# Victory Trim **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 8, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570 "2008-03-08T16:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570/21 "2008-03-09T01:06:29Z")
That era of cars had about 10 times the character of the current ones. The world wasn’t always run by bean counters. ---
**Author:** ![Scrabbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scrabbler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrabbler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570/22 "2008-03-09T02:00:16Z")
Could you cut a hole in the tire, put the ashes in, then patch the hole?? Scrabbler ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570/23 "2008-03-09T02:00:31Z")
The bad part about discontinuing pennies is that when a tax increase comes along it would be in nickel increments. Ouch. I do agree the old cars had more character. A long time friend of mine in KS ran across a '53 Buick 2 DR HT about 5 years ago and bought it for a measly 500 bucks. It’s a straight black/silver in color car adorned with ton of chrome and has a good running 324 V-8 in it. It’s been his daily driver for almost 5 years and turns heads everywhere. Still can’t believe someone unloaded this car for what is essentially pocket change. ---
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570/24 "2008-03-10T05:35:17Z")
Pennies are 1 cent, not 1/10 cent. ---
**Author:** ![Ranck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ranck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ranck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570/25 "2008-03-10T22:05:52Z")
> The bad part about discontinuing pennies is that when a tax increase comes along it would be in nickel increments. Ouch. I hope that was meant as a joke, because it is obviously not true. The tax rates today are in “mills” (tenths of cent) and no one has a problem just rounding to the nearest cent. The same would happen if the 1 cent coin disappeared, gas pumps would still have 1/10 cent increments in the cost per gallon and tax rates would be figured in mills, the rounding would just be in 5 cent increments, and even that would not be strictly necessary as you could still write a check or have an electronic fund transfer in cents, just not cash. Not that I think eliminating the penny is a good idea. Every time it comes up people say how there aren’t any vending machines that accept pennies any more, but that is also patently false. I bet there is at least one vending machine in every town that accepts pennies. Just look in your local Post Office. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/victory-trim/11570.md?page=1)