I was thinking about the thread about having a gear head in the family and gifts. Have you ever gotten any crappy tools since your family knows you are into cars?
My sister-in-law got me this one year - a giant magnet to put on my wrist to hold parts as I work on the car.
Any article of clothing pertaining to cars. I like muscle cars, I don't like shirts with muscle cars on them. Same with motorcycles.
I think it's a darn good idea. I would use it.
Does she have a sister?
Wheel/tire look wall clocks. Authentic tin signs and license plates are much cooler.
Adrift wrote: I think it's a darn good idea. I would use it. Does she have a sister?
yes, she is my wife and I took her good years. 
In reply to Datsun310Guy:
Well, my wife took mine too so it's all good. 
Diamond plate light switch and outlet covers. 
Armor All.
As a teenager, Christmas books. "The Big Book of Cars." Etc.
That wrist magnet is cool.
Crappy boxes full of junk tools marked "roadside emergency kit".
Pliers to pinch a finger and jumper cables that are too thin too start a lawn mower.
chuckles wrote: As a teenager, Christmas books. "The Big Book of Cars." Etc. That wrist magnet is cool.
hey, all those gifted car books make good toilet reading material, even if they read like the author knew nothing about cars.
That wrist magnet would be a good place to keep my knife. I have probably gotten a dozen of those awful emergency kits but the winner was the escape tool someone gave me. A plastic handle with metal point to break a window, a pin to deflate an airbag, and a blade in the handle to cut a stuck seat belt. I threw it in the glove box and forgot it. One day at work I had a bus come to me with a wheelchair customer stuck on it because the restraint was jammed. I forgot my pocket knife so I grabbed the tool. I put it on the belt and gave it a good yank. The handle fell apart and the now exposed blade skinned two fingers. I suppose in an actual emergency I'd be too distracted by the mangled digits to realize I was burning to death. Thanks Mom.
You should she the cheap E36 M3 I get because I'm the resident airplane guy.
Appleseed wrote: You should she the cheap E36 M3 I get because I'm the resident airplane guy.
Me too. Plus Armor All.
Junk tools.
Haven't actually gotten any crappy car gifts, but i did tell my wife that if she ever wants a divorce to buy me one of these:
http://m.sears.com/craftsman-dog-bone-sae-wrench-each-standard/p-00914277000P
Datsun310Guy wrote: My sister-in-law got me this one year - a giant magnet to put on my wrist to hold parts as I work on the car.
if you think thats a crap gift, try moving it to your upper arm area if the band will allow. may change your opinion~~
madmallard wrote:Datsun310Guy wrote: My sister-in-law got me this one year - a giant magnet to put on my wrist to hold parts as I work on the car.if you think thats a crap gift, try moving it to your upper arm area if the band will allow. may change your opinion~~
does not compute, guns too big
In reply to Swank Force One:
I forgot about the gag tools. My mother in law buys my FIL, BIL and myself whatever nifty hand tool Sears or HD is pushing at Christmas. My favorite is the motorized adjustable wrench. Put it over a nut and press a button and it sorta closes down to almost the right size. We all opened them and spent Christmas dinner crushing chocolates to see what was inside them.
lol. oh the visual of squishing chocos
Wally wrote: In reply to Swank Force One: I forgot about the gag tools. My mother in law buys my FIL, BIL and myself whatever nifty hand tool Sears or HD is pushing at Christmas. My favorite is the motorized adjustable wrench. Put it over a nut and press a button and it sorta closes down to almost the right size. We all opened them and spent Christmas dinner crushing chocolates to see what was inside them.
Serms like a good use for that.
Datsun310Guy wrote: I was thinking about the thread about having a gear head in the family and gifts. Have you ever gotten any crappy tools since your family knows you are into cars? My sister-in-law got me this one year - a giant magnet to put on my wrist to hold parts as I work on the car.
Okay, that is goofy. A tool made by people who don't use tools, but, I too, received one ad a gift, and found it useful once. Top of a ladder, screw gun in one hand, screws on wrist magnet= success.
I got a craftsman ratchet combined with a Yankee screw driver, really odd and bulky. I haven't used it much but SWMBO was very happy she bought me a tool I didn't have yet. 
Ratchet crossed with Yankee Crew driver?
Datsun310Guy wrote: I was thinking about the thread about having a gear head in the family and gifts. Have you ever gotten any crappy tools since your family knows you are into cars? My sister-in-law got me this one year - a giant magnet to put on my wrist to hold parts as I work on the car.
I have one meant to strap to your leg (or bicep), but have found much of a use for it yet.
Closest I've gotten to a bad gift like that was a combination 3/8" & 1/2" ratchet with a 1/2" drive breaker bar on the other end. I bought it for myself as a tool to take along in the car. Ratchet mechanism broke the first time I used it and I had to repair it :/
LopRacer wrote: I got a craftsman ratchet combined with a Yankee screw driver, really odd and bulky. I haven't used it much but SWMBO was very happy she bought me a tool I didn't have yet.
I got one of those from my grandfathers estate. It was from the 40s or 50s and was one of the most useful tools I've ever owned. It stayed on my workbench. I was broken hearted when I bent it and ruined it. It was not good for working on cars.
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