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You know, That Guy who thinks that the best way to keep a car from overheating is to roll down the window. That Guy who hires the neighborhood kid to wash his car 'cause he’s allergic to “going outside and doing things.” There are lots of ways to be That Guy, but only one way not

to be: by regaining your self-sufficiency and learning the basics about car care. Using STP® is a good first step. And while we can’t do the rest for you, we'll give you a few pointers. Check out the tutorials. Take a look at the videos. And get under your hood. Good luck, and Don't Be That Guy.

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    Lots of This Guy, A Little of That

    Posted in: Who's That Guy?
    Shaq Diesel
    Think you’re tougher than This Guy?

    It’s hard to become This Guy if you don’t have a role model, chief. Take the example of comedian Denis Leary. He once wrote about his birthday party being interrupted by his tough-as-nails dad, who’d almost lost his thumb while doing woodwork. The little Leary was aghast while his pop wrapped his badly bleeding thumb with a towel and drove himself to the hospital with neither complaint nor a whimper. The thumb eventually was fine. But Leary wasn’t — he knew then he’d never be as tough or as self-sufficient as his dad. 

    We all can relate to Leary’s plight. Chief, the last time you drove yourself to the hospital was when you chipped a fingernail, so I know you you’ve been there.

    Below we pay tribute to This Guys — like Leary’s dad — who give hope to That Guys like you. These three gentlemen set the bar high for how to be tough, self-reliant, and unselfish. In other words, they were living displays of how That Guy could become This Guy. Here are our top three:

    CHUCK YEAGER: Is there a better This Guy occupation than test pilot? It sounds harmless until you consider how brave, tough, and yeah, a little crazy, a great test pilot has to be. Yeager was the greatest of them all, testing military planes and pushing those aircrafts and himself to the limit by going at previously unreachable speeds. His legendary derring-do could fill a series of war novels — and he partly inspired a great movie titled The Right Stuff. Yeager was the world’s first pilot to break the sound barrier, way back in 1945. There’s even more: When he was shot down in enemy territory in France during World War II, he eluded his would-be captors and escaped to Spain. As courageous as he was overseas, back at home he was a strong, unassuming family man. He even named his airplane, Glamorous Glennis, after his wife. Yeager is the ultimate This Guy.

    ROBERT KEARNS: This inventor’s burst of creative genius led to a groundbreaking automotive idea, the intermittent windshield wiper. He also had the guts and persistence to fight the bigwigs who tried to steal his idea. Kearns won the court case and $30 million. But long before that, Kearns had earned the respect of any hardworking, inventive This Guy who looked at anything mechanical and thought, “Now, how can we do that better?”

    TED WILLIAMS: This Boston Red Sox slugger pretty much broke the mold on self-sacrifice and toughness. Williams had his Hall of Fame baseball career interrupted not once, but twice, so that the cool-as-ice pilot could serve in dangerous combat for the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s an amazingly true story. The last baseball player to bat .400 in a season batted 1.000 when it came to sacrifice. With no public complaint, Williams left his career to fight in World War II from 1943-45, and then again in the Korean War from 1952-53. All told, he flew dozens of combat missions and then made the All-Star team eight years in a row after returning to baseball.

    Something to think about before the next time you brag about getting the high score on Super Mario Bros., amigo.

    That’s our short list. Consider these fine men the first class of our This Guy Hall of Fame.

    That’s it for now, chief. See you on the road.

    —CD, STP® Blogger

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  • omoefe avwevuruo
    09.06.10

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