Your Most Humiliating Car - Page 4

classicman · 03-19-2009, 08:08 PM

Iron City? - wow, haven't heard of that in forever.

bbro · 03-20-2009, 03:18 PM

Yea, he owned a beer distributor at one time that was in my uncle's possession. You should have seen it, big, plastic with the yellow triangle and everything. Luckily my mother got sick of it real quick.

TheMercenary · 03-20-2009, 08:23 PM

Ok, who owned a Gremlin?

Crimson Ghost · 03-21-2009, 12:02 AM

Keye Luke did, until he sold it.

wolf · 03-21-2009, 11:30 AM

Is there something wrong with me for having wanted a Pacer?

Pico and ME · 03-21-2009, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Is there something wrong with me for having wanted a Pacer?

lol, me too..I thought it was cute.

Sundae · 03-21-2009, 12:09 PM

I have never had a humiliating car. They've been old, cheap, shoddy maybe. But in this country you are judged more when you open your mouth. And in middle england there aren't enough people who can tell real quality these days, so I get by.

I've owned 5 (I think) and loved two of them. But a car is a car is a car. Actually, I've only owned one car that cost more than my watch. Said watch is currently unworn because it's a Tag Heuer and I can't afford to have the battery replaced.

I'm not ashamed of any of my old clunkers. Wish I had one now.

Undertoad · 03-21-2009, 12:19 PM

My first car was a 1985 VW GTI which I drove until 1994. By the end, the rear bumper had been thumped twice so it was kinda caved in, and the right door had been mashed so it had a big dent in it, and bits of the side molding were coming off. It had no power steering at all, and then it developed torque steer so hard, that to floor it meant the steering wheel could swerve hard to the right.

I think we traded it for $500. Should have kept it as a beater instead. Great beater car.

jinx · 03-21-2009, 12:33 PM

I loved my 84 GTI... only gave it up because Jim bought me the GLI Jetta... only gave that up because the damn baby seats wouldn't install right in it and Jim brought me home a Jeep Cherokee from work one day...

Crimson Ghost · 03-21-2009, 12:39 PM

The Wife owned a Pinto Station Wagon before we started dating.

We speak not of it.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2009, 02:22 PM

Wise CG, wise. Sometimes the indiscretions of youth are best buried in the past.

Crimson Ghost · 03-21-2009, 06:23 PM

You found the bodies?

Shawnee123 · 03-21-2009, 08:16 PM

After a couple good cars and mostly not good cars, this is the one I'm drooling over. They had me at 6 speed manual transmission.

http://www.hidyhonda.com/Preowned-Inventory.aspx

The link takes you to the preowned site. If you sort by mileage it's the first car, red Civic SI.

I'm sure it's way out of my price range, but lumberjim or any car people, how do you find out their ballpark price without someone actively trying to get you to buy the car? I'd just like an idea what they're asking, so I can put my silly car dream to rest.

jinx · 03-21-2009, 08:40 PM

Which one shaw?

Shawnee123 · 03-21-2009, 08:42 PM

You have to be at preowned inventory and sort by mileage, lowest first.

It's the 2008 red Civic SI.

03-19-2009, 08:08 PM	#46
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Iron City? - wow, haven't heard of that in forever. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-20-2009, 08:23 PM	#48
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ok, who owned a Gremlin? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-21-2009, 12:02 AM	#49
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Keye Luke did, until he sold it. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-21-2009, 11:30 AM	#50
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Is there something wrong with me for having wanted a Pacer? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-21-2009, 12:09 PM	#52
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I have never had a humiliating car. They've been old, cheap, shoddy maybe. But in this country you are judged more when you open your mouth. And in middle england there aren't enough people who can tell real quality these days, so I get by. I've owned 5 (I think) and loved two of them. But a car is a car is a car. Actually, I've only owned one car that cost more than my watch. Said watch is currently unworn because it's a Tag Heuer and I can't afford to have the battery replaced. I'm not ashamed of any of my old clunkers. Wish I had one now. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-20-2009, 03:18 PM	#47
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Yea, he owned a beer distributor at one time that was in my uncle's possession. You should have seen it, big, plastic with the yellow triangle and everything. Luckily my mother got sick of it real quick.

03-21-2009, 12:19 PM	#53
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My first car was a 1985 VW GTI which I drove until 1994. By the end, the rear bumper had been thumped twice so it was kinda caved in, and the right door had been mashed so it had a big dent in it, and bits of the side molding were coming off. It had no power steering at all, and then it developed torque steer so hard, that to floor it meant the steering wheel could swerve hard to the right. I think we traded it for $500. Should have kept it as a beater instead. Great beater car.

03-21-2009, 12:33 PM	#54
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I loved my 84 GTI... only gave it up because Jim bought me the GLI Jetta... only gave that up because the damn baby seats wouldn't install right in it and Jim brought me home a Jeep Cherokee from work one day... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-21-2009, 12:39 PM	#55
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	The Wife owned a Pinto Station Wagon before we started dating. We speak not of it. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-21-2009, 02:22 PM	#56
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wise CG, wise. Sometimes the indiscretions of youth are best buried in the past. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2009, 06:23 PM	#57
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	You found the bodies? __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-21-2009, 08:16 PM	#58
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	After a couple good cars and mostly not good cars, this is the one I'm drooling over. They had me at 6 speed manual transmission. http://www.hidyhonda.com/Preowned-Inventory.aspx The link takes you to the preowned site. If you sort by mileage it's the first car, red Civic SI. I'm sure it's way out of my price range, but lumberjim or any car people, how do you find out their ballpark price without someone actively trying to get you to buy the car? I'd just like an idea what they're asking, so I can put my silly car dream to rest. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-21-2009, 08:40 PM	#59
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Which one shaw? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-21-2009, 08:42 PM	#60
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You have to be at preowned inventory and sort by mileage, lowest first. It's the 2008 red Civic SI. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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