Got a car from a ham (LONG) So, this car was in my family since it was new, and ended up with my sister's ex-boyfriend. My son needed a new car, and while I knew it was dangerous to get a car from someone who is larger, he offered to give it to my son. Here's why he decided to give it to my son instead of sell it: He hadn't serviced it once in the 6 years of his ownership (car is 18 years old), and thought it was just a nightmare to repair, and didn't want to spend the money. I took a look at it before agreeing to take the car, and knew it was just poor maintenance, and at worst case, a new alternator. He only drove it to work, drive-thrus and home, so he had only put 20k miles on it in 6 years. Turns out, the positive cable was just loose on the battery. Needs a transmission flush, had hardly any oil, but we added some and we're changing in a couple of weeks. Tires are bad, but I was going to get my son new tires for Christmas for his old car, anyway. Guess what else was wrong? My sister and her ex were both 300+lbs when they were together, and this is a Toyota Camry (lower to the ground). Imagine these two plopping themselves down into the drivers seat for 8 or so years, day in, day out. When we got the car, the driver's seat was stuck in the setting furthest from the wheel (gotta make room for the gut!) and the actual seat was vertical - as in, not attached to the track. I remember the seat used to rock when sister drove it, then it was stuck, then the seat would just fly up without weight on it. So, I started looking at the track. Surprise! The car is trashed, and on one side of the track, there was about a dollar's worth of change stuck in it. I had removed all but one bolt from the seat at this point. The seat started moving, but the other side of the track wasn't moving right. Took the seat out, and checked out what's going on. The fatness had bent a bar beneath the seat and lodged it into the track. The parts that attached the seat to the tracks was originally welded together, AND THEY WAS BUSTED. Can you imagine breaking welded steel because you're that large? Anyway, I jerry-rigged the seat, as I'm no welder, and since my son is a shitlord, it should stay just fine; at least until we can find a better seat at a salvage yard or something. The bar was easily bent back in it's original spot. I just told my son to not let any fatties drive the car/sit in the driver's seat. The driver's side window was also busted. The rubber track was out of the metal, one of the clips on the window wasn't even attached to the window regulator. Easy fix. Someone also removed the speaker in the driver's door. Everything they had done to that car was done lazily, but thank goodness it's all minor. This ham thinks he got rid of a headache, but it's a solid car my son got in exchange for some elbow grease. It was kind of enraging to see the shape the car was in, but relieving to know the mechanical parts were fine. My dad bought this thing brand-new and shortly before he passed away he gave the car to my sister. She also trashed another car he bought new a few months before his death. Fucking hams.