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Old 09-24-2023, 04:56 AM
 
Location: Durham, NC
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Ugh. I know this seems like a petty issue. but why is there such a lack of response from anyone to deal with vehicles that have been abandoned on public property? Vehicles will sit on the side of the road for days, weeks, even months before they're finally removed. Why? Is there some sort of financial incentive to not deal with them in a timely manner?
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Old 09-25-2023, 05:34 PM
 
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it is not legally abondoned until the 11th day.
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Old 09-25-2023, 07:17 PM
 
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The price of cars being what it is these days, I'm surprised anybody's abandoning their vehicles.
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Old 09-26-2023, 06:28 AM
 
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The price of cars being what it is these days, I'm surprised anybody's abandoning their vehicles.
I often go to the LKQ salvage yard and I'm always amazed to find perfectly good looking cars that aren't wrecked and wonder why they're being scrapped. I'm sure some of it is mechanical related, but those vehicles can be repaired and have some useful life left in them. I always say that every car has a story of how it ended up there, but at the same time it's a sad reflection on the huge amount of waste being generated by our society for the sake of monetary logic.
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Old 09-26-2023, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Why do abandoned/broken-down vehicles always have a white towel or bag hanging out the window? I haven't ever seen that until I moved to NC.
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Old 09-26-2023, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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It's in the handbook. You're supposed to do it if you've broken down and need assistance. Largely a product of a time before cell phones.
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Old 09-26-2023, 08:28 AM
 
Location: NC
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The price of cars being what it is these days, I'm surprised anybody's abandoning their vehicles.
The price of cars being what it is these days, I'm surprised they have not been stollen off the side of the road. (Must not be Hyundai's and Kia's...)
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Old 09-26-2023, 11:44 AM
 
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The price of cars being what it is these days, I'm surprised they have not been stollen off the side of the road. (Must not be Hyundai's and Kia's...)
Years ago during my first business trip to New York I remember seeing cars on the side of the highway with their windows all busted out and all four tires missing....so things could get a lot worse around here.
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Old 09-27-2023, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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I often go to the LKQ salvage yard and I'm always amazed to find perfectly good looking cars that aren't wrecked and wonder why they're being scrapped. I'm sure some of it is mechanical related, but those vehicles can be repaired and have some useful life left in them. I always say that every car has a story of how it ended up there, but at the same time it's a sad reflection on the huge amount of waste being generated by our society for the sake of monetary logic.
I guess the frames and damaged panels are waste, but the very concept of an LKQ is to minimize waste.
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