Thanks - I was thinking the same thing too. IIRC, this earlier mesh wheel was also on both models with a different center cap - it’s actually the very same cap with only the emblem on it being different. It was also present on the old IIHS side impact sled before they fattened and raised it to be more representative…

“Pick and Pull” is a chain of self-service yards.  DVAP is definitely not a self-service yard.  

Yeah, doesnt make it any less annoying.

Yesli vy dumayete, chto nenavidite seychas, podozhdite, poka ne poyedete na nem!

Any story BEFORE slideshows (which unironically this will become) and those with over a dozen backlinks to mostly unrelated content.

They keep using the word “mall”. I do not think it means what they think it means. 

Not that able-bodied people don’t also deserve to not be ripped off, it’s especially scummy to do this to people that need these vehicles.  Worst of the worst.

All “You should have had this independently inspected” aside, a quick look at their Google reviews shows this place isnt a stranger to this crap.

My last Cars and Coffee had SIX Slide Titles.  I’m so sick of them too.

I mostly hate these mall crawlers anyway, but those with this particular “mod” trigger me. I was unable to find a picture showing this, but picture this with no tire on the spare wheel - WTF?!? I have seen enough of these to suspect that it’s intentional and not the result of a tire failure - they’re not ripping them…

YOU ONLY MOVED THE CONTROL MODULES!

In my perfect world, any vehicle that contained a fatality would be crushed. Parts from this shouldnt find their way to others.

Holy crap - the title drug this memory out of the depths - Godzilla Ate Tukwila

I have a couple baconator-level purchases, but that was decades ago when you could easily get a driver for a couple hundred, so I’ll pick my current daily - a 2007 Mazda 5 with a manual trans. I paid $1500 for it 2 years ago with a busted engine and spent another grand putting a super low mileage 2.5 out of a Ford…

Key point not mentioned is that these tires typically operate around 200 PSI.  Seems to me that standard procedure would be to at least partially deflate them before removing.  Might not have mattered here but thats a lot of pressure looking for somewhere else to be...

Cut my van into pieces

I left a 10 foot python in a Sheetz bathroom once.

Those voice record players were the coolest. Murilee Martin playing around with one:

Fuck!  Put a warning on that shit! 

Yep - I hate auto for that exact reason.  I have the windows cracked way more than full down.