Pretty sure all 57 states require a WS to be legal.
We don't need a waste of time/money inspections for such things.
We don't need a waste of time/money inspections for such things.
Worst car to ever pass through a quick lube?
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I have seen some amazing things working in shops.
I had someone wire up the clutch switch on an older Accord so that when you pressed the clutch in all the way it engaged the starter. It made pulling onto an alignment rack interesting.
We had a car with a phallic shaped object for a shifter. If anyone has seen Idocracy we had a car with a similar hood ornament.
Numerous work vans where when you pull it on a rack everything in the back falls down and rattles all over the place.
I had someone wire up the clutch switch on an older Accord so that when you pressed the clutch in all the way it engaged the starter. It made pulling onto an alignment rack interesting.
We had a car with a phallic shaped object for a shifter. If anyone has seen Idocracy we had a car with a similar hood ornament.
Numerous work vans where when you pull it on a rack everything in the back falls down and rattles all over the place.
My wife's 99 Chevy Tracker 4wd, that she let her 36 year old son use, is in worse shape than that car.
Broken out windshield and side glass...damage from his deranged girl friend, soft top split all up...his fault.....broken door latches.....carpet and seats ruined.....sad really.
The vehicle will run but the ignition lock cylinder is ruined from his g/f snatching the keys out in fit of rage and tossing them out the window.
Scrap fodder now.
Broken out windshield and side glass...damage from his deranged girl friend, soft top split all up...his fault.....broken door latches.....carpet and seats ruined.....sad really.
The vehicle will run but the ignition lock cylinder is ruined from his g/f snatching the keys out in fit of rage and tossing them out the window.
Scrap fodder now.
Oh no.
That will be in my shop to install a breathalyzer next week. I'm certain of it.
I have no idea where I'm going to mount the camera.
I've never had a car in that bad, but it's been close.
I had to turn away a Mazda 323.
To start the car you had to use a light switch from a house that had been wired directly to the starter and battery using Romex. To shut it off, you had to pump the brake until it held enough pressure to actually impair the cars movement and let out the clutch before it lost pressure. To turn the ignition off, you had to unstrap the bungee cords, open the hood and remove the battery cable. The driver's seatback was held in place by a series of 2X4 planks nailed together and strategically wedged into the back seat and tied onto the front with sisal rope.
Oh, and I wish I had taken pictures of the Lincoln Town Car I had at my shop. It was mostly intact unlike the original poster's Lincoln, but what that driver had done to it would send the BITOG Panther Brotherhood to his house with pitchforks and torches in hand.
He was quite the heavy smoker. When the ashtray overflowed, instead of just emptying it in the appropriate trash receptacle, he began to use the passenger floorboard for an ashtray. It appeared that this had caused a fire at some point. No idea what he used to extinguish the fire but it was black and sticky. To prevent further cigarette related floorboard fires, he began to crush out his butts on the leather passenger seat.
Every interior panel I removed caused a huge cloud of cigarette ash to be displaced. Like that scene from The Big Lebowski, I was covered in ash.
And you don't want to know about the sticky brown film that covered everything.
This wasn't an old, beat to death CFI 302 Town Car either. It was maybe 5 years old.
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Pretty sure all 57 states require a WS to be legal.
Technically, a windshield is not necessary here. But the wipers have to work properly necessitating a windshield.
That will be in my shop to install a breathalyzer next week. I'm certain of it.
I've never had a car in that bad, but it's been close.
I had to turn away a Mazda 323.
To start the car you had to use a light switch from a house that had been wired directly to the starter and battery using Romex. To shut it off, you had to pump the brake until it held enough pressure to actually impair the cars movement and let out the clutch before it lost pressure. To turn the ignition off, you had to unstrap the bungee cords, open the hood and remove the battery cable. The driver's seatback was held in place by a series of 2X4 planks nailed together and strategically wedged into the back seat and tied onto the front with sisal rope.
Oh, and I wish I had taken pictures of the Lincoln Town Car I had at my shop. It was mostly intact unlike the original poster's Lincoln, but what that driver had done to it would send the BITOG Panther Brotherhood to his house with pitchforks and torches in hand.
He was quite the heavy smoker. When the ashtray overflowed, instead of just emptying it in the appropriate trash receptacle, he began to use the passenger floorboard for an ashtray. It appeared that this had caused a fire at some point. No idea what he used to extinguish the fire but it was black and sticky. To prevent further cigarette related floorboard fires, he began to crush out his butts on the leather passenger seat.
Every interior panel I removed caused a huge cloud of cigarette ash to be displaced. Like that scene from The Big Lebowski, I was covered in ash.
And you don't want to know about the sticky brown film that covered everything.
This wasn't an old, beat to death CFI 302 Town Car either. It was maybe 5 years old.
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Pretty sure all 57 states require a WS to be legal.
Technically, a windshield is not necessary here. But the wipers have to work properly necessitating a windshield.
i'm thinking it was going to a demolition derby.
I also have worked in dealer shops and seen similar things as well.
I have to say it. There are a LOT of disgusting people out there.
Just working in this business has lowered my opinion of most human beings in general.
I have to say it. There are a LOT of disgusting people out there.
Just working in this business has lowered my opinion of most human beings in general.
Originally Posted By: onion
Time for some AutoRx!
And some buffing compound.
Time for some AutoRx!
And some buffing compound.
Originally Posted By: tom slick
The tobacco burst guitar body for a seat bottom is sweet!
Ah! I totally didn't see the guitar the first time.
The tobacco burst guitar body for a seat bottom is sweet!
Ah! I totally didn't see the guitar the first time.
This says it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XxW8x0KFK0&feature=related
I used to work with a guy with one of those trash-filled heaps. Back about 1992, he bought a brand-new Ford Ranger. Within a few years, he'd filled it level with the top of the doors with all sorts of junk; fast-food wrappers, dirty clothes, newspapers, etc, leaving just enough space for him to sit, like a little cocoon. The Rangers in those years had a flat area on top of the dash, and he'd place his coffee cup up there but invariably some would spill out and the resulting mess had solidified into a 2-inch think moldy, crusty substance. A couple stale doughnuts had been left there also and had deteriorated to the point they were no longer recognizeable.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
Originally Posted By: css9450
I used to work with a guy with one of those trash-filled heaps. Back about 1992, he bought a brand-new Ford Ranger. Within a few years, he'd filled it level with the top of the doors with all sorts of junk; fast-food wrappers, dirty clothes, newspapers, etc, leaving just enough space for him to sit, like a little cocoon. The Rangers in those years had a flat area on top of the dash, and he'd place his coffee cup up there but invariably some would spill out and the resulting mess had solidified into a 2-inch think moldy, crusty substance. A couple stale doughnuts had been left there also and had deteriorated to the point they were no longer recognizeable.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
I have absolutely no comprehension of how a person can let a car get that bad.
I used to work with a guy with one of those trash-filled heaps. Back about 1992, he bought a brand-new Ford Ranger. Within a few years, he'd filled it level with the top of the doors with all sorts of junk; fast-food wrappers, dirty clothes, newspapers, etc, leaving just enough space for him to sit, like a little cocoon. The Rangers in those years had a flat area on top of the dash, and he'd place his coffee cup up there but invariably some would spill out and the resulting mess had solidified into a 2-inch think moldy, crusty substance. A couple stale doughnuts had been left there also and had deteriorated to the point they were no longer recognizeable.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
I have absolutely no comprehension of how a person can let a car get that bad.
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Originally Posted By: css9450
I used to work with a guy with one of those trash-filled heaps. Back about 1992, he bought a brand-new Ford Ranger. Within a few years, he'd filled it level with the top of the doors with all sorts of junk; fast-food wrappers, dirty clothes, newspapers, etc, leaving just enough space for him to sit, like a little cocoon. The Rangers in those years had a flat area on top of the dash, and he'd place his coffee cup up there but invariably some would spill out and the resulting mess had solidified into a 2-inch think moldy, crusty substance. A couple stale doughnuts had been left there also and had deteriorated to the point they were no longer recognizeable.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
I have absolutely no comprehension of how a person can let a car get that bad.
Makes you wonder what their houses look like.
I have another client. Volkswagen New Beetle. It is far and away the nastiest thing I have ever seen.
It is full of garbage. The driver's area and the center console have lesser amounts of trash "cocoon" but everything else is full. You cannot see any portion of the back seat. I have no idea if it had a cargo cover in the the back or the hatch was full of trash as well. The most common item in the trash pile was Taco Bell Mexican Pizza boxes. (I didn't know they still made those) The smell was overpowering. Stink. The kind of stink that stays with you. Lingers. I really cannot describe how bad this smell was. Go to a dumpster outside a Taco Bell that has not been emptied in two weeks during the summer and it smells better than this VW did.
After I installed a breathalyzer in her car she asked me, "Will my little car still be the same when you take it out?"
"I really hope not."
Originally Posted By: css9450
I used to work with a guy with one of those trash-filled heaps. Back about 1992, he bought a brand-new Ford Ranger. Within a few years, he'd filled it level with the top of the doors with all sorts of junk; fast-food wrappers, dirty clothes, newspapers, etc, leaving just enough space for him to sit, like a little cocoon. The Rangers in those years had a flat area on top of the dash, and he'd place his coffee cup up there but invariably some would spill out and the resulting mess had solidified into a 2-inch think moldy, crusty substance. A couple stale doughnuts had been left there also and had deteriorated to the point they were no longer recognizeable.
Some years later, he got a free car from his church (a charitable donation probably); a sweet 2-door 1985 Cadillac. It was a cream puff when he got it, fully loaded with leather seats and a sunroof. You guessed it - he "personalized" it like he did with the Ranger. Last I saw, the Caddy was just as toxic as the Ranger.
I have absolutely no comprehension of how a person can let a car get that bad.
Makes you wonder what their houses look like.
I have another client. Volkswagen New Beetle. It is far and away the nastiest thing I have ever seen.
It is full of garbage. The driver's area and the center console have lesser amounts of trash "cocoon" but everything else is full. You cannot see any portion of the back seat. I have no idea if it had a cargo cover in the the back or the hatch was full of trash as well. The most common item in the trash pile was Taco Bell Mexican Pizza boxes. (I didn't know they still made those) The smell was overpowering. Stink. The kind of stink that stays with you. Lingers. I really cannot describe how bad this smell was. Go to a dumpster outside a Taco Bell that has not been emptied in two weeks during the summer and it smells better than this VW did.
After I installed a breathalyzer in her car she asked me, "Will my little car still be the same when you take it out?"
"I really hope not."
I worked as a DJ at the local AM radio station during high school. This was a family ministry owned daylight only station that as near as I could tell was a tax write-off as it appears they carefully ran it slightly in the red most months and as such you can imagine they were penny pinchers about everything. 20+ year old carpet, barely adequate AC, microphones held on to stands with rubber bands from the mail, amplifier was probably putting out all kinds of nasty harmonics, etc...
Anyway, the old man who 'ran' it had a mid-80s LTD that was still rolling and in fairly good nick, but man alive, it was like he had a junk tonneau cover inside... it was full up to his shoulders in coathangers, junk mail, boxes of lightbulbs, books, bibles, framed pictures, newspapers... and that's just the stuff you could see from the outside. It was almost as if he had filled up the rest of the car with stuff but left it just short of where it would impair his vision. The driver's seat was completely empty from the armrest over.
No idea how it could get and stay that bad for the 2+ years I worked there.
Anyway, the old man who 'ran' it had a mid-80s LTD that was still rolling and in fairly good nick, but man alive, it was like he had a junk tonneau cover inside... it was full up to his shoulders in coathangers, junk mail, boxes of lightbulbs, books, bibles, framed pictures, newspapers... and that's just the stuff you could see from the outside. It was almost as if he had filled up the rest of the car with stuff but left it just short of where it would impair his vision. The driver's seat was completely empty from the armrest over.
No idea how it could get and stay that bad for the 2+ years I worked there.
A near and dear family member of mine has had some cars that look very similar to that. She had 2 cats living in one (a rusted out early 80's caprice 'creampuff' w/ a V7, broken steering column and no exhaust). One was a probe that ran on 3 cylinders and had a red brick tied to a pop-up headlight to hold it open. It was tied on with a towel. The drivers door didn't open due to an 'accident' with a fence. The A/C didn't work and the windows didn't go down. It was metallic purple.
Originally Posted By: Spazdog
After I installed a breathalyzer in her car she asked me, "Will my little car still be the same when you take it out?"
"I really hope not."
Is this a true story? Really?
Hopefully she'll get busted for another DUI in driving someone elses' car and get kicked off the road for good!
After I installed a breathalyzer in her car she asked me, "Will my little car still be the same when you take it out?"
"I really hope not."
Is this a true story? Really?
Hopefully she'll get busted for another DUI in driving someone elses' car and get kicked off the road for good!
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