Re:The gift of it's your problem now
by aflag on Thursday December 30, 2021 @07:46PM
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Worst case scenario, you can throw the car away. You had no car before receiving it as a gift, you'll be not worse off if you throw it away. The dog is a little worse because you may become attached and in general, you can't really treat animals like objects in our society.
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Re:The gift of it's your problem now
by daniel-cussen on Thursday December 30, 2021 @08:54PM
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Throw the car away how? What type of garbage do you put it with, recycling or compost?
You can get it towed to a junkyard and they will even pay you a little bit for it, probably enough to at least pay for the towing costs. Otherwise, I’m sure you can arrange something with your council.
Is that true? I would expect that most junkyards would charge you both for towing and scrapping the car.
(Granted, nowadays, due to the supply chain issues and component shortages, people will pay an arm and a leg for a car that even barely runs, so there's that.)