A common custom here in the Southern United States is to have your yard littered with old cars that won’t run. Through a combination of excessive agreeableness and excessive laziness, I had two old junkers on my property until recently: my old 2006 Dodge Caravan, and a late colleague’s 2003 Saturn L200.
I commemorated the departure of both vehicles before the junk car guy came and picked them up (and I pocketed a sweet $240 for each of them). Here are those short videos:
2006 Dodge Caravan Prepares for Its Last Ride
That van had nearly 230,000 miles on it, and it took me all over the Southeastern United States in its prime. It was a gift from my grandparents when I graduated college in 2006, and was the absolutely most stripped-down model of minivan possible—no cruise control, no power anything. But, dang, it was a great vehicle while it lasted.
2003 Saturn L200 Prepares for Its Last Ride
A colleague of mine had this old Saturn parked at our school, and the headmaster told him he had to get it off-campus. He asked if he could have it towed to my place, and it’s been sitting in my yard for probably five years.
I delicately asked my colleague—who was quite elderly and an avid smoker—what would become of the vehicle should he pass away while it was still in my possession. He proclaimed it to be “found property” and that I could dispose of it as I wished.
The legal reality was a bit more complicated, but his daughters eventually found the title and I sold it for scrap. Now my yard looks slightly less authentic, but a lot cleaner.
Happy Friday!
—TPP
The Portly Politico 
It’s weird what one considers old in tech. I drive a 2006 Vectra and she handles like a dream. I’ve managed to get her through 5 MOTs relatively cheap and aside from one or two fixable issues, she should glide through July’s service.
We’ve got a pre Millennium PS2 which still works. If you treat your stuff well, they’ll last. Here’s to hoping our car lasts another 20 years.
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That is the key. Sadly, preventative maintenance has never been my strong suit. The net effect is that I tend to make broken things “work” for far longer than they should! Kudos on your sweet 2006 ride still gliding like a dream! How many miles do you have on it?
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Nearly 120,000. I imagine if we lived in the States, driving cross country in a land significantly larger than ours, it’d be 3 times that amount. For perspective, it had 94k on the clock when I bought it.
Anyway, we’ve just put Lego Masters (Oz) on the tele. There’s a US version of the show too – we haven’t watched it but we’d expect you to be on it! 😉
Later dude.
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WHOA! Yes, that is the difference—my 2006 Dodge Caravan was brand-new when I got it, and I put 223,000-ish miles on it between 2006 and 2020, when I largely stopped driving it regularly. By comparison, you you’ve but barely 30,000 miles on the car in all those years. You definitely have to have a car in the United States, at least outside of a major city like New York City. It’s normal for us to drive one or two hours on a regular basis—even daily for work!
Oh, cool! I need to check that out.
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Check out the Aussie version on Prime. They’ve got daft stuff like building Lego and blowing it up. Me and Tina are sick and wrong – our ideas would never be shown on TV, ever! 😂😂
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