Unfit For The Road

[Mr_Luke]

I saw this at a local Kroger's parking lot a while back.
Sometimes you see cars that are in such poor condition, you don't understand why the police allow them on the road.
This truck would be convenient though, you could check the oil without opening the hood.

 

[Lubener]

Police don't allow that. They just haven't been caught.

 

[atikovi]

Well, it drove there so it can't be THAT bad. Maybe the owner spent money on parts you don't see.

 

[JustinH]

We were in Galveston a couple weeks ago, when there were all kinds of lowrider cars.

A guy had a 90's Buick, that he just sawzalled the roof off it to make a convertible. I'm sure thats great for the unibody.

 

[atikovi]

Looks no worse than any number of rat rod trucks. You can check the oil as well as everything else under the hood on this one.

 

[oggb]

I like that it's also pulling a trailer with an older Scag walk behind mower. Maybe the guy flipped his boss the bird last week and decided to start his own landscaping company and needed a truck fast.

Or his 84 month, 8.9% loan payments on his F150 Platinum were just too much and now he lives a simpler and less materialistic life.

 

[WylieCoyote]

Common sight in Texas. Caved-in driver's door is my favorite, especially when you can tell the unibody's bent. Align it as best you can, and keep driving.

 

[Malo83]

Battle hardened Ford.

 

[Chris142]

Police don't allow that. They just haven't been caught.

Legal here as long as it passes a smog test

 

[Rmay635703]

I’ve driven far worse

as long as the brakes work you have to give an adda boy to whoever is saving money driving that.

 

[ron17571]

I'm always amazed at vehicles with bald tires. I guess the owners don't care much about their lives or those around them.

 

[stangguy]

If that fender isn't hanging out so far as to be a danger to pedestrians, I don't see the problem. Not in Nebraska anyway.

 

[ZeeOSix]

The ultimate beater grocery getter ... no worries about door dings.

 

[Mr_Luke]

The ultimate beater grocery getter ... no worries about door dings.

The owner probably figured "feel free to ding my doors at any time."

 

[atikovi]

If he parks it in his driveway or on the street in front of his house, the neighbors must love him.

 

[brianl703]

If he parks it in his driveway or on the street in front of his house, the neighbors must love him.

You can be sure that it's "straight piped" with no cat, so even if you can't see it, you'll know it smells and sounds as bad as it looks.

 

[diyjake]

I bet he uses Amsoil in that thing.

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

My 1970 Grand Prix took a right-front hit when I was at college 1000 miles from home. A friend's father kindly brought a pickup full of tools to campus parking and fixed the broken ball joint. We took tin snips to the mangled fender, but it looked a little better than that truck because the hood wasn't involved. I pulled the radiator and took it to a shop, and asked them to plug the leaks but not straighten anything, as it was a custom fit. The shroud on that thing was about two feet deep, so there was no danger of fan interference. After wiring the right headlights and turn signal back into place, it was ready for the thousand-mile trip home in the spring.

I stopped for gas somewhere in western Kansas, and reached through the fender to check the oil. The driver's side was facing the building--the clerk said he was going to compliment me on the nice old car until he saw that.

 

[K.Aoi]

And this is why I live in a state where there are mandatory safety inspections annually...

 

[ATex7239]

That is a nice air intake scoop on the fender... Cool that bad boy down