This is how we do it in New York

[Don Frelier]

Well kind of it's actually like 6 hours away but I do get a kick out of the downstate guys.
They are pretty funny.

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

I know what I can do this weekend!

 

[Lefty71]

What do they mean "was a performa"?? Looks like it handled the abuse like a true Mopar lol.


Personally I think I would have put a driveshaft loop on it or stood farther away lol.

 

[moparedtn]

That may very well be the most moronic thing I've observed in recent memory....
Yep, I'm sure of it. Total waste of time.

 

[turbine68rt]

And here I am making sure all fluids are fresh and up to level, then hand washing my Dakota.

 

[Don Frelier]

And here I am making sure all fluids are fresh and up to level, then hand washing my Dakota.

Is it the "sport" model?
Because they can take alot of abuse.

 

[rumblefish360]

Heck, there at a junkyard. The truck is domed. Might as well have some fun with it. That place look familiar…. Can’t put my finga on it yet.

 

[Danny Boy]

Imagine what happens to:
-Rental cars
-Company vehicles
-Cars driven by valets
-Vehicles being serviced
-Law enforcement, government vehicles
-Vehicles lent to 'friends"
-Parents vehicles lent to kids

The list could go on - I don't lend my vehicles out, period...

I'd be pissed if this happened to my vehicle - wonder how these folks treat their kids or pets? - probably not good

 

[Don Frelier]

Heck, there at a junkyard. The truck is domed. Might as well have some fun with it. That place look familiar…. Can’t put my finga on it yet.

Exactly the truck is headed for dismantlement and they can make some cash via YouTube before it gets crushed.

There are like 20 million people in the greater New York City area.
It's tough to get a car inspected down there. Some people move there and decide they would rather not keep a car due to insurance, registration, gas and parking. These guys run a scrapyard and probably crush hundreds of cars a week. They probably charge to come pick them up so it's a totally different mindset than we are used to where we try and maintain and get the most our of our stuff. (like I do)

 

[rumblefish360]

It’s going to be scrapped so, WTF is the difference?

 

[rumblefish360]

Exactly the truck is headed for dismantlement and they can make some cash via YouTube before it gets crushed.

There are like 20 million people in the greater New York City area.
It's tough to get a car inspected down there. Some people move there and decide they would rather not keep a car due to insurance, registration, gas and parking. These guys run a scrapyard and probably crush hundreds of cars a week. They probably charge to come pick them up so it's a totally different mindset than we are used to where we try and maintain and get the most our of our stuff. (like I do)

Thank you! Exactly! And yea! There is a crap ton of people there in a very small area. (Try walking around SoHo at lunch time! LMAO!)
Most people don’t understand the Density of the area. Take this for food for thought…
NYC is made up of 5 Boroughs or counties.
If you broke off Queens and Kings (AKA Brooklyn), you would have the 3rd & 4th largest cities by themselves in the US.
(In the Brooklyn accent…) Think about it. Lots of people there. The amount of scrape generated is freakin amazing.

 

[moparedtn]

Heck, there at a junkyard. The truck is domed. Might as well have some fun with it. That place look familiar…. Can’t put my finga on it yet.

The circumstances wouldn't matter to me.
Call it "mechanical empathy" if you like, but it simply isn't in me to wantonly try to destroy
a vehicle (or any other mechanical device) like that.
I find no pleasure in that at all - in fact, I'm just the opposite of that.
You grow up low income, you learn to keep your stuff and maintain it, not beat hell out of it.
I'm over 60 and that lesson is still ingrained in my core.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Ed, what you've pointed out is only ONE of many differences between us conservative country folk and those big city "people" that do what they do.

 

[Danny Boy]

The circumstances wouldn't matter to me.
Call it "mechanical empathy" if you like, but it simply isn't in me to wantonly try to destroy
a vehicle (or any other mechanical device) like that.
I find no pleasure in that at all - in fact, I'm just the opposite of that.
You grow up low income, you learn to keep your stuff and maintain it, not beat hell out of it.
I'm over 60 and that lesson is still ingrained in my core.

Ed,
I'm over 60 also and totally agree with you on all your points, Thanks
I like your term "mechanical empathy"........

 

[RemCharger]

Reminds me of PDI's back in the day lol..

 

[rumblefish360]

Whatever….

The circumstances wouldn't matter to me.
Call it "mechanical empathy" if you like, but it simply isn't in me to wantonly try to destroy
a vehicle (or any other mechanical device) like that.
I find no pleasure in that at all - in fact, I'm just the opposite of that.
You grow up low income, you learn to keep your stuff and maintain it, not beat hell out of it.
I'm over 60 and that lesson is still ingrained in my core.

 

[turbine68rt]

Is it the "sport" model?
Because they can take alot of abuse.

'04 SLT Plus, 4.7, 4x4

 

[moparedtn]

Whatever….

Brilliant repost!

 

[rumblefish360]

Brilliant repost!
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That’s all it’s worth.

 

[sam dupont]

I bought a car to get the starter. The car's motor had a knock in it, so I bought it cheap. Hauling it home on my dolly, I stopped by a friend's shop. He's looking at it and I say: "I don't know, but I think the motor makes a noise". So I start the thing and it's knocking. I stood on the throttle and just let it go. It got wound up and my buddy backed up a few steps. He's looking at it with a grimace on his face, and he says: "You're going to wreck the starter when you blow that thing up".
I was off the throttle just that quick. I think he was worried about me making a mess when rods came apart.