yeah, and they don’t raise kids the way they used to also.
JanLC over 12 years ago
Acutally, Mike did build it. Check out a few days ago when John told him he would have to help build it, then the following day when Mike told his friends that he had built it.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
My kids learned to drive with a used Mercury Zephyr – no major loss if it got totaled. They bought their own cars. First boy rebuilt one that was ready for junkyard – engine was shot. Rebuilt another engine to put into it. The three have never had a major accident. Some of their classmates that got new cars for graduation had them totalled in first year.
ronpolimeni over 12 years ago
John needs to have Mike fetch the kart and fix it himself. John can coach but Mike will have to do the work. I did just that with my own kids.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Kids do tend to break things. I had three kids who managed to break their toys. I recall reading Thomas Edison’s bio. It told of when he was small, he broke his toys to see how they worked. So maybe this was Michael’s intentions.
Gretchen's Mom over 12 years ago
Maybe John’s 175+ lb. body all scrunched up inside that kart that was built to only hold the weight of a 7-year-old kid weakened its frame so much that it really didn’t take much effort (either purposely or accidentally) to completely destroy it so quickly???!!!