I think we may have a new track record here, folks

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 11/08/2018 at 16:07 • Filed to: Yep it's bent

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I stole these pics from the Gambler 500-Illinois FB group, and put the poster of them as the photo credit .

Anyways, I’ve seen a lot of stuff, but this is regadamndiculous. You’ll never hear me argue for inspections, but any cop should be able to impound this piece of shit.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:14

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Holy shit. How is that thing still driveable?

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:15

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How desperate do you have to become to even take to the roads with such a death trap?

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:15

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those look like wisconsin plates. all that cheese will make a frame sag

atfsgeoff > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:16

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Someone put that poor truck out of its misery.

CalzoneGolem > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/08/2018 at 16:16

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*looks down at gut*

Yup ... it checks out.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:19

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Well, the building with the green roof on the right side of the top photo *IS* the Antioch Police Department...

Chuckles > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:20

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Makes me glad to live in a state with safety inspections.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 11/08/2018 at 16:20

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Or stupid.

Or methy.

shop-teacher > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/08/2018 at 16:21

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*golf clap*

shop-teacher > atfsgeoff 11/08/2018 at 16:21

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Seriously!

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 11/08/2018 at 16:21

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Like a rock baby!

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 16:22

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Oh the sweet sweet irony!

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:25

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My dad lives in Williams Bay, WI - so I drive the rural WI roads just over the border from Antioch. I’ve never seen anything this bad, but there are a LOT of old GM (and Ford/Mopar) cockroaches along those roads.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 16:27

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Yeah, no doubt.  This thing is next level though.

TheRealBicycleBuck > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:30

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Stancelife, one corner at a time. As soon as he can afford it, he’ll lower the left-rear, then the right-front, then the left-front. It will only take three more paychecks.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > atfsgeoff 11/08/2018 at 16:31

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All you would have to do is put the right load in the bed and im sure it would work itself out lol.

CobraJoe > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:31

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Which of those straws broke its back?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:33

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I enjoy that it looks like some effort was put into cleaning up the wheel arch rust and probably the rocker rust as well. Like putting lipstick on a parapalegic pig! Hitting a speed bump or a pothole too hard with some stuff in the bed would probably break the damn thing in half. I want to see how long it would last on a bumpy dirt road.

ranwhenparked > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 16:33

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Yes, but, the truck is sitting parked, which means the driver isn't speeding or on his phone, and, as far as I know, those are the only vehicular laws there are. Or, at least, those are the only two that are enforced. 

vicali > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:34

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just driving along..

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:34

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Here in Ohio, we just call that “some asshole’s daily driver.”

WilliamsSW > ranwhenparked 11/08/2018 at 16:35

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Wait they enforce the phone one by you? Wow - way stricter than here.

Seriously - the number of cars that I see that I *know* have Bluetooth, yet the goofball driving is holding their phone like it was a piece of pizza around here...

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:38

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Oh yeah - I almost think that the frame isn’t bent, but broken.

facw > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 11/08/2018 at 16:39

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I’m wondering if the driveshaft is the only thing holding it together.

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:41

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I almost thought that was your truck! But yours is a GMC, right? (better shape, too, I’ m sure ...)

facw > Chuckles 11/08/2018 at 16:42

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Yep, I’m not thrilled about the potential for abuse, but really it’s worth it to keep some of these deathtraps off the road. I’m frankly surprised insurance doesn’t require inspections in states where the state does not. I sure wouldn’t want to be on the hook for the damages when that thing breaks in half at speed.

Nom De Plume > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 16:43

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The rural roads clogged with $200K SUV and classic cars probably worth even more yet? Some poor folk habitating in that there area. I’m half kidding. For the most part the wealth is pretty low key.

The once rock solid farm vehicles are a mainstay of roads around there.  

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > facw 11/08/2018 at 16:47

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Do you really think that is insured?

WilliamsSW > Nom De Plume 11/08/2018 at 16:48

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In Lake Geneva (or going back and forth between LG and the city), sure - I meant the farmland between I94 and LG.

That’s mostly pickup trucks, 90's LeSabres, Grand Prixs, Tauruses, G6's etc etc.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:51

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Something something “new Chevy wider frame resists twisting better” something.

facw > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/08/2018 at 16:51

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Not really, and if it is, I would expect it to be insured for the comically-low state minimum, but I’d still expect insurance companies to be interested in whether or not they are insuring this sort of junk.  

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:52

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For a brief moment I nearly had a heart attack thinking you took your beautiful truck off a jump or something. Then I saw the WI plates.

I’m not sure what makes me shake my head worse, this truck that’s clearly held together with hopes and dreams or the stanced Lexus IS I see every winter plowing snow with its scraping front bumper.

MonkeePuzzle > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 16:57

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Berang > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:02

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That’s the power of steel, baby

Y2K996Cab > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:11

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U-Haul tried to rent me a 16 foot box truck on a GMC chassis with a frame bent so bad the box was jammed against the back of the cab. They couldn’t understand why I wanted a different truck. Can I get out of the greys, please?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:13

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What is this the Wisconsin version of “Carolina Squat”.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 17:23

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That is an excellent description of the way people hold their “hands free” phones!  I’m totally stealing that!

shop-teacher > facw 11/08/2018 at 17:23

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Dat slip-yoke yo!

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle 11/08/2018 at 17:24

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BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 11/08/2018 at 17:25

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Oh no, that’s not happening!  My truck is safely rusting away in the parking lot.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 11/08/2018 at 17:25

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Yeah, mine is a GMC, and a crew cab, and in WAY better shape :)

shop-teacher > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/08/2018 at 17:26

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HAAA!!!!

shop-teacher > CobraJoe 11/08/2018 at 17:26

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The one on top, I reckon.

shop-teacher > Berang 11/08/2018 at 17:26

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That’s the power of iron oxide!

Nom De Plume > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 17:26

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I was just being a smart aleck.  Unpretentious vehicles past their prime are by far the rule not the exception.  

shop-teacher > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/08/2018 at 17:26

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The Wisconsin bend!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:28

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The worst I’ve seen was a early nineties Taurus with the back bumper dragging, because the stru towers were gone, and back doors so rusted that if it wasn’t for the interior door panels you’d be able to see through it.

I think this tops that

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:31

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I’ll be honest - I stole it myself, maybe from a Jalopnik article or something.  Can’t recall the source, but I love it! 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 17:47

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how do you do for real world mileage?  as you might have heard I need a new truck, maybe replace both the yota and the cargo fargo with a full size truck,  but I have a fuel economy fetish (dodge nitro is not efficient) Is yours a 4.8?  Driven by grownups I’ve heard they’re pretty good. 

WilliamsSW > Nom De Plume 11/08/2018 at 18:05

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Ah - well, you do see a lot of MB/BMW SUV’s around LG. Not 200k, but pricey.

Are you in SE WI?

ranwhenparked > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 18:40

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I swear, if I was a cop, I’d win the Spirit of Philadelphia dinner cruise every quarter, or whatever the recognition is for exceeding quota. Tailgating - ticket, overweight - ticket, unsecured load - ticket, headlight out - ticket, tampering with/deactivating required emissions equipment - ticket, tires wider than body work - ticket. You’ve got to think outside the box, there’s a whole lot of untapped potential out there. 

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/08/2018 at 18:42

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That's still pretty good!

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 18:49

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It is a 4.8. I’m a bit of a lead foot, so I get 14-15 around town. Highway only I typically see 17-18, 19 isn’t unheard of. I did once get the EPA rating of 21 highway. I did an entire day of steady state cruising at 58 mph.

Nom De Plume > WilliamsSW 11/08/2018 at 18:58

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I spent some time in the area.  Saw quite a few sides of life out there and got to know some interesting people.  Very few flashy or ostentatious vehicles.

EngineerWithTools > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 20:26

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Bwaaaahahahaha!

Antioch is my home town, for better or worse. That, ahem, thing, is parked in front of the Piggly Wiggly in the picture. I wonder if it’s still there. I’ll have to drive past in the morning.

WilliamsSW’s route to W illiams Bay is similar to mine into work... can confirm a large number of quietly decomposing vehicles in this area. (None in my lawn, thank you.)

shop-teacher > EngineerWithTools 11/08/2018 at 21:13

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Please report back whether or not it's still there tomorrow :)

shop-teacher > Y2K996Cab 11/08/2018 at 21:19

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I hereby ungrey you!

Ugh, Uhaul. I got a 16' Sierra from Uhaul once that was quite a shit-show. It wasn’t as bad as the one they tried to stick you in, but it sure sucked. The cab door  bushings were so worn out, the wind resistence from the box attic peeled the top of the door frame back so badly, I could see light through where the door was supposed to shut against the A-pillar.

CobraJoe > shop-teacher 11/09/2018 at 00:44

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I get a feeling they kept piling on even after hearing the gruesome snap...

shop-teacher > CobraJoe 11/09/2018 at 07:18

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Good point. They had clearly run out of fucks to give.

EngineerWithTools > shop-teacher 11/09/2018 at 10:48

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Disappointingly, it’ s gone. I’m surprised; it doesn’t look drivable!

shop-teacher > EngineerWithTools 11/09/2018 at 11:18

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I had a feeling somebody would still be driving it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 11/11/2018 at 11:48

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#toomuchrally