My folks once had a tertiary vehicle; the pickup was parked outside the three-bay garage because the third bay acted as a little storage unit for lawn mower, plants for winter, for few extra odds and ends until they sold the truck.
I have three in the garage and my trusty truck sits outside. Unless the wind doesn’t blow (shockingly), I don’t have too much work to clean the snow off of it.
In my case, a 20-year old Honda. It wouldn’t start, and the snow was flying. Three feet of snow and four months later in April, I pulled the carb apart and replaced the float needle.
Then you find the jacket with ten dollars in the pocket and that favorite ice scraper you couldn’t find. Then, there are the spare parts for the other vehicles. Plural, ‘cause they’re all the same model and year.
Seeing the snow piled on the Pluggers car reminded me of one bad snow storm we got in Virginia back in the mid-late 70’s. I remember looking out the window and all you could see were humps and a few sticks. I could ID the hump that was my car as it was a Toyota Celica and its sloping hatchback made it distinct from my parents Chevy Impala. The sticks were my parents dwarf fruit trees (3.5-4 ft?) in the front yard. We could not see the fence around the yard. You couldn’t see the road (no plows had been thru yet). It was beautiful. When my dad finally got the sidewalk cleared, the snow was piled higher than his head and he was 6’ tall. It was impressive. I think the snow was so deep because there was very little wind and it was a dry, fluffy snow. It pretty much came straight down and stayed there.
I took a vacation trip to far Northern California. I took a rural road that I mistakenly thought would connect up with a coast route. After a while, I realized I was truly out in the boondocks. In some yards, the junked cars were stacked two high. :)
out here in the boonies there’s always a hillbilly hovel with three or four rusting vehicles on display in the front yard in every neighborhood. many folks seem to think that an old bus is a must-have garden decoration…
When we were first married we each had a car – each about 10 years old. A few years in we decided we needed a new car as ours were not the most reliable for vacation trips. But neither of us wanted to give up our car. We bought a new car and kept the old two with the idea that we would each use ours for work and daily travel, use the new one to go on trips and the first car to die, that person would be stuck with the new car. I won – he got the new car.
40 years on – though we each have different cars/trucks over the years we are back at the same point again – the van is 25 years old, the car is less than 10 years old – but the manufacturer refuses to do a recall on its engine problems – so one will have to go. It will be the the car if we can find a car to replace it. (It is the first actual car we had since my original one – all vehicles in between have been technically trucks.) Now the problem is not only finding a dealer with a car that we want when vehicles are in short supply – but the car has to hold us, my 93 yo mom and also her wheelchair. If not for same I would be looking for a small truck again – the car has been disappointing.
Gent almost 3 years ago
Extra vehicles? Not me. Me can bearly maintains one little vehicle.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
My folks once had a tertiary vehicle; the pickup was parked outside the three-bay garage because the third bay acted as a little storage unit for lawn mower, plants for winter, for few extra odds and ends until they sold the truck.
kelloggs2066 almost 3 years ago
I gotta go dig mine out.
Doctor Toon almost 3 years ago
We had an old van that quit running and it spent a few years parked beside the house as a storage shed
ctolson almost 3 years ago
I have three in the garage and my trusty truck sits outside. Unless the wind doesn’t blow (shockingly), I don’t have too much work to clean the snow off of it.
david_42 almost 3 years ago
In my case, it was an RV. The pack rats got more use out of it than I did, so I gave it to a charity.
Comics are the first thing to read almost 3 years ago
In my case, a 20-year old Honda. It wouldn’t start, and the snow was flying. Three feet of snow and four months later in April, I pulled the carb apart and replaced the float needle.
walstib Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Now I know my neighbor is a Plugger. I always wonder how he starts that old Altima in the Spring, but every year it’s suddenly gone.
pheets almost 3 years ago
For plugger farmers, it is farm equipment.
goboboyd almost 3 years ago
Then you find the jacket with ten dollars in the pocket and that favorite ice scraper you couldn’t find. Then, there are the spare parts for the other vehicles. Plural, ‘cause they’re all the same model and year.
tcayer almost 3 years ago
It’s not like they didn’t know they were there…
PoodleGroomer almost 3 years ago
A plugger has a long 12ga extension cord and a heater fan to set into the car to melt the ice off of the windows from the inside.
contralto2b almost 3 years ago
Seeing the snow piled on the Pluggers car reminded me of one bad snow storm we got in Virginia back in the mid-late 70’s. I remember looking out the window and all you could see were humps and a few sticks. I could ID the hump that was my car as it was a Toyota Celica and its sloping hatchback made it distinct from my parents Chevy Impala. The sticks were my parents dwarf fruit trees (3.5-4 ft?) in the front yard. We could not see the fence around the yard. You couldn’t see the road (no plows had been thru yet). It was beautiful. When my dad finally got the sidewalk cleared, the snow was piled higher than his head and he was 6’ tall. It was impressive. I think the snow was so deep because there was very little wind and it was a dry, fluffy snow. It pretty much came straight down and stayed there.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member almost 3 years ago
This is a variation of a Jeff Foxworthy joke. “If you cut the grass and find a car, you just might be a redneck”.
martinman8 almost 3 years ago
right up there with red necks after they mow their yard
mistercatworks almost 3 years ago
I took a vacation trip to far Northern California. I took a rural road that I mistakenly thought would connect up with a coast route. After a while, I realized I was truly out in the boondocks. In some yards, the junked cars were stacked two high. :)
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
out here in the boonies there’s always a hillbilly hovel with three or four rusting vehicles on display in the front yard in every neighborhood. many folks seem to think that an old bus is a must-have garden decoration…
mafastore almost 3 years ago
When we were first married we each had a car – each about 10 years old. A few years in we decided we needed a new car as ours were not the most reliable for vacation trips. But neither of us wanted to give up our car. We bought a new car and kept the old two with the idea that we would each use ours for work and daily travel, use the new one to go on trips and the first car to die, that person would be stuck with the new car. I won – he got the new car.
40 years on – though we each have different cars/trucks over the years we are back at the same point again – the van is 25 years old, the car is less than 10 years old – but the manufacturer refuses to do a recall on its engine problems – so one will have to go. It will be the the car if we can find a car to replace it. (It is the first actual car we had since my original one – all vehicles in between have been technically trucks.) Now the problem is not only finding a dealer with a car that we want when vehicles are in short supply – but the car has to hold us, my 93 yo mom and also her wheelchair. If not for same I would be looking for a small truck again – the car has been disappointing.
majobis. almost 3 years ago
And the ones that sit outside like the usually start right up with no issues too.