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  • bananafungus
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    1 year ago

    Anyone else strip their car before dropping it at the mechanic? Was on the phone to a mate while I pulled all my 4x4 recovery gear/tools, first aid kit, little knick knacks, and my current car-drobe out and he thought I was being weird.

    I just feel weird about someone seeing all that stuff even though it’s just normal stuff to have. Plus you know clumsy hands might start gropping if they get curious enough.

    • Catfish
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      1 year ago

      Wish boyo had done that. The car ended up getting written off and given zero chance to get any of the chargers, minor tools, spare hard hat etc. all little stuff but it adds up.

      • Rusty Raven M
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        1 year ago

        I rolled my car many years ago and I had the chance to get everything back, but only the hardiest things survived. I still mourn that packet of macadamias that didn’t make it.

        • Catfish
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          1 year ago

          One friend deeply mourned her heavily annotated melways after some joyriders bashed the shit out of her car. This is the stuff that cannot be insured.

    • T156@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s just a good idea, both to keep stock, and to make sure things don’t get broken.

    • FunkyClown@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I did as I was getting a UHF installed and an Anderson plug in the back and on the rear of the car. Figured it would make it easier for them to run the wires etc… without clutter to move.

    • underwatermagpies
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      1 year ago

      I didn’t grab everything out of my car last week when I dropped it off to be repaired after an accident because initially they’d said it’d only be a few days. And then as I was driving off in the hire car they said “yeah so 3-4 weeks”.

      So here am I driving around without a first aid kit, emergency coat, sun hat, extra shopping bags, the Melways, all of that- anything could happen.