Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hammer Time: Who White Trashed This Car?

  The 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix looked like it had got in a fight, and lost. The front bumper was hanging perilously close to the ground. A big lick on the left hand side had smashed it up well and good, along with the left fender and hood. The body cladding on both sides of the vehicle had been stripped off. Leaving holes and plastic screw holders as the proverbial abusive pockmarks of the unloved. Her seats were tore up… dashboard smashed… forget about a plain old beater. This one was beat all too hell. And you know what? This is the one issue that pisses me off more than anything else as a car dealer. Someone gets a well kept ride that can easily last another seven to ten years, and they turn it into a wore out mop of a car. In a world where most folks have to work several years to save up for anything motorized with wheels, other less worthy souls are given the keys to vehicular freedom and then promptly flush them down the toilet. All of these trashed up terrors have the same unique prior owner DNA to them. The smell of sweat and dampness. Left over food wrappers, old clothes, and cheap CD's. Leaking oil and coolant under the hood. They drink. They smoke, and unfortunately these once good cars are forced to hang out with the bad boys and girls. Today's Hammer Time question is two fold: 1) What was the most trashed up vehicle you have ever seen? 2) What is the most frequently trashed vehicle of modern times? Today's winner will receive a rare, working,  left rear window regulator for a Mercedes 1995 E300. You can thank me later.



from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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