outch! $700.00 estimate to repair!

I try to wash my car but have to go to a car wash to do it. I live on conservation land and can not use any type of detergent to wash my car on my property without running the risk of getting a hefty fine. Also not allowed to change oil on my property for risk of it dumping. But my wife loves the pond across the street and I never liked playing with oil anyway so I generally don't consider it a loss. Those automated car washes though are always a risk. I lost parts off my truck in the carwash twice. I didn't care about the part I lost so I didn't care when I lost a second one just like off the other side of the car (roof rack end cap). But I try to keep cars out of those machines and use the hand wand in a touchless bay. Took me 5 years before I gave that up in the last car, lets see how long I last.

 

Ordered one - :>)

 

Only option for me would be to look out for a wrecked Prius of the same body style and get the parts for like $45 or less. Wait til you find one.

 

That situation would have me climbing the walls.

I don't spill a drop when doing oil changes. Washing a car, I use maybe 2 tablespoon of carwash liquid, and 90% of what's in the pail comes back in the house, goes down the sanitary drain.

Seems like misguided regs!

 

You have to admit, these lighting units, whether for the front or back, are works of art. In my opinion they rival the design of blown glass. And I paid $900 for a piece by Chihuly that isn't half the size of the headlight.

 

Putting my conspiracy theory tinfoil hat on here but could your license plate have incited some minor vandalism?

 

I thought the same thing. Or someone got mad because the plug didnt work -

 

I am parking away as well when at Wal-Mart but I look for those shopping cart round up areas and make sure I am away from those as well. People just don't care and will leave carts all over and they roll away.

 

my father won a small claims judgement against bj's years ago for just that reason. they sent a battery of lawyers to the court room to try to deny that a cart had hit his continental. but he had pictures of the carts all over the lot, and the one against his car, and they had to cough up the damages.

 

Noticed this at Costco:

 

My buddy car....i have for little time to see is it worth 150k

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It was a dark and stormy night. Scarcely an ICE car or pickup about, he carefully backed into the EV parking place and came to a stop against the parking barrier:


HOLLY CARP! Where did that pipe come from ???



Close call? Not in this case but it highlights the risk of backing into a parking place. I'm now wondering how the proximity warning maps around the backup lights and stop light lense.

Bob Wilson

 

This. I work at a grocery store. Carts left in miscellaneous places become missiles in high winds. I've seen them turn about face and then dart at 20 mph into parked cars, and then bounce off and keep on going hitting more cars. You can guess that I'd rather park a block away daily in a safer spot and walk the rest of the way rather than become the next victim. I've got two cart dents now and know I am still not immune to more. Not everyone knows how to use cart corrals. Oh, and I've seen a flying grocery cart when we had a microburst out in the lot. That was memorable.