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Todays beater car inspection was a good one.

Walk out to car, both outer door handles broken off. Climb in through back seat, twist key,, click, click, click..
Get out of car, forget about handles, and close door . Go in shop, grab jumper pack, run back up in parking lot. Climb back into car through back seat . Reach under dash to unlock hood, pull on the release, and nothing happens.
Repeat the exit and enter vehicle and run in shop for light . Come back out, to find no more hood release cable under the dash anyomre. I find it zip tied under the grill. Open hood, jump car, climb in to pull into shop, no brakes, no power steering, and all sorts of horrible noises coming from the rear suspension area . Get it up in the air, and the frame is rusted through, it has none , zero , no brakes, metal on metal on all 4, and no fliuid in the resevoir .
340 k on a toyota avalon.
I try not to take **** jobs like this, but wifey got fooled on the phone. Car is still carrying a current inspection sticker .( not mine )
She drove it right up to the point where the brake lines failed .
I was mildly entertained , I just hope they tow it out quick. Cannot believe the stuff people drive sometimes .
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