Reply #17: My SO and I drive a 1978 full size Ford Van that SO was rewarded from her divorce [View All]

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It has 107,000 miles on it doesn't leak or burn oil, has no knocks or odd sounds coming from under the hood, but Michigan winters have pretty much ate the body. I do most of the repairs on the van and what I get is why don't you get a job doing auto repairs? They don't see what I go through for 2 to 4 weeks after spending a few hours under the hood or under the van, but because I can keep the van running, I can work, wtf? I wonder how many of them would attempt to fix their vehicles if it meant that a few hours worth of work = up to 4 weeks of looking at their feet because the pain in the back makes it impossible to stand up right?

Oh yeah handi capped parking, we have a state plate instead of the window hanger permit, nothing like having people point out the handi capped sign for the space your parked in, then see the same people get into their car parked in a handi capped space with neither the permit or plate. LOL