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My granddad’s old repair shop off Route 66 taught me a lesson I still use
Back in 2015, I was helping him sort through boxes of old parts behind his shop in Oklahoma. He pulled out a 1972 warranty card for a Chevy truck and said "this paper is worth more than half the stuff in here." That’s when it clicked for me that keeping original paperwork can actually save your bacon on a repair. Has anyone else run into a situation where a dusty old receipt or manual got you out of paying for something?
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grant_perry1mo ago
My 83 year old neighbor still has the original bill of sale for his 1965 Mustang, and it saved him $400 when the DMV tried to argue about the VIN last year. That little slip of paper proved the car was legit and kept him from having to jump through a ton of hoops.
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noahs821mo agoMost Upvoted
Wait, are we really supposed to celebrate keeping paperwork from 1965 like it's some kind of win? Seems like the DMV would've been totally within their rights to charge him since nobody can verify a VIN on a 50 year old car without the original bill of sale. The system is already a mess, and encouraging people to hold onto scraps of paper for decades just makes it worse. Plus, that neighbor probably paid way more than $400 in storage fees and lost productivity over the years keeping track of some old receipt. You'd think after all this time the state would have digital records or something reliable instead of relying on grandpa's shoebox. Honestly, the DMV sounded pretty reasonable trying to verify the car's history, and the neighbor just got lucky with his lucky piece of paper.
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