Monday, October 23, 2017
Cruncholeth
Purely local observation.
Before 1980 it was fairly common to see cars rumbling around with unrepaired crash damage. In recent decades the sight is much less common.
Since I haven't owned a car in recent decades I don't know why this changed. Better construction doesn't explain it. Modern cars are more fragile than pre-1980 cars. Less steel, more plastic. Better brakes and handling would be a more likely explanation.
This year the trend seems to have reversed. Now I'm seeing a considerable number of crunched and wrinkled cars driving around unrepaired.
Last winter was hard on everything including cars. The infinitely brainless and infinitely evil copkilling "city" dysgovernment totally failed to plow the roads and apply
so the roads were a skating rink for 6 months.
That could account for the increased wrinkles and crunches, but doesn't account for the decreased ability to repair the damage.
Incomes are dropping and other costs are rising. Did those curves cross at a critical point this year?
Or is this parallel to the roofs that remained tarped for several years because roof repairmen were overloaded by two major windstorms? Were body shops overbooked, forcing drivers to skip repairs after the insurance "timely claim" limit expired?
so the roads were a skating rink for 6 months.
That could account for the increased wrinkles and crunches, but doesn't account for the decreased ability to repair the damage.
Incomes are dropping and other costs are rising. Did those curves cross at a critical point this year?
Or is this parallel to the roofs that remained tarped for several years because roof repairmen were overloaded by two major windstorms? Were body shops overbooked, forcing drivers to skip repairs after the insurance "timely claim" limit expired?Labels: Leth
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