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http://www.autofocus.ca/news-events/news/this-woman-traded-a-packet-of-mcdonald-s-dipping-sauce-for-a-vw
I got to the FP thank you all!
And congrats on Today's Best Comments Sir/Madam @Saxon99 https://i.imgur.com/u76bHWk.jpg
Reorder
Now i kinda wish i had gotten one of those packets to trade for a obscene amount of money/items that someone with no willpower would give
FremenDar007
All because of a fucking idiotic show.
Superfuntime
You just don't get it. I know because i totally get it and it's genious. Or you know.. It's completely idiotic, but entertaining.
FremenDar007
It's not genius, it's fucking idiotic. Shut your whore mouth.
BindersOfWomen
This was a joke post she originally made on Facebook. Kind of funny/sad that "news" sites don't realize that.
twigvex
Assuming you are correct (I don't know myself), this is a great example of why posting a source doesn't prove that something is true.
BindersOfWomen
The girl in the picture commented in /r/RickandMorty how it went viral & she had to explain to her family that it was a joke.
Craicerjack
The number of people saying she got a bad deal because the cars old or gonna need work. She traded a car for a dipping sauce. Reality check
Barbarian90001
Sell it for scrap for a few hundred at least, do some leg work and sell the parts for a thousand or more.
HoldMeCloserPhiTauDancer
even if she sells it for scrap she made 100,000% profit. Jesus, I thought the Twinkie stories were ridiculous a few years ago ...
ratfaceddog
No, she traded a dipping sauce for a car.
ratfaceddog
Apparently, some people struggle with the meaning of the word "for."
hungitalianohwaitthisisntgrindr
our world is fucked.
Quakecry
God how much i hate the rick and morty fanbase.
thisisagoldfish
I see no clear winner
FsImgur
McDonald's. Free advertising on Imgur.
Buttholium
If she didn't sell the sauce she would have gotten 2 golfs
DavidHassleface
This comment needs to be at the top hahahahaha
Speldrawng
Especially not the guy this car was stolen from.
shadow117
That's a VW Golf GTI
Musicjunk
How can u tell? Its definitely a Golf 4, i got one myself.. Sure the inside doesn't look like a GTI
Musicjunk
I think its a Golf 4 cityline
TrumpsMouth
I've won. Many times. Every time in fact. This was, you're right, the WORST deal. I'm a deal maker. I would've made a much better deal. #sad
labmonkey4life
No way this is the real trump's mouth, sentences are far too coherent
Mazeradaville
User name truth
Rucaka
The watch is the wrong way...
Superfuntime
Some Rick and Morty fans are alarmingly impressionable. It's a damn sauce! A McD dipping sauce! Smh..
Majordicklawn
eBay... photos of the sauce sold for hundreds.
riceronijones360
"B-but Rick and Morty fans are intellectuals tho!"
Yinyang107
I appreciate that you said "Some Rick and Morty fans" and not just "Rick and Morty fans".
Superfuntime
Labeling all for the acts of a few or even most is lazy logic imo.
Emjayen
Teenagers? Impressionable? Inconceivable!
Supernerdtastic
They exist in every fandom but SW may have lost the title of most due to this bonkers sauce.
meunbear
Rick and Morty is constantly making fun of people like this, it's so funny to see "big" fans acting exactly like Jerry.
djcotton91
Tastesicle
Am I the only one reminded of this? https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-08-2014/_XMVfp.gif
Thewayofthebear
I miss my Mk4....great car.
legthief
One red paperclip anyone?
igivetheinternets
Plot twist. Her job was to distribute the limited edition dipping sauce to the stores but didn't.
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
The saddest part of this story is McDonalds is brining back the Szechuan sauce. Kinda like paying $5k for Twinkies and they came back.
Rezol
This is from when they brought it back. It was available for one day like a week or two ago. And the next day they said it'll be back again.
Kryalis
I had a Twinkie a few weeks ago. It’s not that great let’s be honest.
Dontyoudaremister
Not anymore :'(
Freeflare
Twinkies have always been better in concept than in your mouth.
DavidBowiesEyebrows
[insert dick joke here]
Carefuler
the world is full of fools. Remember the folks who paid to have a hole dug and then filled in?
pixe1adrift
but waiting in line for one was basically like waiting for them to hand you a couple thousand dollars
ItisaNoContext
This. They're bring it back for a limited time in December I believe
LariCheltsy
She's more of a cartoon than the sauce container
Splinthar
Business Insider already pointed out that no title traded hands, this is viral news meant to be viral not actually a thing that happened.
PostmasterG
no, it is just a lie
Splinthar
Viral means its a lie to sell ad revenue. Its a lie people are profiting from.
Superfuntime
Viral news aren't supposed spread random shit as "news". Ment to be viral? As in it's ok to spread shit as news as long as it's ment viral?
AlexandruN
Several beers later and everything makes sense. I guess I'm going to become an alcoholic.
AlexandruN
I am unable to decipher the message behind these sentences. Will have a few drinks and get back to this to see if it makes more sense.
Splinthar
No as in the people involved engineered a scenario they knew would "go viral" rather then an actual event that happened that was reported on
Superfuntime
Well obviously, but i thought you were giving excuses to shitty clickbait journalism that doesn't even bother to check if something's real
Splinthar
Oh my bad I should have been more clear. Yeah I hate the viral newscycle and how it can be played like that.
Superfuntime
Yup! Fake news is a real issue and it doesn't help that some 20y old children play journalist, making "funny" stories without fact checks.
Badfsh231
#fistfucking_donkeys
KeeleonOhms
That link has a lot of results but it wasnt what I expected...
PostmasterG
This is what I found...
KeeleonOhms
Beleg7
Taking "life imitating art" to weird places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM9uBjsg5Q0
igotbannedacouplemonthagoagain
TIL we can find anything on the Internet as you show the video +1
KeeleonOhms
SerowordDave
Who's the idiot that would consider trading a car for a sauce packet for novelty's sake?
Carefuler
The guy who knows the car is getting ready to grenade itself.
RubberChickenTenders
No
youdonegoofed
no what?
OrthodoxHesidicOGOis
https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohA2UwGks53B1FVjq/giphy.gif
Zerberus
She looks like the Epitomy of Tumblr
Daywalker7
Did you just assume its pronoun?
ZOMGNO
Epitome* Thats how you pronounce it, but its written with an e. Also, I agree.
Zerberus
Ah thx my English skills betrayed me again
AnanomalyMoose
The fan base of that show is slowly becoming more and more cancerous every day
Majordicklawn
Minions are already on thier way to your house to kill you.
ThisIsThePlaceWhereIBelong
Just like the people from my little pony or sonic "oc" stuff
sangheraj
"Slowly" ya...
damspam
It makes me sad, the show itself is brilliant. But the fans are giving shitty impressions to people who don't watch it. Cults suck.
SatoriEnlightenment
Cults?
damspam
Ran out of space to fully articulate, but basically any fan base that cultivates an identity around watching a tv show. Cult-ish...
SatoriEnlightenment
Are you not a Rickandmortyite? A Rickandmortyarian? A Rickandmortyling?
lurksohardmotherfuckerswannafindme
Also it’s a very small percentage of people, like all groups there are “extremists”.
AnanomalyMoose
No its the other way around mate. A small group are not retarded and wait in line for 10 hours for a pack of fucking sauce
BreakingRad
Who cares? You don't have to interact with them, just enjoy the show
tablecat
No, you absolutely have to interact with the fans and have them influence with your enjoyment of the show. Didn't you know that? (/s)
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
I haven't even watched one episode and I know more about it than about some shows that I have watched, because of the cancer fanbase.
BreakingRad
How? On the internet?
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
Because in every second dump there is a R&M joke, at every given time there is something about it on the FP, and the memes are more 1/2
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
omnipresent than GoT right now wherever you go. I can't escape this shit. 2/2
Digsby
How dare you trivialize the politics of cartoons. Those freaks need your attention. They are a threat to the show. I'm super cereal dude.
Puffmax
This literally happened on the Simpsons.
Superfuntime
Literally literally happened in the literal show literally called the Simpsons?! I literally can't believe how literally i know
SatoriEnlightenment
What happened?
Puffmax
Homer traded a ribwich (McRib joke) for a car https://youtu.be/AM9uBjsg5Q0
SatoriEnlightenment
Wow.
CrackHitler
I'm disappointed I had to scroll this far to see this mentioned.
KeeleonOhms
Jayince
Glad I'm not the only one who remembered it. Damn ribwichs!
Irish1228
I have the buyers remorse :(
PostmasterG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM9uBjsg5Q0
CleverClavicleCleaver
Yeah, but he got a whole sandwich!
DanZ51
Rick and Morty are making shit weird dude.
CommanderOreo
Not the show, the fan base is.
HelloCaspar
Not really. Close to 10 years ago there was a guy that started with a paperclip and traded up to a car using Craigslist.
TrustMeImABassist
Skibearbumm
LET'S GET WEIRD!!!!
SuperSilverPie
Gotta get shwifty
Begotten
Is that where this sauce meme came from
Iouzip
NameNotVerified
Cars aren't weird... are they?
basball6969
Weird and just...annoying
Applepotamus
damspam
Arginotz
Wtf
TheWetLustyArgonianMaid
Wait you can't do that?
AppoJuice
That's quitter talk
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CatBlaster5000
I don't understand where all these fans are you people are complaining about. I hear more complaining about the fans than the fans themselfs
DudePlayinADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude
But few nihilists truly believe and follow that stance.
MisterD90
I watch all 3 seasons in a binge, I enjoyed, it had its moments, but it's not the most amazing thing ever like everyone makes it out to be.
Lionskull
i think the problem is that the show made the sauce matter, while at the same time making everything not matter.
Xubat
Absurdism. When nothing matters you have to find meaning in something useless. It makes sense for Rick's character.
GoogleEvilCorp
The point of the show is that Nihilism is bad. Even if you have the universe at your fingertips family and relationships are what make you
thecommenterimgurdeserves
Applepotamus
Saxon99
When you first start fallout and your barter level is really low.
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
I'm disappointed at the lack of witty "plot twist" comments. :/
SandwichRGood
farming is a good counter to that. "I'll take one power armor for 1500 melons"
sweetdollatea
Read this to the tune of "so your legs don't work like they used to before" for some reason
dauntlessds
It's fucking teriyaki and ketchup, wtf.
Cinemageddon
Last I checked, even the most desperate of sales on Ebay was selling a packet at like $250-$300 max. So she got a car for ~$250 or less.
animatronicvelcrorat
I paid 340 for mine so... not too unrealistic I suppose
MeekMalu
I was the 111th comment. It's now confirmed that I am apart of vault 111 in a future life.
backstabbr1001
Or in the next 10-15 years. Im sure north korea has you sorted no worries.
aragornd2
Here, I'll mark it on your map.
FireBreathingFerret
Welcome! Please insert this Vault-Tech issued buttplug immediately. For your own safety of course
TheRockDude
Congratulations, General. In the meantime, I've gotten word of another settlement that needs our help
Shewy92
You mean really high. She got a car for some dipping sauce. She maxed out barter and speech
ericforrester1710
Hax
Doggoarchivar
as far as i know the sauce went for far more on ebay
FireBreathingFerret
Think they meant the other end of the deal
KOBK
I think you think when I dip you dip we dip...
sauciergymnast
But did you put your hand up on my hip first?
Saxon99
This NPC took the player for a ride. But yeah I meant the other end of the deal, the person who lost their car for a once use sauce.
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Maybe its a single-serving car
MainTrip
However, i belive the sause will rise tremedously in value over time. Saw a bottle of it go for 17,000 dollars
circlebreaker
Dude, it's not wine... it expires about as quickly as any other sauce with 15%+ sugar content
NotJerryBeans
Yeah but odds are they are gonna produce more
SarahPlsz
Going to be returning semi permanently this winter
ildon2
Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.
tzxAzrael
...you should definitely invest in this. 20k is not too much to pay. ignore the people who say it's coming back permanently, soon.
Shewy92
A bottle of 20+ year old sauce that is probably not fit for human consumption. Or you can wait till they release it again in a couple months
DreadPierateRoberts
and comes from mcdonalds so probably should still avoid
wienerweasel
We all know the person is hoping to make a bigger profit off the sauce than he would have from selling their car.
tzxAzrael
can't wait for the hype to fail and next week he sets up the ebay auction, earning 65 cents (minus fees)
wowzies
I imagine sooner since mcdonalds said they were bring it back for longer than a day next time, and the time frame was simply "a lot more"
dogton
Might be a she
giraffesickles
I was thinking the same thing! Dope
Primaltiguere
The Golf is worth about 1100 after checking google. Not that much.
Mockingbirb
That girl made the worst trade deal in history of trade deals, maybe ever!
GiLIswhatIspend
How do you know that he is a co-owner of the car?
palmo
Your pedantry over pronouns is tiresome.
Ismelledwhattherockwascooking
Co-owner? Where was that insinuated?
GiLIswhatIspend
The word “Their” is plural
FraudulentPepsi
"Their" is possessive, not plural. Where did you go to school?
tzxAzrael
i mean... it can be both. where did -you- go to school?
palmo
It is actually possessive and plural. His or her would be correct but that's like people bitching about "whom."
thatsbadmmkay
Didn't someone sell a pack for like 10k on ebay?
ThePotatoBandit
Before or after mcdonalds announced that after the whole debacle of the one day the sauce was available that they're bringing it back
Chroven
only one i heard was 3 for 800
Toderdj
Seriously what is the big deal?
DudePlayinADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude
Rarity and desire from those with expendable income. Same as any collectable.
Elonth
now they sell for about 60 bucks....and the thing about them coming back in December.
Ellimem
I thought that was one of the big bottles?
ThatShiftyMonkey
The auction may have ended at that price, but the buyer likely never paid.
whatevernamewhat
How does that work? Do you have to pay if you're the winning bid?
ThatShiftyMonkey
If you don't pay you can get negative feedback on your profile. Ebay will ban people who do it intentionally or frequently.
nerotep
You’re supposed to, but not like you’ll go to jail for not paying. You would get a strike, 2 or 3 times you will be banned from eBay.
03eleverything
That's funny considering that the sauce is coming back this winter...Rick did it.
03eleverything
"that McNugget sauce. I want that Mulan McNugget sauce, Morty. That's my series arc, Morty! If it takes nine seasons!"
UncleVenoM
That's my one armed man!
KeeleonOhms
I wish Roiland and Harmon had the balls to cancel the show. That would be the ultimate troll.
03eleverything
People would freak out, shit would hit the fan. Would be funny as hell but it's too funny to quit now.
SpreadyUnsettling
I too wish for things I like to stop.
KeeleonOhms
I dont WANT it to stop, but the whole reason the sauce matters is the meta joke about bringing it back. Once its back, canonically
damspam
I actually find it legit frightening how people are so heavily influenced by a TV show. I mean I love R&M but holy shit.
INeedAHotChocolate
"A small loan of a million dollars" sums up rich peoples thoughts on money.
satinworship
Next Rick and Morty travel to a universe where everyone respects each other and has healthcare?
natekelly
You mean Canada?
theycallmewillywonka
Laughed until I felt bad. Now my kidney hurts. Great
Shelest
You should probably travel to universe with free healthcare to have that looked at
potatocircuit
Being a vw owner. I'm sure this thing needs $2k worth of work to pass smog check.
scottjaeger
Can't stand VWs, I wouldn't take one off your hands for $2K.
BreakingRad
Who cares? She got it for a fucking packet of sauce
LokiKingOfJotunheim
That's only a problem if your state even has that crap...
Quelquefois
a what?
Treblaine
mitzialbright
Guys, she got it for sauce. Sell it for scrap is a profit.
Panda4hire
oh yeah, Not to mention the trans was probably never serviced.
Purtypreencess7
if its a 020 it probably didnt need it...
Panda4hire
I work in a trans shop, and the number one cause of failure is not servicing auto trans.
Purtypreencess7
020 was a 5 speed so..
Panda4hire
Nonetheless, I am saying in general. Also changing the gear oil in a manual isn't a half bad idea either.
azgrak
Go to your local racing/speed shop, get a couple of gallons of racing alcohol.
blackmagic12345
Ehh probably not, current owner (03 golf) and if its been treated good it runs like a charm. If its a gti w/ turbo then yeah there may be a
blackmagic12345
Few leaks.
J0joTheIdiotCircusBoy
No smog checks in OK!
SpacemanStanisalredytaken
I also own a VW and even when its working right, it's not working still love it tho.
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
Smog check?
Sweeetbabyjames
You’ll never feel alone with the good ol mk4 CEL glow.
HawkeyeTheKid
Not in merica it don't
DataBender
Man have I been drunk, what did I miss? Did California succeed from the union?
infiniteblaze
*secede, and no.
DataBender
Damn autocorrect. I should just give up
EvolveCT9A
My TDI looks like a fuckin chimney from behind
handbanana10
and another $100000 to fix the electrical issues/just turn off the check engine light
MrDeadsr
Does look like the kind of car that needs works
itsjustimgur
Plus another 1k to fix the airbag
cancerriddenlung
No inspections in my state.
Dreigiau
I'm sure you could get at least several hundred even just junking it, let alone selling
Quaddamn
Just live in Texas. We encourage you to roll coal.
stopthesquirrel
I mean...VW cheated the tests so their cars would be more powerful and fuel efficient so why bother?
TheMightyElk
Haha smog check.. I love it!
YObama123
There’s a good number of states that don’t require any inspection whatsoever
Barrezio
And two months after you pass inspection, the goddamn check engine light comes on and costs you another 2 grand. Source: I have a Passat.
ohjohnboy
Same with Audi
VigorousButtstuff
Yeah, it's old enough that it doesn't have a computer to detect a smog check and change the engine output.
LordKumquat
Jetta owner here, drains my bank account monthly
ohjohnboy
I went from an Audi to a Ford focus. Best decision I've ever made
CherylCarolCherleneTunt
Shhhh Californian, it's ok...
hotbodhandsomeface247
Or $60 and "know a guy"
ctennessen
Plastidip and tacky wheels... yup. However I don't know any of the cars history so we can't just assume it
IAmTheKingOfCheese
How can you have a car like that fail a check but have other cars converted to run on coal? Is this a different states thing?
ohjohnboy
Yes some states have no car checking requirements at all.
BumFacedGoat
Totally thought your username was “potato haircut”. Wondered what that meant - realised I’m an idiot.
BimmerFarm
KBB on a MK4 non-GTI is also only $800-1300 for good shape. I'd guess this has a value of $300-400.
ohjohnboy
So an incredible trade for a packet of sauce haha
BimmerFarm
Well, sure. But some of them were going for about twice that on eBay. Still a good deal though.
GuffTrumpets
I don't get why VWs have such a bad reputation, is it a North America thing? in the UK they're thought to be fairly reliable cars
Scratch777
I'm sure the fact that they developed technology to precisely cheat pollution readings in thier TDI line doesn't affect public opinion.
Mrdaihatsu
In the UK they mostly have cheap marginal cars or BMW/Mercedes(love them until they break)cars, to compare VW's to.
Smallfuzzycreaturefromalphacentauri
a lot of the VW's in N. America are built in Mexico, mine is a VW Golf Variant TDI, no problems and good on the autobahn (live in Germany)
OwlFarm
That's because you use the metric system. My VW has 315,000 miles on it. That's like 17 million kilometers, give or take.
00110001001001111010000110110110011
Yep. The models are also different in North America.
CyberPunk1987
Not many trained VW specialists, so labor costs are way high. I love mine - but I’m the mechanic. 2001 1.8t Turbo beetle in vortex blue.
Nekazeroth
Parts can also be difficult to get, depending on location.
themuttonisniceandlean
My dad's Jetta had 14,000 miles on it and 3 major things wrong already. VW beetle of my aunt's had 3 transmission rebuilds.
Thundamuffin
My jetta has 280000 and the only thing wrong so far was an oil leek 3 weeks ago
themuttonisniceandlean
The other comments are leading me to believe VW's reliability is questionable in the US but good elsewhere. Where (country) do you live?
elethomel
as a north american, i'm unfamiliar with the extent of spite for vw expressed in these comments. vws i've owned have been v reliable cars
Purtypreencess7
North America has very little comprehension of how the industry operates.
Purtypreencess7
North America still thinks Chrysler is "American"
elethomel
otoh i make windshields for american, japanese, korean, and german cars
SociopathicOtter
Checking...
MarkovRamius
Good thing we don't do that in Michigan. Woooo pollution! wooooooooooooooooo!
animatronicvelcrorat
As an Illinois resident, I too do not have to worry about catalytic converters or smog pumps.
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
This chick lives in my area.. neat.
LanceSackless
You guys must be saving the economy so much there
skepticalatbest
*cough*
FsImgur
Florida too!! You want to run open exhaust headers and purple lasers for headlights? No problemo. No inspections. Lots of tickets though.
TheGreatWh1t3north
Pro Tip for ontario, buy a car from 1987 or older and you dont have to do an emissions check
TristanPeasant
this plus the water in Flint, I'm surprised your state still has people in it, figured all y'all woulda been poisoned to death a while ago.
Bob570
Lol, no. Pollution isn't a very big issue here. Our cars rust away before they become a pollution concern.
TheSurveyMan
Poisoned water, Detroit and Polution. Can it get any better?
OMFGitsaGinger
Hey now, we do recycle soda cans so we can get the 10 cent deposit back. At least we're trying.
Ravenbreaker
The north makes us strong. Strong and stubborn.
redemption2517
Nah, most things including the "water crisis" are exaggerated
swablade2
Let me guess, you also "believe" the earth is flat and a slew of conspiracy theories. U r 2edgy4me.
redemption2517
Earth is round, I live near Flint and know people who work with DEQ
redemption2517
But who cares, anyone can believe whatever they want
bigd26
We are a resilient folk
ucfh
You misspelled misshapen mutant
nanoman273
Are you guys Nords?
sammichartist101
As an outsider living in MI, yes. They are Nords.
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Michigan belongs to the Nords!
CommanderWilliamTRiker
Looks old enough, wouldn't VW be responsible for paying that?
nobodyinpoortent
Audi's? More like 'ow, dees' repair bills are killing me. (VW's use Audi engines)
IvanStroganoff
VW owns Audi.
pessimisticcreeplikesitrough
if you have half a brain, VWs are some of the easiest cars to work on.
Yourmomsmyhoe7
German engineering
nobodyinpoortent
Germans realizing people will actually spend their own money to be tortured. They're evolving
supermanalsohasanuslazers
They own Audi Porsche Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, and Ducati.
Purtypreencess7
i wish VW used the AAN.
bbirbb
While the AAN is a sweet engine, pulling one from an S6 Avant was a giant pain.
Purtypreencess7
did you not service mode the car?
Purtypreencess7
i wasnt there when my buddy swapped into his s6, but pulling from the S4 was one of the easier jobs ive ever done with just jackstands,
Purtypreencess7
or are we just talking about the clusterfuck of a process for turbo removal lmao, "heat up a crescent wrench and bend it at this angle"
NoLongerFoamingWolffo
Doesn't matter. Drive it immediately to a place like CarMax and sell it. You just made 100% profit.
grzlbrmft
Now you have two packages of sauce. Woohooo!
arereallyallusernamestaken
Assuming you can get something for it
d3jake
A clean mk4 would fetch a decent price for its age.
NoLongerFoamingWolffo
CarMax takes pretty much anything as long as it runs and isn't super old, and usually offers over bluebook.
usersubbordercontrol
A scrap yard would also give more. Hell I'd give money for a car
StarsInTheGloom
Carmax gave me $1200 for my '07 cobalt with warped rotors/check engine/~98k miles. They're pretty forgiving haha
NoLongerFoamingWolffo
They really are. I got $5k for a 2001 tundra with 250k miles on it and a bad catalytic converter.
StarsInTheGloom
Wow that's awesome! My credit is shot and they were the group that gave me the best chance at getting a safer (and more fun) car.
DaBear04
Tundras, tacos, and 4runners don’t count. 250k is just getting warmed up for them.
TruckingDave
$2,000 in parts and labor just to work right - aside from any smog checks. VW's are great cars to lease, not to own.
bbirbb
They are quite reliable, easy to work on, cheap parts if you are capable of using Google. What's not to like?
TruckingDave
That absolutely was not my experience with: being part of a family-owned used-car lot for over 25 years, working as a mechanic to get ...
TruckingDave
myself through college, and having owned one myself. Modern VW's may have changed, but I'd need to see proof that the wiring doesn't
TruckingDave
still deteriorate faster than the average Asian or American vehicle.
radicalbread
I've owned many, have not had to do much of anything to them. They are great cars to own.
Purtypreencess7
i know right? mines 35 years old, odo broke at 280k, and its JUST NOW being refreshed.
imgjim
That is not at all the same type of car as any 90s forward VW. The entire design philosophy is completely different, let alone the results.
Purtypreencess7
ACKCHYUALLY this is not VWs fault more CAFE and the implementation of the clusterfuck that is OBD2,
Purtypreencess7
so i just went on a schpeel but none of it is actually relevant to this except for a tiny bit where even 90s forward parts are somewhat
LadyWidebottom
Still beats the hell out of an overrated packet of dipping sauce.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
A $2k obligation vs a packet of dipping sauce...I'll take the packet of dipping sauce tbh
LadyWidebottom
Nobody is saying you have to drive the car, but you could probably sell it for more than the dipping sauce, which is now being mass produced
cancerriddenlung
Current scrap price is 7$ per 100lbs. ...also howdy stranger. http://imgur.com/q8cym66.jpg
LadyWidebottom
MisterLemons
As an auto tech, I doubt it.
cancerriddenlung
Current price for scrapping a car is 7$ per 100lbs...
WillSmithDances
Especially since McDonald's has publicly stated they are bringing it back to all restaurants later this year...
RedCharlie
They did?? Oh boy I'm gonna love the fucking disappointment from everyone when the nostalgia fails.
Koshunae
The sauce wasnt even that good the first time around. Its kinda gross
FiveseveN28
failed the first reply, proper sauce https://twitter.com/McDonalds/status/917169818725384192/photo/1
Feloniousferret10
Whatsa smog check florida wants to know
BimmerLeague360
Ask California!
malikcarr
https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/04/los-angeles-smog-1.jpg Our anti-smog programs are highly effective!
Mouthhug
That's when the radio tells you there are brush fires mixed with fog in the middle of the state. In Florida at least.
FloridaTurtle
I went to vegas once, the air was so dry. FL is about 80% humid on average and 110% humid after it rains. We breath more water than air.
jmega
Your car has to see if it passes a smog emission test every time you sell your vehicle or DMV will "randomly" select you to have your car>
ApolloTheSpaceFox
and if it fails the test?
FloridaTurtle
If a car runs in Florida, we can insure it. If we can insure it we can register it. Mechanics/dealers pull service lights to bypass the CatC
FloridaTurtle
Catalytic converter
Feloniousferret10
Yup when I went my skin literally dried out immediately
jmega
Tested during your yearly registration.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
Here in Texas and in New Mexico you are required to have it inspected before you register it. Every year. Unless your car is from before '73
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In Denmark if your car is new, it's every 4 years and if it's older than 10 years it's every 2 years. Can't drive it without the check up
ColeTheBar
That sucks haha!
AnalBumCoverFor7000Alex
And TX has *way* more comprehensive inspections than NM does.
AnalBumCoverFor7000Alex
Only certain counties in NM, I think.
theIdris
Tennessee too. Although not all counties, I think.
TVNewsIsBadForYou
You guys get it randomly? Here in California it’s guaranteed every 2 years
Tuushi
Same here in Ontario,Canada.Mandatory before a plate sticker renewal.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Nashville it's every year, have to pass it to get your plates renewed. Just outside of Nashville they don't care. WV doesn't care either.
OneTheory
Washington state two, every other year until your car is old enough.
OneTheory
Too*