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Snow mound for sale; owner will throw car in for free
By adamg on Fri, 02/13/2015 - 11:50am
Marta noticed this photo this morning accompanying a for-sale ad on Craigslist: $3,500 or best offer gets the snow and the 2004 Audi Avant S4 that is allegedly buried under it in Winchester. Here's a side photo of the snow mound.
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Im interested in the snow but
Im interested in the snow but not the car, I just came back from the bank, they told me I was approved for a 5.2 /30 year fix rate loan for the mound of snow. What grade is the snow? Is it polluted, any dog shit or urine on it, if so can the price be reduced.
Don't take that snow loan!
By spring time, you'll be underwater for sure!
By the time you have the snow
By the time you have the snow cleared away the chain tensioners will shatter and youll have to pull the engine out to fix it. Such a beautiful car too...
Check that out, space-saver fans
The owner doesn't need to put a cone out because they sprang for a place with a driveway!
Yeah
But they forgot to put their car in the garage.
I pine for a garage. Any time I see a car in the driveway when there is a garage, I wince. And yes, I do know there are good reasons why it happens sometimes. And no, storage is not one of them.
So you get to clear MORE snow??
Why? You would have to remove MORE snow to clear a route all the way from road to garage.
When it's going to snow a lot, we park the car at the very bottom of the drive, as close to the road as possible. We can (if necessary) get the car out & in with a minimum of shoveling, and the rest of the drive can be cleared at our own pace, over a couple of days.
Of course this person didn't do that - and ends up with the worst of both worlds, with nearly as much shoveling as if it were in the garage but still the need to clear off the car itself.
I grew up in northern NH with a garage that held the wood supply, tractor with snow blower, and extra freezer, so our cars were always outside by necessity. It really does make a major difference having those things inside - especially the wood. Not so the cars. During our first few winters in CT my husband used our garage, and the main result was salty water all over the garage floor.
We think differently
We have a driveway that is 2 cars wide and about 1.5 cars long. Every storm, I insist upon parking as close to the back as possible. Why? The back is a retaining wall (like the sides) and my theory is that each storm, the snow pile in the back will get progressively deeper until the cars are blocking the sidewalk. By keeping them in the back, I feel I'm stemming the tide.
I hate cleaning the cars off, but clearing pathways is no big deal for me, especially with the electric snow blower. If I had a decent gas model, I could probably bear a 50 foot driveway. As for the road poop, I'd get one of those squeegees like the Celtcs use and sweep it back where it belongs. If only!
To shovel or To sell
That is the question. Honestly, that looks like way more than a $3,500 shoveling effort (estimated using minimum wage and Boston taxes) so i'd probably make the same decision as this owner.
Plus, no car means no space savers, shoveling, car insurance payments, gas, inspections, environmental pollution, ice scraping, parking issues, driving people around, or shoveling. One could buy a pretty decent bike with snow tires for about $3,500.