Photo: EGhatchzies on Reddit
We've all heard or even lived stories about the kind of surprises one can find inside used vehicles with a rich history, but some of these tales are more special than others.
Case in point, the Honda Civic we want to talk about today. The vehicle was purchased by a Redditor who only paid $300 for it. He bought it from the local body shop.
However, the man was shocked to discover that reversing with the hazard lights on, a standard practice, does special things inside his 1994 Civic.
To be more precise, when the maneuver described above was pulled, a hidden compartment placed behind the right rear speaker panel opened. He found a similar compartment on the left side of the car, but this required the defrost to be activated, with the car still in reverse, in order to open.
The compartments were solenoid and spring activated, with the man reaching the conclusion that these had been used for drug-related activities.
At that point, he realized why his rear speakers were not functional. He explains that while he had tried to remove the speaker panel and investigate, he could only find cutouts behind them before managing to get them to open.
Obviously, the man explored the depths of the newly discovered compartment, and noticed these went all the way to the floor and were around six inches wide in their most generous sides.
As for the legal implications of this used car adventure, well, it all depends on the state you're in. Certain areas have deemed such compartments illegal, but the laws are not that simple.
For instance, Ohio has convicted people based on a new law that makes it illegal to “knowingly operate […] a vehicle with a hidden compartment […] used or intended to be used to facilitate the unlawful concealment […] of a controlled substance.”
However, the man was shocked to discover that reversing with the hazard lights on, a standard practice, does special things inside his 1994 Civic.
To be more precise, when the maneuver described above was pulled, a hidden compartment placed behind the right rear speaker panel opened. He found a similar compartment on the left side of the car, but this required the defrost to be activated, with the car still in reverse, in order to open.
The compartments were solenoid and spring activated, with the man reaching the conclusion that these had been used for drug-related activities.
At that point, he realized why his rear speakers were not functional. He explains that while he had tried to remove the speaker panel and investigate, he could only find cutouts behind them before managing to get them to open.
Obviously, the man explored the depths of the newly discovered compartment, and noticed these went all the way to the floor and were around six inches wide in their most generous sides.
As for the legal implications of this used car adventure, well, it all depends on the state you're in. Certain areas have deemed such compartments illegal, but the laws are not that simple.
For instance, Ohio has convicted people based on a new law that makes it illegal to “knowingly operate […] a vehicle with a hidden compartment […] used or intended to be used to facilitate the unlawful concealment […] of a controlled substance.”
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