Maintain Vehicle Body - Rust Free And Strong
The Best Day, Time and Place: Never have garage sales over holiday weekends or on weekdays. Saturdays are the preferred day and the earlier you start, the better. Expect savvy buyers to arrive extremely early and offer less for large items hoping to get a bargain. Make sure the area of your sale is clean and that your items are well organized. If it is a yard sale, mow that grass the day before and pick up that animal poop. Have a rain date available in case of a downpour. Winter or rainy season sales are never a good idea. Summer is sale season.
The junkyard - You can save a mint by visiting your local salvage yard for a "new" bumper or a replacement radiator. True, you could buy these items new but you'll pay a bundle for each part. The more common your model, the more likely your junkyard has what you want. Best of all, many modern day yards computer inventory all of their salvaged vehicles so a simple call to the yard can reveal whether that model is there or not.
This is not an unusual example, it happens frequently. This is a trap as the insurance company will tell you when your car is NOT totaled it's worth much less than book value but now that it IS totaled it's worth a lot of money. This way, they can subtract their high salvage value and leave you with very little money left over.
Search for local auto salvage yards. The Internet is a great place to find junk yards in your area. Enter "auto salvage yards" followed by the name of your city or town and check the results. If you're using Google, you'll also see a map returned that will pinpoint the exact locations of nearby yards. Pick up the phone and call each yard and explain what you own and what is wrong with your car junk yard. You may be asked about recent repairs and stand out features such as a customized grille, newer wheels and what type of audio system is present.
Just think of what your car can accomplish once you are rid of it. It can become the source of endless spare parts, for people who still have functional versions of the same car. It can be used by a crane operator who really liked those Newton's cradles people used to have (where they metal balls hit each other, sending energy back and forth), as a way of relieving both boredom and stress. And it can also be used by that amazingly enterprising car buff, who will tow it home and turn it into the car of his or her dreams.
If you want the best match, you should look to your car dealer first for a proper OEM tire. You'll be sure to get a perfect replacement that way. You'll find them to be pretty expensive there though - often running more than a normal tire!
Cheaper machine spare parts manufactured in countries such as China are the ones where greater care needs to be taken. While some of these car parts are built well, others are not. Ask your seller about the reliability of these as well as the warranty.
Stop digging too much into stale newspaper. Use it only for keeping you updated. Filling your mind with depressing stories of past, the first thing in morning, is the worst treatment you can give to yourself who is naturally programmed to be always forward looking.
A mile out town just before the intersection of US 41 another friend lived who stayed in about as much trouble as I did. We had a fort built across the field behind his house. There was a dirt road that leads to the field and as it left the main road it had a dirt bank on each side close to the dirt road. I was spinning in the mud and had everyone jump out and push. Well the back doors on the Plymouth opened to the front of the car and one of the boys left the door open while they were pushing. I got some traction and took off, catching the open door in the bank and tearing it off. Now I had to drive around with a missing back door. And two odd color finders that I had replaced earlier from the junk yard. My car was beginning to look pretty sad.
