Why do cars at junk yards usually have their trunks open?

[Orrex]

Best answer wins my undying respect for, oh, 45 minutes.

[TZ]

1. To make sure...

There aren't any bodies left?
Signed,
Turtle the Godmother!:evilgrin:

[Orrex]

18. Or perhaps to allay suspicion?

"Why no, officer. No bodies here. Take a look around for yourself..."

[Crazy Dave]

2. In some cases they probably don't have the keys to open or close them

But leaving them closed would definitely be more safe in my opinion.

[Orrex]

3. That's kind of what I'm thinking

I mean, that's why they take the doors off of junked refrigerators, right?

Your answer, though technically sound, lacks a certain necessarily macabre humor, so I must withhold my undying respect. Sorry.

[TZ]

6. Dude. They don't take the doors off of junked refrigerators..

They have to leave them on in case some wandering adventurer needs a safe place to hide from nuclear blasts! (speaking of which..you need to go to the Skeptics group..there is a story perfect for you!!):rofl: :evilgrin:

[Orrex]

31. Have you rented that yet, by the way?

I hear that there's a fridge in it, or something.

[Crazy Dave]

8. Not humorous but interesting

Google "The Body Farm"

If you've ever wondered how a police detective that finds a body in the trunk of a car says, "looks like this guy has been dead for three weeks", chances are he learned it at "The Body Farm"

[Orrex]

15. I had forgotten about that--I'm sure that I saw a program about it

PBS, maybe. Or perhaps The Discovery Channel, before it sucked 99.99% of the time.

[DarkTirade]

4. To provide the correct atmosphere when filming a junkyard scene at night.

[Orrex]

16. Nice! Ambience is everything

A bunch of sleek-though-dented cars with closed doors and trunks would do nothing for the mood.

[DarkTirade]

36. Exactly. Not spooky at all.

[mikeytherat]

5. Water's gotta pool or the mosquitoes won't breed!

Nice that someone's looking out for the mosquitoes.

mikey_the_rat

[Orrex]

17. It's about time someone gave them a break.

Poor little buggers.

[racaulk]

7. Better yet, why are you hanging out in junk yards?

:o

[Orrex]

19. Where the hell else can I build my robot army during this time of economic crisis?

If you can find me a better source for salvaged killing machines, I'd like to hear it.

[racaulk]

44. Well, I suppose I can't argue with that logic!

:rofl:

[Orsino]

9. Because the zombies are usually strong enough to beat their way out.

It's usually best not to open any trunks you find closed.

[Orrex]

20. That explains the claw marks on the interiors and the reek of carrion

They should really expedite the crush-into-cubes process, for the sake of public safety.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Repo Man? True story.

Open trunks at junkyards are proof that the authorities are still searching. Or got fried trying.

[Orrex]

21. It's not often that one gets to cite the wisdom and experience of Emilio Estevez

And in that case I won't ask about the piles of green ash smoldering behind the aforementioned cars.

[SacredCow]

11. ...

"You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses."

[Orrex]

22. My question was not about water.

And I'll thank you to leave my schnoz attached.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Two reasons:

A. So some bozo looking for a bumper jack doesn't bust open the trunk, thus depriving the yard of a popular sellable item.

2. It's unlikely that the yard has the key, so if someone wanted the trunk lid and it were closed, they'd have to bust it open (assuming it had no inside release).

[Orrex]

24. Those answers sound alarmingly like reality

Who invited you?!?


But thanks--my son, who first posed the question to me, appreciates the info.

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. Sorry — I hadn't been awake long when I posted that

and I didn't have my Lounge on. :blush:



Okay, here's the real reason: See, I've got a Congresscritter in my back pocket (don't ask) and I had him ram through a law cloaked in the above reasons, but really to indulge my kink about getting caught masturbating in the trunk of a Chevy Citation.

[Fire Walk With Me]

40. "But thanks--my son, who first posed the question to me, appreciates the info."

We're doing someone's homework, aren't we.

[Orrex]

42. What is this, a witch hunt?

I refused to be interrogated in this manner.


Anyhow, he's in Pre-K. Most of his homework consists of "circle the picture of the cow."

[Fire Walk With Me]

43. I'm going to be keeping an eagle eye out for any "Circle the cow" threads.

Consider yourself on double-secret probation.

[mainegreen]

13. To let the car's spirits ascend to that junkyard in the sky.

You see, a car has it's spirit at the opposite end to the motor. It has to do with vectors and rotation of the drive train.

Unfortunately, cars with engines in the trunk send their spirits to hell.

[SacredCow]

14. Surely you're not suggesting that VW Beetles go to hell?!?!?!

If ANY car is undeserving of hell it's the Beetle!

[mainegreen]

23. Sorry, but germans don't design with the afterlife in mind.

:7

[SacredCow]

25. Then I'll have to ride to hell with my baby....

But I'm going with the top down and enjoying the ride!

[mainegreen]

26. Nice car.

[SacredCow]

27. And with regular injections of ca$h....

... she won't have to worry of her afterlife!

:-)

[raccoon]

29. So everyone will know there isn't a dead body in it? nt

[Orrex]

37. That was Turtlensue's first answer, as well

Hmm... What are you two plotting?

[raccoon]

39. I didn't read the whole thread....obviously! nt

[jobycom]

30. It's the car's mind slipping.

See, when a car is young and alive, it remembers things, like what to do when the key is turned, or how to alert cars behind it that it is stopping. As it ages, even little details like remembering to close it's trunk after taking care of delicate business slips its mind. By the time it gets to the junkyard, it can't even remember to put its tires on in the morning. Decency should require junk yard operators to hire caretakers to watch over them, prevent them from hurting themselves, but instead, the cheapskate owners save costs by hiring dogs, who do nothing but howl at the moon, and at little human kids cutting through the yard. So the car is neglected, without oversight or attention. It just sits, waiting for, but forgotten by, its maker.

[NJmaverick]

32. Probably a safety issue. Prevents kids from getting locked in the trunks

remember the case in NJ, where the two kids died, after having accidentally locking themselves in the trunk of an old junker car (even though it wasn't in a junk yard)?

[Orrex]

35. I do remember that sad story. Nightmarish, actually.

Way to harsh my thread.
:spank:

[dawgmom]

33. It's only the slightly slutty cars that do that

You know -- easy access. It's the car equivalent of not wearing underwear.

[Orrex]

34. Good suggestion. I've seen many such cars with a lot of junk in the trunk

[HEyHEY]

38. Guys who are good at faking dead escaping

[Orrex]

41. I'm not even that good at faking live escaping

Most impressive!

[Fire Walk With Me]

45. Why do swimmers at junk yards usually have their trunks open?

[Dogtown]

46. They look under the seats, too.

People leave interesting, gross, and/or expensive stuff in cars. Tools, guns, drugs, money lost jewelry...



EDIT: Doh! The trunks usually have to have the trunk-lock punched to gain access.

[kentauros]

47. To allow the Transformers easier access

(never seen the movie nor do I know the background of the 'toons.) :P

[Heidi]

48. To aesthetically counterbalance both the cement blocks

and the super-canine pull of the pitbull chained to the trailer hitch?