I have a 99 Subaru. The clear coat is about 1/3 gone and continuing to peel off. Rust is not a big concern in my area.

If I was to anything about I’d grab another hood in the same color from the junk yard. I know one of the local yards (https://www.picknpull.com) currently has a potential candidate I can pickup for $65. I’ve used the same yard to pickup various bits & pieces previously.

It is a cry for help.

Sounds like union territory. Which IBEW local is that?

I don’t even want to try to guess the price if it is on BaT.

https://lemmy.world/c/aww
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I’ve checked a few times since using them and they are always out. They used to have a listing for Pro as well but that is gone.

I used The Swap Club to replace my wife’s AirPods about six months ago but since then they always seem sold out.

I read there reasoning and believed it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/nyregion/new-recycle-bins-stop-a-long-habit.html

Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

I was there when it started.

Clean paper and cardboard are easily recyclable and worth money. I first figured this out over 30 years ago while taking commuter trains into NYC.

There were approximately one yard cubed wagons left on the platform to discard your already read newspapers for recycling. Local hustlers would often reassemble the papers and sell for half.

At some point locking tops eere put on so it was difficult to remove the papers. This was because the agency collecting the old newspaper was making money from it.

Fast forward. Some cities make it a crime to rummage through the recycling bins.

There is money there.

This hits me in the feels.

Need your location to figure out inspection.

They don’t check lights in California so you would be fine.

I thought the number was higher.

I did the same thing at that age. My dad called them and ended it.

Many years later I joined multiple times.

I’ll do better

Perhaps exploding was the wrong term but that doesn’t excuse them from having two engine families with issues and not supporting the owners. I had fight to get the engine replaced.

As an owner of a Kia with the exploding engine option I’ll pass.