Have you ever just ditched a vehicle?

I've done it 3x. I didn't give a shite, they were shitty cars and not worth the hassle.

First time was my first car, I drove it like a racecar and 4x4, I tore it to pieces. It was a POS after teenage me had it a couple years and something with the teeth on the timing chain or something associated with it broke, I don't remember what exactly. I just drove it to a shitty auto auction, left the keys in it, and hopped in a friend's car and left it there. I think it was parked there for almost a year.


The second time, I had gotten in a crash and due to my sketchy driving record and history of wrecks I didn't claim the damage on my insurance and paid out of pocket for the fix that should've totaled that truck out. So truck in the shop, I needed transportation to work and with $400 of my last $500 I bought a janky 1984 Lincoln Towncar, drove it for a couple months, got pulled over constantly because it was such a POS, then when it was time to get my truck out of the shop I drove the towncar there to get my truck and said frick going back to get that POS towncar.


The third time, that same dang truck broke down right before I was to leave for a summer internship. I made arrangements with a shop to fix it while I was gone, and that I'd be back 1/2 through my summer internship and pick it up, pay them, and either park it a friend's or give them some extra cash for a month's parking in their tow lot.

I show up, and they hadn't even began the repairs after a month. I go back to Cali, do really well in this gig, make some bonuses on top of a decent commission for the sales, and when I got back to Oklahoma I just bought another car straight cash and didn't even frick with the shop or that truck. I could've gotten it fixed and then sold it, but I wouldn't have got much more than the repairs would've cost me because they tacked on a bunch of shite that was questionable I thought. frick em, should've been done when I came to get it the first time. With the sesmester starting in a couple of days I didn't even want to hassle with the logistics of parking for a third vehicle.