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01/09/2026 1:27 am
2007 Ford Edge. This one is near and dear...actually just near, like across the street. This Edge has been sitting in the driveway for three years. When I asked the neighbor about it, she said they stopped driving it because they didn't need two cars. A few months ago I wheeled my compressor over there to air up the tire, but it had split and wouldn't take any air. So there it sits, deteriorating in the California sun.
01/09/2026 2:56 am
ridiculous! Why not sell it?
01/09/2026 5:09 am
@geoff-jowett wait my thought exactly unless they don't have a solid title for it🤔
01/09/2026 5:38 am
Wouldn't take too much to get it back to decent shape. They may just be afraid to sell for fear things in the household might change and they may need a 2nd car again. And perhaps they do not have the money, yet, to properly fix it.
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01/09/2026 10:26 am
They've owned it since new, so it probably has a clear title. Money's not an issue. I've given them a name of a local body shop to fix the paint and they seemed interested, but I think it's not a priority for them at the present time. It's just easier to do nothing.
01/09/2026 10:41 am
Unless they really want to keep it, they could donate it to a charity and get a tax write off. My girl friend and I did it several times with vehicles that looked worse then that.
01/09/2026 11:30 am
Hope the car survives ok, or goes honorably to automobile heaven somewhere.
01/09/2026 12:17 pm
Sad to see a car going to waste, or for that matter, anything being wasted.
John Bono
North Jersey
01/09/2026 3:50 pm
@pete-rovero Pete, I think you nailed it..."it's easier to do nothing", of course having the neighbors look at it doesn't enter their minds.
02/09/2026 6:15 pm
I agree. We've done the same.💯😊Unless they really want to keep it, they could donate it to a charity and get a tax write off. My girl friend and I did it several times with vehicles that looked worse then that.
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02/09/2026 8:36 pm
I’ve given 2 cars to Dallas Can Academy..a school teaching young folks about mechanical stuff;
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David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
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