Guys with extremely loud vehicles, why do you do this to everyone?

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Hell if they want to steal my cats, go ahead. At least then I can replace them under insurance where I am.

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u/SupportGeek 1d ago

I mean, I can too, but that’s just a huge pain in the ass to deal with that I don’t need

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u/JesusIsMyLord666 1d ago

Yeah it’s not even about the money. It’s just a pain in the ass to deal with shit like this.

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u/petoria621 1d ago

Not only that, cutting the wiring in that area almost always leads to a repetitive check engine light and other issues. It's a nightmare.

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u/Knofbath 1d ago

It makes your insurance more expensive, it makes everyone else's insurance more expensive. And this comes at a time when insurance is just getting more expensive because nobody drives cheap cars.

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u/AxelHarver 1d ago

Cheap cars disappeared in the pandemic lol.

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u/big_shmegma 1d ago

dont forget cash for clunkers. fuck everyone behind that.

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u/Incredibledisaster 1d ago

I've heard this a couple times, but looking at the numbers CfC only crushed about 700k cars, a quick Google suggests we crush 12 million per year on the reg. I'm not convinced it did a lot in the grand scheme y'know?

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u/URPissingMeOff 1d ago

12 million non-functional rust buckets already stripped of resellable parts. The c4c program crushed a lot of perfectly functional vehicles

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u/Incredibledisaster 1d ago

An extra ~6% cars removed from the market over a decade ago? Another quick Google shows me it did (probably) spike car prices.. for about 2 years, and then it settled back to where it was before.

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u/URPissingMeOff 1d ago

It's not about generic used car prices. It's about complete removal of working CLASSIC vehicles and usable, recyclable parts from the supply chain. Nobody cares about the 80s/90s shitboxes, but the program took valuable classics out of garages, fields, and dismantling yards and crushed them for no good reason.

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u/Giraffe_Racer 1d ago

Cash for Clunkers eligibility was only for cars less than 25 years old. It very specifically did not take valuable classics out of garages. It took the 80s/90s shitboxes off the road. Yes, it did temporarily make used car values spike, especially on the low end of the market, but it's a massive stretch to claim it's having any effect on the current market.

Parts other than the engine were allowed to be salvaged.

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u/Incredibledisaster 1d ago

I gotta be honest man, the evidence doesn't back up your claim. You can find a list of the cars crushed somewhere on Reddit, and it's mostly shitboxes. The notion that the price hike would disappear after two years and mysteriously reappear after a decade seems a lot less likely than it being a completely different cause. Do you have anything at all to back up your claim?

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u/URPissingMeOff 1d ago

What part of "it's not about the price" do you not understand? It's about the fact that those original parts no longer exist for any price.

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u/big_shmegma 10h ago

700k DRIVEABLE. we dont regularly crush perfectly driveable vehicles.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 1d ago

Just another dumb trope parroted by dolts

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u/big_shmegma 10h ago

youre dumb as fuck if you dont think getting rid of 700k cars from the market drove used car prices up.

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u/Knofbath 1d ago

My car is old enough to be a classic. It's not a classic, it's a rusting hunk of junk, but I can't afford anything better.

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u/sdrawkcabstiho 1d ago

cheap cars

HA.

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u/stupididiot78 1d ago

I pay right around $80 a month in a city that's supposedly known for high rates.

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u/Knofbath 1d ago

$960 per year, just in case something happens to your car. Probably doesn't even cover theft, most of that cost is in case you get hurt or hurt someone else in an accident.

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u/malik753 1d ago

No one had better ever try to steal my cats. Those precious beans are mine and I'll fuck up anyone who tries!

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

I recently had to replace both of them due to a oil burning issue that destroyed them.

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u/malik753 1d ago

Your cats were destroyed in burning oil! 😿😿 I'm so sorry 😞

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u/InsertEvilLaugh 1d ago

For now.

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u/Vandergrif 1d ago

But what if they've converted your cat into something else in the meantime?

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u/the-nick-of-time 1d ago

Except that insurance doesn't pay the full value since "you could've gotten it done cheaper elsewhere". Where? They can't tell me.

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u/probablyonshrooms 1d ago

Dang, your insurance is free to use and doesn't go up when you do?

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

Actually my insurance has been instrumental to getting a bunch of work done! My car's been being a total pain in the ass for the last year, but I haven't paid a dime in towing costs.

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u/probablyonshrooms 1d ago

That's actually awesome, and im glad it's helping you fr!

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

I appreciate it! The engine is on its last legs, so I'm going through the warranty process right now, and it's involved dead cats, full ignition swap. rear valve seal, and more T.T

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u/camtomcarey 1d ago

But wouldn’t you miss your cats? That’s heartless to think you can replace a loving animal just because your insurance covers it…

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u/blippityblue72 1d ago

Except there can huge waits on a new one because of all the theft.

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

Oh trust me. I know all two well. My car has two.