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[–] torvusbogpod@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago (5 children)

During exams my university would drag an old car into the middle of the campus, and students were allowed to beat it to a pulp for $5. They'd give you a bat and you could just smash it to pieces.

10/10, would smash again.

[–] mooro@lemmings.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And use the money to buy another one for the next round?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Some places might just let you take the car if you can pay to haul it away

[–] Extrasvhx9he 8 points 1 year ago

A portable rage room love it

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$5 is so little though.

I remember used cars being like $500 before the pandemic. Pretty sure the cost of used cars tripled by then.

When I was on the fire department (late 2000s) we bought cars for like $75 each to practice disassembling, I assume from the junkyard. I bet the price hasn't changed too much.

[–] nyoooom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure you use a dead car for that kind of stuff, the valuable pieces can be gone already and it's okay

I'd smash that.