car owner virus

Our friend has car-owner-virus (say it quickly)

@JudyEv (382240)

Rockingham, Australia

March 10, 2020 11:31pm CST

Our friend in Hobart, Tasmania, has ‘carownervirus’. Some people can’t help collecting cars. From time to time, we see backyards or paddocks on farms crammed with cars of all descriptions. You have to wonder how many ever get restored to anything like their former glory. Our friend must have 30 or 40 tucked under trees here and there all over his five acres. Now he is building a big shed to hold them all – or at least some of them. He’d need a warehouse to hold them all. He and Vince once planned to import a container load of MGBs from America and convert them to right-hand-drive before selling them. It’s probably a good thing that the idea didn’t get off the ground.

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@rebelann (117244)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Mar 20

A friend of mine threatened to divorce her husband because he kept bringing home old fixemuppers until her back yard was full of cars. The house she was renting sat on 5,500 square feet of land so that didn't leave much space for a back yard. Does your friend plan to turn them into planters?

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@rebelann (117244)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Mar 20

Yep, thats what her husband used to do until she threatened to divorce him @JudyEv

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

I forgot to say the photo was at a tiny town in WA. He will fix at least some of them but of course each one takes time and money - and meanwhile more bargains keep turning up!

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

@rebelann Fair enough. I might have done the same.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

11 Mar 20

You need a good budget to be infected by this passionate virus.

And definitely a big space too.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He is building a big shed now which will house at least a few of them.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

@arunima25 I guess over time he hopes to do them all up and slowly sell them.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

12 Mar 20

@JudyEv He really needs a big space. But what will he do with so many cars?? Does he have a future plan or business idea??

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Mar 20

I agree. It's a good thing it didn't take off as planned or you might have cars all over your property.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

15 Mar 20

@JudyEv I feel the same way.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 20

I love building things but I'm not so keen on working on cars.

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@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

11 Mar 20

That is a very expensive virus. Maybe he can build a museum for all his cars.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He is building a shed for them but I forgot to put that in my discussion!

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

@thelme55 I think he will do them up one at a time and maybe sell them. He needs a shed so he can work on them easily.

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@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

11 Mar 20

@JudyEv I see. Maybe some people come to see his cars.

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@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 20

That is a kind of rare passion I guess.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

Yes, he can't resist a cheap car although the ones he has are expensive models but he buys them cheaply.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 20

@amitkokiladitya That's very true.

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@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 20

@JudyEv but still such passion is only for those who have enough money

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Mar 20

This is an old car. Kind of cool in black and white.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

I forgot to say this car was at a tiny town in WA and didn't belong to our friend. Vince likes playing around with his photos and some look really good in black and white.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Mar 20

@JudyEv I like doing the same with photos.

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@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

11 Mar 20

lol Probably or your ten acres might be filled with 80 or 100 vehicles lol

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

Luckily we're not into buying old cars. I think they look really messy cluttering up a yard. Or a paddock!

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@wolfgirl569 (135819)

• Marion, Ohio

11 Mar 20

My uncle used to. But that was a cheap supply of parts for him as he repaired for people.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

The scrap yards here charge a small fortune for spare parts off wrecks. It's quite a lucrative business.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

11 Mar 20

We call them rednecks here. So unsightly.

My brother’s first car was an MG. Too bad he got rid of it.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

11 Mar 20

@JudyEv That is a good thing!

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

I forgot to add our friend has just started building a shed to put some of them in so that's a good thing.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

11 Mar 20

I suppose we all need a hobby, but cars sounds expensive and you need a lot of room! I'll stick with board games

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

Do you collect them? Our son in Ireland has a heap and plays quite regularly with his friends. Now, he has joined a chess club and they go round the country playing in tournaments although that may all stop for a while now.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

12 Mar 20

@JudyEv I have a fair collection of board games, which is split between the front and bedrooms. I really should have a count and see how many I have.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

11 Mar 20

Is it legal?

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

Yes, it's legal. He buys them cheaply and restores them then sells them for a good profit.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

11 Mar 20

@JudyEv I know a friend here who do that and they are successful

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@LindaOHio (222534)

• United States

11 Mar 20

I'm glad they didn't attempt the MGB project! He will never be able to restore 30 or 40 cars!

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

I agree but at least it will keep him out of more mischief - while he's fixing up cars.

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@LindaOHio (222534)

• United States

12 Mar 20

@JudyEv That's true.

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@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

11 Mar 20

I know a guy like that too. Well he tries to be like that but he doesn't have enough land so he only has I think it is 16 cars waiting to be restored. Most of them been sitting at least 15 years now. He does work on them when he has time and motivation. I think in the last 15 years that I have known him he has actually finished I think it been 3 or 4. Of course he has since replaced all of those with others that he is going to get around to.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

This is the same story with this guy. He does restored some from time to time. But then a really good 'bargain' will come his way and he buys another.

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@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

11 Mar 20

@JudyEv LOL, yep sound the same here.

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (66063)

• Serbia

11 Mar 20

We have a lot of car waste here. A few meters from my house, there are two brothers who have been working with auto waste for years, I can't even describe what their yard looks like.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 20

Sometimes they make money from selling the parts from wrecks. But such yards always look untidy.

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@rsa101 (40987)

• Philippines

11 Mar 20

He just collects and let it rot in his lot? I can understand those that collects and restore them and keeps them safe from deteriorating. But for those that only collects and let them rot in their farms I would asky why would they do that?

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He does restore one from time to time as he gets time but he still has a great many to go. He is building a shed for them now.

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@maezee (41985)

• United States

11 Mar 20

Oh my. Maybe they could open up a museum or something or forgotten cars. I have never been in the habit of collecting cars, but then again, I have very limited space, living in a city.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He is gradually doing them up and getting them driveable again and then he sells them. But he has a few too many I think.

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@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)

• China

11 Mar 20

I know nothing about the collecting cars business.Has he made any profit on it ?

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He seems to have the knack of buying them very cheaply. When he eventually gets one restored he does make quite a bit of money on it.

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@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

11 Mar 20

There are places like that over here also.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

He gets one done up from time to time and makes a tidy profit on them.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

11 Mar 20

sorry some cars don't like driving on the wrong side of the road :-) man, I really need a smart aleck filter today.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Mar 20

Haha. There are a lot of them in the US.