# HELP! Haven't started '02 Saab 9-3 in 1 year! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** saab, 9-3\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784 "2016-09-22T16:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/21 "2016-09-25T23:20:56Z")
One of my colleagues came back from the store, and surprised a guy lying under his car, undoubtedly up to no good He dragged him out by the legs, and proceeded to beat him to a pulp šŸ¤• That sucker got what he deserved šŸ‘Š IMO thieves are parasites on society . . . they essentially serve no useful purpose, except to survive, at somebody elseā€™s expense ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/22 "2016-09-25T23:26:36Z")
probably just a homeless guy trying to find a cozy place to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/23 "2016-09-25T23:28:21Z")
I think not There were tools visible ---
**Author:** ![idiot666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@idiot666](https://community.cartalk.com/u/idiot666)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/24 "2016-09-26T01:45:36Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > There were tools visible A homeless mechanic, known as Crusty.šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/25 "2016-09-26T01:46:22Z")
I only know of ā€œCrusty the clownā€ šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/26 "2016-09-26T05:57:30Z")
Naw Crusty was the old mechanic that the boys on the radio would refer to once in a while. I remember the show where he had the big bottle of aspirins that heā€™d put in the thermostat to help bleed it. At any rate around here there was a fad where these guys would cut the cats off of cars parked in park and rides and so on. Havenā€™t heard much about it the last few years but theyā€™d use battery angle grinders to cut the things off. Nice guys. Then they stole the street light cables in St. Paul once. They get about $500 worth of scrap and cause $20,000 in damage. Some would suggest just paying them not to steal would be cheaper. (I jest) ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/27 "2016-09-26T06:09:02Z")
There is actually a bill in the Washington DC legislative that would pay ā€œwould beā€ criminals up to $9000 NOT to commit crimes. I donā€™t know where the bill stands at the moment. Itā€™s my understanding that Richmond, California already has a similar program in place. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/28 "2016-09-26T15:02:08Z")
OK so can I declare myself to be a ā€œcriminalā€ to get an additional $9000 a year? Iā€™d like that. Certainly many congressmen and senators should sign up, too. How did we get stupid enough to propose such a bill??? ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/29 "2016-09-26T15:16:48Z")
> [@kurtwm2010](#): > > There is actually a bill in the Washington DC legislative that would pay ā€œwould beā€ criminals up to $9000 NOT to commit crimes. I donā€™t know where the bill stands at the moment. Itā€™s my understanding that Richmond, California already has a similar program in place. This has to be the idiotic law of the century. Itā€™s not that we are stupid, itā€™s the legislators that are stupid. But we already knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/30 "2016-09-26T17:30:29Z")
The [D.C.Plan](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-abandons-plan-to-pay-criminals-to-stay-out-of-trouble/2016/05/05/6e4ad018-12af-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html) has been abandoned. [Hereā€™s the Snopes article](http://www.snopes.com/california-government-pays-for-criminals-to-take-vacations/) on The Richmond, CA plan. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/31 "2016-09-26T18:10:20Z")
Newer cars have anti-rollover valves in the filler neck to prevent spillage in an accident. So siphoning is very difficult if not impossible now because of those obstructions. So thieves resorted to punching a hole in the bottom of the tank to collect the gas. Itā€™s died down with $2/gal gas but I expect it will come up again if gas hits historically high levels againā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/32 "2016-09-26T20:49:57Z")
@mustangman, why should our elected representatives take a big payola cut? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784/33 "2016-09-27T12:18:10Z")
Not sure they would take a cutā€¦ are you assuming they would STOP stealing if they received the $9K? I donā€™t! šŸ˜€ [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-havent-started-02-saab-9-3-in-1-year/95784.md?page=1)