Risking my life to save an $800 car!?

[@TheQuestionableGarage]

It’s simple math, to insurance it’s $800, to crazy car people it’s priceless.

[@AutoAli]

Facts!

[@AnomalousOne1401]

There goes Jared, spitting facts again.

[@gsmith207]

tru dat J!

[@thebuckster101]

And to other people it's worth way more than $800 because it would cost tens of thousands to buy a brand new car to replace it

[@MattsOrdinaryLife]

Facts brother!

[@Looney21]

You know it's gonna be a great story when Ficarra is telling it!

[@LeadFarmer1597]

Great stories from a great storyteller.

[@speedmayhavebeenafactor9736]

Ficarra stories are always a great time.

[@EdBolian]

Ficarra's love of the automobile knows no bounds!

[@SamamahBoy]

I know me and Ed would have ditched it on the highway!!

[@shraf2kay]

"this can be gone"

[@andrewpanciotti5518]

State of New York heard this story ….. invoice is in the mail 😂

[@Aspen910]

Wow, NYC has the biggest racket on towing I’ve ever heard of.

[@bwofficial1776]

NYC has the biggest racket on anything. You have to know the right people to do anything there.

[@tagert1975]

With the gas tank empty all that was needed was some fuel hose and a gas can on the passenger side floor. Disconnect the fuel pump under the hood and connect it to the hose running to the gas can.

[@moneymikz]

Hey Ed, can you bring back the this can be red shirt in the Vin wiki shop? I would totally buy one.

[@AnomalousOne1401]

Put me down for a medium. #ThisCanBeRed

[@masjuggalo]

So shop I used to work at there was this old Buick outback and A bunch of work had been done on it. The guy had stopped paying and it had been sitting for a while but the story was that he was in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots and somebody had left this car in the riot area and told him that they would sell it to him for 500 bucks but they got to go get it. He ended up paying a tow truck driver like $2,500 to go down, grab this car and get the hell out of there

[@RoadWarrior_John]

Plot twist that car became sentient and has been trying to hunt him down for revenge ever since, it just keeps losing track of him during those cannonball runs, 🤣

[@kingcountrytowing]

There was a great horror story written about this, and there was also one about a guy's first car that keeps saving him over the years.

[@RoadWarrior_John]

@@kingcountrytowing I assume the horror one is Christine, but I'd be interested to know what the second one was called.

[@kingcountrytowing]

@@RoadWarrior_John It was actually a short horror story written in an anthology, I think it was called something like uncle johns truck, it was about an old abandoned truck in a field that always seemed to edge closer to the house!!! The second one was also in the same horror anthology, I'm sorry I don't have the titles to them. Ill try to look them up

[@dagridiron94]

@@kingcountrytowingplease do!!!

[@kingcountrytowing]

I had a very similar film car, "minty" the 1983 mitsubishi mirage, i used it in tons of films. I eventually retired it to ians motor museum in new plymouth

[@lando0861]

Always love John Ficarra’s New York car stories!

[@moneymikz]

How does this guy keep having amazing car stories??

[@NFS4LFE]

As soon as I saw Ficarra in the autoplay, I demolished the click button.

[@jeffreyoldham55]

What do a Meteor and a Comet have in common? They both go out in a blaze of glory!

[@windronner1]

I remember this one story. When I was a little kid back in the 70s, my friends father had a flat tire on the Eastside Drive. After he started getting the car jacked up. A car pulled in behind him which my father friend thought these guys were going to help rescue him. Instead, The two guys got out of their car. Walked up to my father’s friend and said you can keep the tires. All we want is the stereo and the battery. Welcome to New York. L O L.

[@FicarraClassic]

Love makes you do stupid things, and I do love cars.

[@christophermichaels]

I’ve certainly had, and still have, some cars worth less than my deductible, and understand the attachment.

[@KyleRS877]

Same

[@insanity2amillion]

The lil meteor roams free now, muffler glowing in the night

[@imuruncledaddy8753]

And that's why I hate doing business in new York or jersey. To much bs

[@bwofficial1776]

You have to pay off the right people, then you can do anything. Do it right and they might even cut you in.

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

Sad story, I like Meteors, the Mercury Fairlane equivalent that only lasted two years.

[@Thinginator]

Yeah, I would've thought that car was worth saving instead of abandoning to its fate.

[@tomkopp2115]

Best way to start my day. Thanks everyone!

[@samsham8218]

Ficarra NEVER fails to deliver.

[@jeromeandre4915]

Another epic one from John - sweet!

[@SkeetMcRibb]

When it's a John Ficarra story I don't wait for later

[@cavingman1]

Ficcara stories are the best!

[@gsmith207]

JF is top 5 story tellers here!

[@TheHungryRoad]

I love to hear stories surrounding my hometown of Yonkers!

[@benjaminkogut2640]

The same exact thing happened with my mother's 65 Mustang. The old man was warming it up and it started backfiring so I went to see what was up and there were flames coming up out of the rear wheel wells! Got it pushed to the end of the driveway before it fully immolated. Ma didn't speak to him for a week 😂

[@BriannaMoore-h7l]

You're insanely skilled, keep creating this type of content!

[@kingjellybean9795]

Begone thotbot

[@danwhitson610]

Ficarra does not disappoint!!

[@Burntoilcoffee]

You get a full 5 gal gas can 6 feet of fuel line stick one end in the can and run the other end out the window and under the hood and away you go, half hour fity bucks

[@marvinellis1517]

So a Mercury version of a Fairlane.......😮

[@batmayn]

Congrats on 2 million Subs!

[@caldenyse]

That towing fee is crazy!

[@cashtalks6253]

In NY you got to pay a toll to pull into a parking spot just to pay to park 😂

[@mattpovah5952]

Those towing costs are pure extortion. Why would anyone want to live in New York?

[@Heinrich_Pistor]

I wonder if John Ficarra still knows the vin number or have a record of it somewhere. I know the chances that the car was probably dragged to a chop shop or to some impound lot and destroyed is probably how it ended. But imagine you search the vin number and actually find it !

[@sdavifcom]

Freezing?!?! Now I bet you wished you hadn't put the fire out!

[@ryburnanderson6045]

Have you read Robert Daley's "Cars At Speed" book? It reads like you tell a story, absolutely fantastic!

[@Nick_B_Bad]

It’s the Mercury Fairlane 😂

[@justinturner4850]

Judging by the comments, the bots love John Ficarra’s stories as much as us humans do 😆

[@ArlandSmith]

New York here 🤘🏼 the real NY not that upstate bs 😂

[@michaelg492]

Just thinking about it, if when the car breaks down in such a dangerous place and it's freezing cold and nowhere to go - why not call the police? An officer, other than direct traffic away from hitting you and keeping you warm in the squad car could possibly agree to tow it to a safe area 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@DigitalCatnip]

This is New York, cops don't show up unless someone is dead or dying and even then it's at least an hour wait.

[@punkinhoot]

​@@DigitalCatnipthis rural Canada. Cell range?

[@SPPhotography89]

holy thump. LADA (avto-VAZ) in some movie? where? Those other cars should have been included in that movie, not just the Lada.

[@NoUsernameGuyyy]

I wish camera phones existed back then!

[@lyonsson6480]

Not gonna lie, my heart broke a little when John said he abandoned the car…

[@dougshaw2944]

He's back! 🤘

[@raymond3167]

We still need to hear about the mercy Ed called you to buy! RIP carrera s

[@VincentVader]

Imagine doing business in New York or any other communst city.

[@infosneakr]

Why is new york a communist city?

[@DigitalCatnip]

I own a business in NY - way more capitalist than wherever you live. Everything has a price and is negotiable

[@RLC2020]

This one can be on fire...

[@djcrownvic7017]

A bit of a sad story if you're a fan of old cars...

[@ryanbrown4130]

Anyone know the name of the movie that was shown?

[@oklahomagoochgrabber7500]

10 dollar gas can and 5 dollars of fuel line wouldve gotten the car there

[@MaverickBlue42]

Forget Freddy, forget hoopty, hire John Ficarra to just film his life, that partnership will make VinWiki money......bankroll this man and write it off as a business expense....

[@kainanbaca8276]

I’m a car guy… and an idiot…

[@KarlMarch-z6k]

I barely pay attention to this anymore.

[@ahniiso5642]

The tow truck driver made $10k extra by selling your car as parts on eBay. I’m willing to bet $5 on it.

[@jaggedmountain]

Hah that’s a great story

[@VashSpiegel]

Seriously, just put the persons name in the thumbnail or title. The people telling the story, gives more merit to viewers.

[@jaime8102]

🎩

[@j.scottcaudill7543]

Does every Ficarra story suck balls? 🤷

[@milburnburroughs2699]

dude wants to be a car guy so bad

[@manuelvictorvalderrama2533]

😂😂😂

[@mexicanspec]

If you made $8000 on the car you had more than enough to fix it.

[@OliviaSanchez-i5g]

Continue to delight us with your creative ideas. Your videos are a real treat.🥒🍓🐼

[@randerson4124]

bot

[@NinaYo401]

Going on a solid 2 weeks of unwatchable vinwiki. Bring back that Indiana Jabroni lady or something junky off Craig’s list. RIP rabbit 🐇 🪦

[@AnomalousOne1401]

🐇is good 🐇is wise RIP 🐇🙏🏼

[@victorbaird8220]

I have a pet rabbit 🐇 😊