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vehicle05 · 2 years
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How to check the history of used car in the UK?
When planning to buy a used car, get a car history check from The Auto Experts to check whether the vehicle has any outstanding finance, written-off or has any stolen marker.
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doedipus · 5 months
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a large amount of time I've been spending on -untitled undefined scope original fiction project- since the last time I posted about it has been trying to develop the protagonist concept I came up with last summer or whatever into like, a character that would feel real and era appropriate.
it's fun research to do. naturally a lot of the details I assigned to her are things that I already think are cool, so it's been a lot of fun trying to trace her traits back through the relatively recent past, getting reminded of how much things have changed, or where the gaps in my intuition are, and then doing a flurry of reading to get a sense for exactly how someone like her and the people around her could have happened and what her life was probably like leading up to her present day. hopefully this results in some good good verisimilitude.
#I wrote a short story from her perspective over the holidays and then didn't know how to continue it#and then I got distracted by real life stuff for a few months#I forget if I posted about that#and then I've been picking through archive dot org for the last few weeks looking at this stuff#the last big rabbit hole was trying to get a better feel for era appropriate ts/tv subculture#the current one I'm looking at is how she would've gotten into language learning and how that would've worked#nettle has been prodding me about the setting thing lately so I've been thinking about that more too#probably the biggest hurdle by far is figuring out how I want to play that#and how I want the thing to be divided up#since the original coc scenario I'm developing this out of is centered on a flight from LA to honolulu#and the airport dungeon was definitely meant to be a hook for a larger campaign#some amount of it is going to cover protag lady's failed life in LA and some of it is going to be worse things happening in hawaii#but it's like. how much do I want to balance it one way or the other#and realistically how much does the aesthetics of 20th century air travel add to the story#besides me personally thinking it's compelling ofc#a lot of what I find compelling about hawaii is that it's an east/west cultural crossroads and realistically that's also true of socal#and I can wax poetic about socal as much as I want without worrying all that much about mishandling something#and there's also a lot of socal specific history along similar parallels to pull from that I'm more familiar with#I guess it comes down to whether curiosity re: 'doing it right' is enough of a motivator to do the increased amount of research#which I guess it has so far with the above character details. so hopefully that will continue#but it also feels like using machine translation a bit yknow. it's hard to know how effectively I'll be able to sanity check#although depending on where this goes I might be able to get other people involved to sensitivity read down the line#with most of the creative things I do I just have a tendency to always rely really heavily on figuring things out myself#I also want protag lady to have a Cool Car and idk how to get that from point a to point b narratively#this is like an entire second or third post's worth of tags but I don't feel like unfucking this so whatever. suffer. I guess.
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perilegs · 4 days
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i am my father's son (enjoyer of irl sidequests)
#i didn't get to do the sidequest i almost got though 😔#i exited my apartment. theres a guy outside and i greet him bc i assumed he was a neighbour#and he greets me back and then hes like im sorry i hopped over the fence as a shortcut idk if that's fine#nd then continued and said he'll check if he dropped something#and i'm like yea ok sure!#bc i was going to lidl and i wanted to get going but i did just stand there for a bit in case the guy needed help or something#then he emerged from the fence area and he was like ''if you find something in there can you pick it up akd put out a note'' and i was like#yea ofc! i'll do that if i see anything#and then he was like this is a very nice area so i trust people will let me know if i did drop something#and i was like for sure#im not great at smalltalk but he was very polite so i tried my best#also he seemed like he wasnt having the best time#he might have been on something bc he was slurring his speech and drooling a lot and there was a certain look in his eyes but honestly that#none of my business#we said bye and i sat in my car and then he was like ''hey actually i live like a minute away super close but my bag is super heavy#can i get a ride there it's super close next to [redacted]''#and i moved my bag from the front seat and was like ''yea sure''#and then he stared at me for a bit and was like ''actually i dont want to bother you have a nice day bye'' and left with a wave#i was like you too and waved back#he didnt look like he had any trouble walking so i came to the conclusion that he's fine and then went to lidl#but honestly i am a bit disappointed he didnt want me to give him a ride after all bc he seemed like he would have interesting things to sa#he was super polite and talked a lot and despite me being a finn i dont always mind strangers talking to me#bc if i have nothing important to do it's like. might as well!#another chat outside my apartment ive had was this old lady and she knew a lot about the history of the area we live in#and it was very interesting and also like i said if im in no hurry to go anywhere i love listening to ppl yap about whatever#i hope both the fence hopping guy and the old lady are doing good#leevi talks
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kenobihater · 4 months
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AUGH. was planning a trip to a big city memorial museum i've never been to before bc all my school field trips and countless later visits were to the main art and history museum. i just looked up the memorial museum, and not only do they have a REALLY cool exhibit coming up concerning a topic i'm interested in, not only do they also have a really extensive archive that available to both academics and the public upon appointment, but volunteer opportunities are available for several positions in the museum including archival assistance!!!
it's administrative duties rather than archival management (which good, people need qualifications for that) but that's literally what i'm considering getting a degree in!!! so it's not only something i'd be passionate about if my application was accepted, but if i decide to commit and enroll this fall, then that would be getting experience in the field!
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Do tanks have horns. Can you honk a tank. Can you make it go awoooga
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johntorrington · 1 year
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crash. certainly a novel.
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monsterkissed · 1 year
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at the large-purchase-anxiety phase wrt new car where i just want to buy the new car so i no longer have to be so stressed about needing a new car. i was not born to spend this amount of my life thinking about cars and i would gladly pay big money not to think about them again
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tobestik · 1 year
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why am I getting ads for grumpy old man tshirts
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servies13 · 2 years
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If your vehicle is having trouble starting, schedule an appointment with a mechanic to identify and fix the problem by looking online for garages in Reading. If you see a few serious warning signs, your battery's life is soon to expire. The first factor that caused your check engine light to come on. Although the alternator in your vehicle could potentially be at fault, this often means that your battery is failing.
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oliviajames1122 · 2 years
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Driving in the rain might be one of the most challenging scenarios a driver faces, whether it's a little drizzle or a severe downpour. Higher accident rates are directly correlated with wet weather. You almost certainly will need to drive your car in the rain at some point, no matter where in the country you live. You can drive safely in rainy circumstances if you are aware of how your car handles on slick roads and in low visibility. Search car repairs and book an appointment to get your car ready for any harsh conditions in the future
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foldingfittedsheets · 3 months
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Mattresses, unbeknownst to many, are a lot like cars. Every year new ones roll out, they’re always tweaking and innovating and you’ll never find the same one you loved decades ago when buying a new one.
Where I sold mattresses had a three month return or exchange program for this reason. New beds take a while to break in, and they’re a big expense. Your body is used to the old one. So we made sure people were loving it. If a bed got returned we’d take it back, sanitize and clean it, then sell it again on clearance.
To sell these we always had to disclose what clearance meant to customers, and they had to sign that they knew what they were getting. (FYI, not every company is as… forthright about the used bed situation)
In clearance we had beds that were floor models, we had returns, and more rarely we had old models whose line had been discontinued. These clearance beds were always final sale, so a bed could only be sold twice.
Now, the manager at the store I was working at had realized a vital fact. Clearance beds in the warehouse didn’t sell, especially old models that salespeople weren’t familiar with. And even more especially in odd sizes, like twin extra longs. So he set up a split king on the showroom floor to exhibit clearance beds, pulling all those forgotten twin extra longs out onto the showroom.
Almost all of these were brand new discontinued models. Beds I’d never learned in training were exhumed to be displayed. The manufacturers had moved on to new lines and they’d been left behind. Why would he take such in interest in selling old stock, you might wonder? Because we made double commission on the sales margin of clearance beds, and if we’d had a bed long enough they dropped the cost in the system so it was a fucking cash cow to sell these. Even with huge discounts the commissions were wonderful so it was a win win.
When I got started I was jazzed about this program, I was so on board to sell weird old brand new beds and make a ton of money. I had a wonderful older couple come in, looking for a split king adjustable set. This was a white whale sale.
The current clearance models on the floor were a latex mattress that was brand new despite being of an age to start first grade, and a tempurpedic floor model. The couple laid down and it was like magic. They each loved the bed they’d laid down on. They wanted to buy the whole shebang.
I. Was. Thrilled. I told them about the clearance program and what that meant, and they weren’t bothered in the least. I wrote up the sale then dashed into the back, fizzing with excitement to tell my manager what I’d done.
“You sold the death bed?!” He asked in delight.
I pulled up short, my smile freezing in place. “What…?”
“Didn’t you check the notes?”
I hesitated for a long beat then slowly shook my head. You see, dear reader, all beds had a personal history. Every clearance bed had logs written up by the person who took the return, as well as warehouse crew after sanitizing. It helped us know what to expect when selling them. “Wasn’t it just a floor model? You said it was a floor model…”
He slowly shook his head. I checked the notes.
It turned out, it had been sold as a floor model. The first time. But the company had made an exception and taken it back as a return two months later. Why? Because it’s owner had passed away.
I stared at the computer in horror and my manager shrugged. “They signed the clearance form. Technically it was a floor model.”
“We know for a fact that a man died in that bed!”
“What they don’t know can’t haunt them,” he said philosophically.
The man came back a week later for more sheets, utterly delighted to tell me how well they were sleeping. I clamped my teeth down around the secret of the deathbed, choosing to let them love their new bed without the stigma. Only one person would be haunted by that deathbed, and it was me.
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Comprehensive Vehicle History Check for Informed Buying Decisions
Ensure transparency with Droom's Vehicle History check. Get detailed car history, accident records, ownership changes, and more. Perform a Car Details Check to make informed decisions and avoid hidden issues before purchasing a used vehicle.
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novadreii · 15 days
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that time i sold my ex my car so i could get the fuck away from him faster (needed the money, far from home, etc) and he actually tried to short me $100 on it.
#personal#stupid snippets from a life i mostly don't think about anymore#that pop in at 2am#like what was the strat there lmao#did he not think i would count the money then and there?#then he made a big show of playing innocent/clueless like he always did as if i'm stupid#always playing childish games and trying to pull nonsensical power moves#making dumb jokes when we went to the local office to complete the car sale like it was all so funny#like he hadn't just tortured and humiliated me for the last 6 months#the girl who helped us and knew we were exes was stone faced and didn't react to any of it which i appreciated#and gave me a knowing look on the way out#we had a girltelepathy moment of “men”#and yeah if you're reading this because i know you're nosy and keep tabs on me i still don't like you and never will fyi#you're the worst kind of person and i know karma will take good care of you#leave this space alone go bother someone dumber and more desperate than me#i don't just abandon my blog like a coward every time a relationship ends#you need to continually erase your history and construct new personas to reel new victims in with it's really pathetic actually#i'm staying put but make no mistake none of this is for you#i stand behind my whole life and how it made me who i am even the embarrassing and abusive fuckfest that dating you was#leave me alone OR feel free to keep checking in and watch how i flourish in spite of and without you#regret is a heavy burden and you'll be carrying it all your life when what you've lost sinks in#make no mistake you are not the poor misunderstood party i know you like to play victim. i understand and see who you are perfectly now.#you're attracted to strength because you're weak and don't know how to get stronger on your own.#you pick strong assertive women to date and then try to break them down and sap their power cuz you have none#and no sense of self to speak of#didn't work on me you only made me stronger so thanks! and goooood luck lmao
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pricegouge · 4 months
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I love writing anxiety and it doesn't induce a sympathetic response in me and I'm definitely not spiraling
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danielmartin · 5 months
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Car Accident History
Purchasing a vehicle is a significant investment, and when it comes to buying a used car in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conducting thorough due diligence is crucial. Among various checks, understanding how to check the accident history of a car in the UAE stands paramount.
This comprehensive guide aims to walk you through the process, ensuring you make an informed decision.
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hsmagazine254 · 6 months
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Your Second-Hand Car Buying Checklist: Ensure A Thorough Inspection
Key Steps to Assessing a Pre-Owned Vehicle Purchasing a second-hand car can be a wise investment, but it’s essential to conduct a thorough inspection to ensure you’re getting a reliable vehicle. Follow this checklist to evaluate a pre-owned car before making your purchase: 1. Vehicle History Check Begin by obtaining the vehicle’s history report, which provides crucial information about its past…
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