[Coco] Thift store find rant

[Dave Philipsen]

Here's an interesting story:  I'm driving a Honda van that I bought new 
in 2002.  It's got almost 280,000 miles on it now but it still runs 
great.  Last summer we were in Ohio and had a flat.  It's the first time 
I've ever had a flat on the road.  Most other cases were a slow leak 
that didn't require immediately changing the tire.  So I get out of the 
car prepared to change the tire.  The jack and the spare are there 
because I've never had to use them.  Unfortunately, the spare was flat!  
Evidently it had just leaked out over 15 years of sitting there in it's 
pristine little niche. :-)

Dave


On 3/30/2017 5:36 AM, Francis Swygert wrote:
> From: Rietveld Rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
>
> Just scored a cm-5 at the local value village. It works perfectly but is missing the front flap(door) covering the controls.
> Why are these always missing from the monitor?
> It's the same when I look at a used car. The jack is almost always missing?
> Where does this stuff go!==========================================
> Things like doors/covers go missing when they break off during use or moving around -- either by previous owner or at the thrift store (especially if they don't close/latch securely). Jacks and spare tires are a bigger mystery. You'd think someone would want to keep one of each in the car for emergencies! I find it strange that the owners manual is often missing in used cars... took it out for reading one day? I've been lucky there of late though. I've observed that the older the used car, the more likely jack/spare/manual is likely to be missing.
>   Frank Swygert
>   Fix-It-Frank Handyman Service
>   803-604-6548
>