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this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
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I had already bought a starter, knowing the car was broken. Then I sold the car to the kid and didn't bother giving him the starter or telling him about the issue.
Oh by the way, nothing happened as detailed above, there wasn't even a car or a kid.
I cooked up a horse shit story for points on the internet.
It would also be interesting to know how the kid brought the car back without a working starter.
Stick shift doesn't need a starter, just a shove.
Also often times when they fail its the coil seizing one way or the other or brush springs stuck.
A gentle hit with a hammer can temporarily fix these problems and get you going again.
Catalytic converters hate this one trick
You know, it might be just like you described it and in all likelikood it is.
But I still find it heartwarming to think there are similar stories that are true - even if you have to take part in them to make them so.
The reason I know this is 7000% bullshit is because I sold a car to a young set of kids, and I end up cutting them my deal on the spot. They said how about 825 I said how about 700? That's how you do this.
yes, people do this for people who they are related to or friends with. def knew people who got gifted cars, or sold undervalue. my sister sold her car once to her friends kid for $3000, when it was worth easily double, but to her $3000 is like $30 bucks to the average person. she had just purchased a $80K Audi, all in cash.
but not for strangers, generally.
I believe that someone somewhere would behave that way towards a stranger without much question, even if it's rare. What I find harder to believe is that that same person would then go brag about it on the internet like this
people do that? they just go online and sell lies to people for fake points?
You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?! Unfathomable.
This is c/NiceMemes, not c/ThatHappened. Every single time I come into the comments on a post like this there's some person going "actually this is fake" or "not so wholesome, here's why" or "and the bad conditions for this heartwarming story to happen required these political things which I hate and doomed [locale]." Sometimes the Threadiverse feels like that draw 20 meme: let there be a space for positivity without 1) raining on the parade, 2) injecting negativity, or 3) turning it into an angry-politics-rant like the entire rest of the Threadiverse, or draw 20. I'm getting really tired of it; and also of my own self for never learning and still clicking into comments from time to time.
I do worry that by really not liking that comment and telling you about it, I'm just pounding on someone trying to correct misinformation and tone policing though (because goodness knows I wouldn't have gotten so irritated if this had more of a "hey, just so you know, want to protect people and make sure they don't fall for things" tone instead of the more abrasive one you took). I worry about the right thing to do with negativity in positivity/wholesome communities here in a more measured, less frustrated manner.