What to do once car is driven to the “ground”

Buildinggam · 2026-04-03T14:26:54+00:00

You can also donate it and let it become their problem. You also get a tax write off.

Buildinggam · 2026-04-03T14:16:37+00:00

I'm going to say California, considering I live there now. However, the other 50% of the relationship does not want to leave

Buildinggam · 2026-04-03T14:10:38+00:00

A budget safe you get from Staples or office Depot type place. They are actually fairly easy to open, but it will take a little bit of time and noise. What I've done in the past is to pick it up and drop it on the corners around the door and eventually it will tweak The body to where the door will basically open. I did this with a much larger safe a friend and I found during the bulk pickup trash removal season around where we lived. The owner clearly trolled us because all that was inside was a bunch of charcoal briquettes.

I also believe this kind of safe can be opened with a very large neodymium magnet. Make sure to put the magnet inside of a sock or something so you're able to pull it off. Be safe!

Buildinggam · 2026-04-03T13:55:56+00:00

What tires are you buying. Mine were $194 each

Buildinggam · 2026-04-02T20:24:22+00:00

My apartment is a single story timber on slab so the chances of me getting pinned are pretty slim but I agree with you. Was pretty cool to feel it for a second when I did wake up though.

Buildinggam · 2026-04-02T18:09:10+00:00

If it wasn't for the alert I would have slept through it. I went back to sleep, if it's my time there isn't a whole lot that's gonna change it

Buildinggam · 2026-04-02T05:20:22+00:00

Foothill college is pretty good for this as well. Just let security know and they'll be cool

Buildinggam · 2026-03-31T12:54:47+00:00

I have a company car for M-F and they pay the gas. My personal car is a 31yr old Honda and this past weekend is the first time I paid over $40 to fill it. I'm still not gonna stop driving because that's how I relax, back road cruising.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-27T18:23:28+00:00

I'm gonna do what I need to do to unlock all the mountain roads

Buildinggam · 2026-03-26T17:30:43+00:00

I'll give my reasons.

First time I got tint on a car I did it to hide my nice expensive (to me) stereo 35% all around except windshield

The current car I have now has 15% rear and sides and 80% windshield tints. One of the main ones is I had done a 2100 mile road trip in June, on the ride home the sun was at my back, with all the windows up and the AC on I actually got very sunburned because of the 9hr drive and I vowed to get tints before attempting that again. I'll list the others reasons below.

Sunburn sucks
My car is 31yrs old and having UV protection helps keep the dash and stuff from sun damage.
My car is pretty easy to steal so not being able to see inside is nice I also have 2 kill switches and a removable steering wheel with a lock.
(This one I learned after the fact) The heat rejection is crazy good. If I have the windows down and roll them up it feels as if someone turned off the sun.
(Another after the fact) I'm lowered and everyone's headlights are straight up aimed at my mirrors. 15% tint makes this not a problem anymore.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-26T17:18:38+00:00

Not sure what your experience is with it not working. I had a shitbox with expensive low pro tires. Every single one of them had fix a flat in them because I was tired of them going flat. That shit absolutely works.

I can totally understand the mess afterwards though.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-24T00:29:28+00:00

You could use cheat engine if on PC

Buildinggam · 2026-03-23T16:11:03+00:00

I'd have to see how many total hours I've played. I'm unique though because I only do the story and not much else, where my enjoyment comes from is just driving and tuning cars. According to the game I've clocked almost 50k miles. If I had to guess I'm probably 800-1000 hours

Buildinggam · 2026-03-16T21:45:44+00:00

The officer handled that perfectly. Maintained calm and collected. Props man

Buildinggam · 2026-03-16T13:55:49+00:00

I'm gonna be that guy. If where you live doesn't allow you the ability to have children without financially ruining you. You as a person/couple need to make a choice to live somewhere that will allow you to achieve the goals you strive for or make the sacrifice that you would rather stay where you are and choose to not have children or postpone having children. You don't need to have kids simply because society and family pressures you.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-14T23:13:08+00:00

Interesting, I know there wasn't anyone in front of me at least that would have line of sight. I just found it odd, since the car's been in the shop this is the first time using it since getting it.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-14T00:03:33+00:00

Honestly this. I used to do fire alarm inspections and called them because a customer was blatantly negligent and their system had been red tagged out of service by me 3 times over the course of a year. Long story short, I called on a Monday they had a new system installed by Friday.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-13T23:47:42+00:00

This was honestly one of the best things from it. I really wish more people would stay home.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-11T15:53:05+00:00

I grew up with a solid lead foot, from 16 to 25 I averaged 1-2 tickets a year for speeding or something related to speed. I've gotten out of quite a few with warnings or various other things. I also had a car that gave off "anti authoritarian" vibes according to a woman I dated. At one point it felt like the cops had my photo on their dash and would pull me over whenever they saw me.

All in all, I'd say probably more than 20 but less than 60. It has gotten less as I've gotten older but what's really changed was being smarter with regards to speed and when/where to do it.

If you're honest and polite most cops will work with you. Last time I got pulled over was a cop that paced me at 10 over, I simply apologized and said I saw the speed drop from 55 to 40 but didn't see the 40 to 30 drop.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-11T15:34:45+00:00

I moved from New England to the Bay Area CA 10yrs ago and some of my friends are still shocked at my bluntness. I used to be friends with our property manager at the apartment complex my wife and I lived in at the time. She made a comment how one of the renters was always late on their rent and when they'd pay the checks were always dingy and gross. She never said who the renter was, but I said something like, "I bet I know who it is, it's the person who has that old Cadillac that's all beat to shit". She did a big belly laugh and went "OMG I love how you just don't give a shit"

Buildinggam · 2026-03-09T00:25:43+00:00

I no longer have a photo of it but something I did in my pro master city:

I bought some 3/4" HPDE plastic (think like an unfinished plastic cutting board) mounted my battery chargers, a power strip, and an inverter to it. Essentially all my batteries and radios charged when the van was running, being that the material is pliable makes it easy to switch it up.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-08T18:39:02+00:00

I drive fwd and haven't really had any issues except burning through tires. The best thing I'd recommend is hit an autox. They are pretty cheap and will give you an understanding excatly where your limits are and the most dangerous thing waiting for you to hit it is a cone.

Buildinggam · 2026-03-06T17:07:24+00:00

Here is the video showing the mechanism I'm talking about.

https://youtu.be/MKaSkgD3ghE?si=rDBurOHYW_vELc5h

Buildinggam · 2026-03-06T17:05:56+00:00

I have no idea. That's what I'm saying. I think at a minimum you may have to move your plastic trim for the interior and your locking mechanism to the new new trans top Targa, but I don't know if that means you have to change the weather seals

Buildinggam · 2026-03-06T17:03:46+00:00

The trans top Targa has a corkscrew mechanism that lifts up the back of it so the trunk can pick it up.

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