Small boat dock/anchor
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Originally Posted by Walter S
(Post 20745605)
Small boat dock/anchor
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Originally Posted by Walter S
(Post 20745605)
Small boat dock/anchor
Originally Posted by Walter S
(Post 20745605)
Small boat dock/anchor
Of course when I just googled it, it's already been done: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...48b31923cd.jpg |
Originally Posted by tandempower
(Post 20745910)
That makes me wonder whether you could seal them up well enough to fill them with water and use them as big aquariums without them leaking. You could feed the fish through the sunroof.
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Originally Posted by tandempower
(Post 20745916)
That makes me wonder whether you could seal them up well enough to fill them with water and use them as big aquariums without them leaking. You could feed the fish through the sunroof.
Of course when I just googled it, it's already been done: |
Originally Posted by Walter S
(Post 20747023)
I wouldn't really do that given a car with an engine and gas tank etc. polluting the water pretty bad especially a small lake. Your children might look like martians. But a car body? Probably at least sort of OK.
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When I was broke I lived in a parked car for a while.
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Originally Posted by TiHabanero
(Post 20801144)
When I was broke I lived in a parked car for a while.
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Originally Posted by wipekitty
(Post 20639817)
GOATS. (I didn't take this picture, but it's from a cool lady I know who runs a farm/animal sanctuary.)
I actually sold my parked car. My city is pretty strict about cars that haven't moved in a while, even on one's property. The teenager I sold it to got a good town runner with a few years of life left. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f80e597f4b.jpg - possible slogan for LCF forum |
A tenant of ours left his Toyota pickup truck on our property a few years ago, and we still have it. There is no engine in it, so I don't think we can sell it. This is in rural New York State.
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 20801275)
A tenant of ours left his Toyota pickup truck on our property a few years ago, and we still have it. There is no engine in it, so I don't think we can sell it. This is in rural New York State.
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At that time I was car free. Always worried about the bike locked to the door handle, but never ran into trouble with it. Showered at the local school gymnasium before work. Those days built fortitude and character, and would not trade them for a warm room now. Survived the winter and vowed to have a room somewhere before the next winter!
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Originally Posted by Son_Rising
(Post 20806934)
Bird Bath...all it takes is a good sledgehammer and the lower portion is good for a chicken house. It's a like a condo with a rooftop pool.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...904c82cf9a.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...df0a0be47e.jpg |
Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 20801275)
A tenant of ours left his Toyota pickup truck on our property a few years ago, and we still have it. There is no engine in it, so I don't think we can sell it. This is in rural New York State.
https://www.dougtylerandson.com/ |
Originally Posted by dedhed
(Post 20808413)
At a minimum recyclers will haul it away for free if not pay you cash.
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
(Post 20636596)
Or better yet, donate it as a gift to charity regardless of any tax deduction considerations.
I suspect the alleged tax break from a car donation to a charitable organization is a moot point for the would-be car free posters on this list who are not likely to have either the income or enough other legitimate deductions to get any tax benefit from the donation of a junker car. |
Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 20808612)
Thanks. That's what we're thinking of. We'll tell our friend to haul it away by X date, and if he doesn't, we'll call one of those haulers/scrappers.
The alternative is to get the local officials to declare it abandoned and maybe they will take care of getting it legally removed. |
Originally Posted by daoswald
(Post 20808639)
Wow, I'm surprised that didn't stir up more hostility. I thought living car free is a lifestyle choice that transcends income or education levels. There's no way I'll ever get to car free, but it is fun at least living reduced car dependent sometimes. And when I do, it's by choice.
If a poster on this list wishes to make a charitable donation of an "old parked car" (presumably a junker/beater low value vehicle) and can find a charitable organization that wants it, wonderful. It is unlikely that anyone on this list, LCF or otherwise, will find much if any tax benefit for such a charitable donation, and are probably fooling themselves if he/she thinks otherwise. |
My last car was a "hippie van" and the stereo in there was so much better than the stereo in my house that I would just hang out in there a couple hours after work on occasion. I had a TV in there as well. So my vote goes to "man cave" substitute. The van was set up like a camper, so it was quite comfortable.
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
(Post 20810051)
My last car was a "hippie van" and the stereo in there was so much better than the stereo in my house that I would just hang out in there a couple hours after work on occasion. I had a TV in there as well. So my vote goes to "man cave" substitute. The van was set up like a camper, so it was quite comfortable.
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Originally Posted by tandempower
(Post 20811627)
#?) Sound/media chamber: ultimate wrap-around headphones
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My wife keeps a car here in the city. I don't want one and don't need it. She parks it on the street. Free parking lasts two days, maximum, and then you have to move it for street cleaning, or you get a ticket or maybe even towed. So she moves it every day or two. The cleaning period is 1-1/2 hours, so parking spaces become rare for that period. Sometimes if she has nowhere to go, she sits in the car for the period to avoid getting a ticket.
She's traveling this weekend, so she left the car with me. The parking spot went bad at 11am, so I got in the car and looked for a spot. I didn't find one until 12:05, and it was 6/10 mile from home. I jumped on a Citi Bike which was right there. Ah, the things we do for love! So that's one thing you can do with an old parked car. :lol: |
edward kienholz made Art from them .. https://bamlive.s3.amazonaws.com/sty...?itok=uIsODwRo https://static01.nyt.com/images/2007.../dodgespan.jpg https://eastofborneo.org/wp-content/...4-830x660.jpeg
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If you ever paint a bike frame (I don't recommend this) then it's a good idea to leave it in a car, in the sun, with the windows closed, for a couple weeks, to bake on the finish.
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