If You Haven't Used it In a Year

[yellomalibu]

I installed a new torque converter in my car in 1997. It broke after a week, but because I had purchased it over 30 days before I installed it, the manufacturer wouldn't warranty it - so I bought a new one of a different manufacturer. The first one was put in it's original box and placed in a closet, where it sat, forgotten. TWENTY YEARS later, a few months ago, I was cleaning out the closet to make room for my new hobby, and "found" the converter in there... did some trading, had the converter rebuilt, and it's now in my car again.

I also still have the TH400 that died about 17 or 18 years ago sitting in my garage. It's rebuildable... or it's a core.

I have some dress clothes that I wear to weddings or funerals. They don't get worn for over a year at a time.

Jackets and other "cold" weather gear: in Florida, it can go a couple years between "cold" spells. When it's only cold a few days a year, do people actually expect us to buy "new" things every year?

My old military stuff, uniforms, etc... should I throw them out?

There are some things that could or should be tossed (or donated) after a year of not being used... but because they were Christmas gifts, I keep them for several years before guilt allows me to donate them.

[silver_bullet]

If I did that, I'd have a lot of garage space, but, there ain't no way that I'd ever throw out may granddad's tools(both of them), my dad's tools, I even have his big old oak timber that he used at a jack stand...50 years ago....

[oletrux4evr]

On the other side of the coin.....if you have a bunch of empty space in your garage, she'll use it.

[SuperBuickGuy]

No Dan, you may not sell a Corvette.

[Dan Barlow]

At this point in my life , I want the garage cleaned out . That's what my current project is about , taking all my various valuable parts and making something out of them .That way the blue vette will be in the garage .

[pdub]

My first thought about someone who would say that is that they have never built of fixed anything.
Interesting that he is a "maintenance manager".

I have many tools that go unused 2 or 3 years at a time. And NO I will not get rid of them.

Me either. Even if I don't even know how to use them.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

My first thought about someone who would say that is that they have never built of fixed anything.
Interesting that he is a "maintenance manager".

I have many tools that go unused 2 or 3 years at a time. And NO I will not get rid of them.

[pdub]

I now need a winow regulator.

I do TOO!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

[Russell]

Does anyone know how short a year is? I had a spare tire that didn't fit the car it came with, no clue what it went to still had it after I sold the car. Ended up getting $10 for it after listing it on Craigslist for over 2 years. Some guy drove 45 minutes to come pick it up.

I haven't had time to throw stuff away or list stuff I do not want to store. I sold a driver side mustang door for $20 because I didn't "have the space" for it. I now need a winow regulator. They go for $40. If I had only known.

[68scott385]

I agree wholeheartedly with Todd. I'm almost positive I have two and a half cars in a one-car garage. One is mostly complete and the others are in parts. I hate to admit this, but I have parts for a project that was supposed to happen during summer/fall 2012 and hasn't happened yet. Still have the vehicle, still have the parts, just haven't been able to stop driving it, or working on "priorities" long enough to get that project done.

EDIT: And that's not even my "Spyder".....

[pdub]

The thing that blows my mind, Steve (the maintenance manger) is all into drag boat racing. 499 cubic inch nitromethane drag boats. Drag racing on water. He builds and drives them. They go to events all over America and they win. And for him to say that....throw it away after a year.....that tells me his team is using all new parts. Conjecture and speculation allowed and encouraged.

[Thumpin455]

Heh, another thing that simply doesn't apply when you have owned a car for 35 years and haven't driven it in 30. The stacks of parts are there for a reason, because I got them already so I don't need to go find them when I need them. How many sets of wheels do I need for one car? Not sure, but they fit other cars....

[pdub]

It was pretty mean of Pdub to bring that up (pun, not sorry) today.

Shoot, I'm all the time getting into trouble, sometimes when I don't even mean to.

So let's talk about "football"....woops, did it again...

[68scott385]

It takes me a year to get started on new projects. I can't throw anything away, it all has a place to go when I get time for my stuff instead of things that pop up and take priority....like a vacation or family time.

EDIT; Every one of you that has met me has met one or both of my kids so don't go there.

[cstmwgn]

IF I haven't used it in a year then it is a pretty safe bet that I have no idea where it is so it is safe for another 5 - 10 years!