Adventures and Revelations at the Pick-n-Pull

So today I went to Pick-n-Pull, the "pull your own car parts" junkyard, hoping to find some old Mercedes diesels so I could pull the glow plugs and resell them on eBay at a profit. Unfortunately, I didn't bring any tools because Pick-n-Pull used to lend you some of their own "yard tools" if you didn't bring your own. When I got there I inquired about the yard tools and was told, "No, we don't have tools for you to use anymore. But we do have tools for sale, if you need them!"

"No thanks, I'll look around the yard first and then if I need tools I'll come buy some."

"OK."

There would be no point in buying tools if there were no Mercedes diesels on the lot. So, I walked down every row of foreign cars and sure enough, no Mercedes diesels. There were, however, a few gasoline Mercedes cars, including one that still had the original First Aid Kit. So, I grabbed that, thinking that I might be able to resell that at a profit if it was cheap enough.

So, I wandered the junk yard, looking at broken down cars of every vintage. I love seeing which cars are common, which are uncommon, which are cool, which are unique. Of newer cars, you're most likely to find lots of Hyundais, Kias, and other such "cheap" car brands. Of course the older cars were mostly German or American. I discovered three things exploring the yard:

1. I want a Volkswagon Squareback. What an awesome car. Two front doors and then a rear hatch which opens into a

space which can be a cargo area OR a rear-facing back seat. How awesome is that? Small enough to get decent gas mileage, but cool enough to have a rear-facing back seat? Awesome. The only other cars I have seen with rear-facing back seats are cars like the...

2. Chevrolet Caprice Estate. It's a gigantic station wagon, and the third row (or is it the fourth row?) seat faces the rear. It is truly a gigantic car. If it weren't for the fact that it doesn't look as cool as the Squareback, and probably only gets 3-4 miles-per-gallon of gas, I would want one of these as well.

3. If I ever again own an 80's vintage GM/Chevy car, I am going to find out how

compatible/swappable the seats between other GM/Chevy brands are with whatever car I have. Why? Because I have now experienced an early 80's Buick Fifth Avenue's plush seats. I mean, they are AMAZING. I have never sat in a car seat that felt so much like sinking into a comfortable recliner.

That's enough for one post, I'll tell you my exciting adventure of a walk home from the Pick-n-Pull in the next few days.