Posted on 10/15/2024 9:18:54 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
I rarely get my minor dings and dents fixed. And my cars are rarely stolen.
I was parked directly next to the same model car that was in top shape one time after staying overnight at a friend’s house. When I came out in the morning, theirs had been broken into with a 2x4 to the window and the glove box rifled.
Mine with the broken bumper and scratched fenders was untouched.
I call this practice my “anti-theft device.”
Too bad so sad.
You cannot afford your safe spot in your parent’s basement.
Too bad so sad.
Perhaps double up on your drug of choice.
The MDRP should cover it.
—”Any flood damaged rigs?”
Not many this year.
—”Russia can pull out the computer chips and use them in their drones and smart bombs.”
Many Russians will be pissed when they discover some of the power windows no longer function.
Millions of Toyota and Nissan/Datsun pickup trucks originally sold in the USA end up in Asia, Central America and other places.
This is because they do not care if it has all the pollution controls, air bag and all the other safety gear.
I had several guys that called me to buy my 1988 Toyota pickup in 1999 when I sold it. They did not care if it was rusted out or the frame was broken. As long as it ran.
—”(But keep the heated seats in Siberia!)”
NB: BMW requires a monthly subscription fee for the seat heater, paid in advance.
They were also sold in Arkansas! Last “new” truck I bought fell apart from former flood damage. Well hid. That was in 1989.
The company I worked for decided the boss needed a brand new car for his own and company use, so they went down to a local dealership and brought a brand new car off the show room floor. One day as I was walking by it I noticed the back and trunk colors were just a little different from the front of the front. It was pulled in our shop, and an inspection of the trunk showed major repairs bondo and re work, then it had been repainted.
So our company also got “took” by the Arkan-saw Scam. With modern computers and Carfax it rarely happens now.
Football pitch means soccer field in British, not how far you can throw a football. So pretty big.
I recall a Mexican police squad car that had been stolen in the US and driven across the border for a new life ..
Interesting story.
That Carfax system should solve it but I wonder if they have a loophole.
The Renault.
I had to put an old blanket on the engine overnight in winter to stop freezeups. Everything you can think of went wrong with that car including a hole blowing out of the ceramic part of a spark plug, which a mechanic had never seen in his life. And the heater which cost a fortune and I had to wait for it by ship from France during a very cold Michigan winter to replace it. New in 1964 and was like a jalopy in 1968. An expensive jalopy.
My understanding is that insurance companies are totaling motor vehicles that they would have paid to repair several years ago, because the 2nd and 3rd World resale value is greater than the payout to total the vehicle.
Yup!
“A decent quarterback can probably pitch a football 40 yards. So around 15,000 square feet? So under half the size of a grocery store, larger than a CVS.”
You don’t “pitch” a football.
OTOH, a football pitch is rectangular in shape with the longest side up to 130 yards in length.
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