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To: HartleyMBaldwin

That’s an American problem apparently.

And while materialism may have a lot to do with that, I think there’s a car related aspect, too.

We no longer love our cars, do our own work on our cars.

When I was a kid, we had a two car garage.

And the garage was used by the family gearheads to work on the cars we parked in the garage.

Those were the days.


34 posted on 12/26/2025 7:27:06 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: mewzilla

Well, if I have to I can move stuff around and get one car in there. It’s true, though, about all I do on my own cars now is change the oil, and I’d rather do that out in the dirt anyway because of the inevitable drips.

I’m thinking about getting a shipping container for storage and building a canopy alongside to park under. The sun doesn’t do a car’s paint much good after a few years, plus we can get some fair-sized hail from summer thunderstorms. Better if I could park under some sort of cover.


41 posted on 12/26/2025 7:41:28 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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