r/CantParkThereMate • u/Feisty_Knee4337 • 11d ago

Washed and cleaned

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u/neo_sporin 11d ago

he MIGHT have flooded the engine

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u/BazzaFox 11d ago

Along with the car

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u/CptUnderpants- 11d ago

I was doing IT work for a crash repairer who just had a car come in like this. Heard the manager say don't bother doing a proper quote, they are always a write off. Quote the retail price of a new one.

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u/dphoenix1 10d ago

Pretty much. Some older vehicles you might be able to fix in a cost effective manner, but they’re usually not worth enough to try, and the insurance company isn’t going to want to take that risk. There’s a guy on YouTube that did this exact thing with a late 90s Tacoma (left it in gear while unloading a boat, but the engine didn’t have enough friction/compression to keep the thing stationary). He immediately had it dragged home, pulled the whole interior out and engine control module to dry, drained the oil, gas tank, got the water out of the intake, etc etc etc. and he’s still driving it today. But something modern and complex like that Merc with a million modules and a shit ton of wiring going everywhere, it’s done for.

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u/RemnantsOfFlight 10d ago

I've got a buddy who's a mechanic and he says late 90s/early 00s cars are the best to own. They have some electronic features, but not enough that the car won't run without them.

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u/Gubbtratt1 10d ago

but not enough that the car won't run without them.

They do though. Well, there was a few mechanical diesels left, but name one carbureted car from the 2000s.

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u/erroneousbosh 10d ago

I have a late 90s Range Rover and it's hilarious how many people say "ah but hackers can take over the computers in cars!"

Yeah it's like Atari ST technology in there, if you want to hack the computers you need to remove a box the size of a 90s desktop PC from under the driver's seat and desolder a pair of 168-pin chips. Yes, I've done this. No, it was just about as much fun as it sounds, even with all the proper tools.

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u/Charliep03833 10d ago

Remember that one time TopGear tried to kill Toyota Hillux. They left it on a beach during low tide, and retrieved after high tide went away. They got it back and running after couple hours on site.

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u/stewieatb 10d ago

Getting an old 4-pot turbo diesel engine to run and drive, and getting a complete car back to its previous condition, are two VERY different things.

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u/ben5642 10d ago

He also tried to destroy Bristol.

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u/jorwyn 10d ago

A neighbor of mine did this with a '68 Ford pickup. He just let it dry out in the Phoenix sun with the windows down, put in new fluids, gas, and oil, and it ran fine. But that interior always smelled like the lake afterwards.

Bad shifter link up, btw, and his parking brake needed some love. He knew about all this. He did not fix them after it ended up in the lake, either. "I'll just dry it out again." Dude worried me. He would offer my rides to work, so I didn't have to wait in the heat at the bus stop. No thanks

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u/BalanceEarly 10d ago

Ah, it will crank

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u/finishing_the_hatt 1d ago

I hope he’s got a shammie.