I have one sitting in my garage right now that had a small interior fire due to a cheap import USB charger. It’s a 5.9L though, and runs good. Not even worth stripping the interior, dropping in a random pair of front seats and cheap-ass marine carpet, and making into a ‘fucking around’ truck because it would need new…

Except oil sludging really bad. And if it overheats once and isn’t immediately shutdown/taken care of, the engine warps, pops it’s headgaskets, and is done for. They also seem to have valve-train issues and abnormal cylinder wall/ring wear.

Kit’s got it right. It may have already been on a salvage title like mine was, and just didn’t have any value at all left in it. Mine would run and drive all day, but its electrical issues meant that it could not pass a state inspection, so every drive was begging for a $180 ticket that couldn’t be just a…

It’s also missing the back window. If it was missing for a while and stored outside, I’m sure the interior smells like rotting roadkill.

Right now it costs more to process automotive scrap than it’s worth so a lot of yards are charging to take cars, which oddly makes your argument more compelling.

Hmm... there are a few weak points, but they are actually very capable. the 5.9L versions can tow like monsters (7500lbs) and are pretty decent as expedition style offroad vehicles when built up some. The interior materials are crap, no doubt, and lots of components tend to fail (door latches, window motors, etc.) But…

With visible fender rot? I kinda doubt it.

Meh, a durango of this vintage goes for around 1500 dollars retail around here. Less if its damaged in any way (interior removed for auction after a crime, etc.) This one has OBVIOUS fender well rust. Probably a northern car with an already shot set of control arms, rotted balljoints, worn suspension, and barely…

How to destroy a Durango in 60 seconds. Yep, I’m shocked at the stupidity for sure, but I didn’t see it “handle” anything.

Lotta saturn Ion hate. While not a great car, it does have the ecotec in its various incarnations, and can be had as the redline. Take care of it, and that car will HAPPILY drive a great many miles. Cheap to maintain, parts are everywhere, solid mechanicals, and a complete lack of style, while getting pretty decent…

GIVE a middle finger? PLEASE. They charge for that.

Alaska Airlines is now officially my favorite airline. THEY ACTUALLY ADJUSTED TIME AND FLIGHT PATH FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!

Compared to the rest of the Jeep, that brake line is a goddam masterpiece.

Airplane air is not recycled at all. It is actually completely changed out of the aircraft every 3-4 minutes. They have these oddly handy, ENORMOUS air pumps called Jet Engines.

Many of them never had a choice, because of where they were born. Into poverty. I’m talking about a handup, not a handout. My primary job these days is on the board of a community credit union that serves high poverty areas in the delta of Mississippi.

Nah, the guns are cheap. They would be bought through straw purchases, scrubbed of serial numbers, and smuggled if the cartels wanted them. While criminals are, of course, criminals, in this case, it seems to be not-well-funded local gang style crime. Mexican gun runners don’t need the attention of an illegal smash…

You balance security with accessibility, and customer appeal in the end. if your shops is as secure as fort knox but doesn’t get attention or look professional, you won’t have a lot of customers. People like display windows.

I was just surprised that it seemed to be no more secure than an electronics store. Meanwhile, every dispensary I’ve been to had two sets of steel doors with electric deadbolts and heavy security between them. The only time I recall someone pulling off a heist on one, was when this group of people drove a truck…

The 3.6L Pentastar is a super tough engine that clearly is made for maintenance idiots.

Security here seemed pretty decent. heavy bars on the doors, high grade surveillance, most likely functional security alarm (hence the ‘speed’ with which they moved.) The front of the store is protected from direct impact by concrete barriers (they look like benches, but are clearly overbuilt, with angled and formed…