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Post subject: Re: Cars, trucks, SUV’s, vehicles, automobiles … you know, c
Posted: Fri April 15, 2022 5:05 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14542 Location: Space City
One of the joys of automotive passion is that it comes in endless forms. Whether an old Camry wagon stirs the soul or it's a Porsche 911 that awakens the senses, there are niches for nearly every type of person. That includes garbage trucks.
Earlier this year, we wrote about a boy who developed a relationship with the workers who disposed of the household's trash, and he's not alone. The kids' fascination with the garbage truck is just one example in a sea of similar circumstances. Kids just love garbage trucks, and The Atlantic recently wrote a piece exploring why.
Reporter Ashley Fetters went to extensive lengths to find out exactly what it is about waste vehicles that's so particularly intriguing. She talked to kids, parents, workers and experts and collected potential reasons for the common connection. Some believe it's the natural human draw to routine. Kids enjoy things they can rely on and count on, and waste workers never miss a stop.
Another guess is that kids simply enjoy knocking things over or emptying things out of containers. There's a reason they have smiles on their faces when they're dumping those Lincoln Logs out of the box or spilling the mac and cheese out of its bowl. A possible third reason could be the vehicles' inherent uniqueness. Kids are likely drawn to dump trucks, fire trucks and garbage trucks because they're so massive, look entirely different than any other car on the road, and have all sorts of attachments and moving parts. Children live off of curiosity, so it makes sense to find joy in wonderment about these weird noisy trucks with people hanging off the sides. Even that could be a reason. Who doesn't like zipping through the open air?
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Post subject: Re: Cars, trucks, SUV’s, vehicles, automobiles … you know, c
Posted: Fri April 15, 2022 5:09 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm Posts: 16618
washing machine wrote:
One of the joys of automotive passion is that it comes in endless forms. Whether an old Camry wagon stirs the soul or it's a Porsche 911 that awakens the senses, there are niches for nearly every type of person. That includes garbage trucks.
Earlier this year, we wrote about a boy who developed a relationship with the workers who disposed of the household's trash, and he's not alone. The kids' fascination with the garbage truck is just one example in a sea of similar circumstances. Kids just love garbage trucks, and The Atlantic recently wrote a piece exploring why.
Reporter Ashley Fetters went to extensive lengths to find out exactly what it is about waste vehicles that's so particularly intriguing. She talked to kids, parents, workers and experts and collected potential reasons for the common connection. Some believe it's the natural human draw to routine. Kids enjoy things they can rely on and count on, and waste workers never miss a stop.
Another guess is that kids simply enjoy knocking things over or emptying things out of containers. There's a reason they have smiles on their faces when they're dumping those Lincoln Logs out of the box or spilling the mac and cheese out of its bowl. A possible third reason could be the vehicles' inherent uniqueness. Kids are likely drawn to dump trucks, fire trucks and garbage trucks because they're so massive, look entirely different than any other car on the road, and have all sorts of attachments and moving parts. Children live off of curiosity, so it makes sense to find joy in wonderment about these weird noisy trucks with people hanging off the sides. Even that could be a reason. Who doesn't like zipping through the open air?
i love this so much.
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Post subject: Re: Cars, trucks, SUV’s, vehicles, automobiles … you know, c
Posted: Thu April 28, 2022 4:33 am
mXn
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 4:32 am Posts: 20884 Location: Surrounded by Wokes. Please send help.
We have a 2017 SUV that we got in 2020 and it had about 50k miles on it.
2 years later it has about 56k miles. Mrs. Bam doesn’t drive much.
Anyway there was a fuel line issue (cool!) that was repaired under warranty last year. Recently the mileage/fuel economy has been terrible. Took it back to dealer, after nearly a month they finally finished fixing it. Had to take the whole engine out, replace a bunch of little things. I am starting to worry it’s a lemon but I don’t know much about cars. This was also under warranty. Would have been about $5,000 otherwise.
While there the dealership texted me about needing the brakes worked on, too. Not under warranty. I said hold off on that so my regular mechanic can look at it.
He looked yesterday, no brake work needed in his opinion. I trust him completely. He would never charge me for anything that isn’t necessary.
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