Your Most Humiliating Car

Trilby · 03-06-2009, 12:47 PM

I was forced to drive a 1976 powder blue Ford Pinto all thru high school - even after I wrecked it into a retaining fence.

It was sooooooo embarassing. It was truly a stoner mobile.

classicman · 03-06-2009, 12:51 PM

at least you had a car in HS - I rode the Bus

HungLikeJesus · 03-06-2009, 12:57 PM

Was it a long bus?

Shawnee123 · 03-06-2009, 12:59 PM

My grandma was almost killed in her Pinto. Unsafe freaking car.

I had an Escort back in the day..only thing good about it was it was manual transmission.

In HS I usually rode the bus too. I did get the car later a lot so my mom didn't have to come pick me up after whatever practice or extracurricular I had going on. Their fear of me driving was trumped by their absolute sickness of running us back and forth to events.

I never had my "own" car until the Escort, though.

glatt · 03-06-2009, 01:06 PM

I walked or rode my bike in high school. No bus or car.

I didn't have a car until after college. My grandfather's old Buick. a 1982 Buick Century. Once, in a crowded post-concert parking lot, when it was squealing really loudly, and smoke was pouring out from under the hood from a slipping belt, I had a cop tell me to turn it off because I wasn't "going to make it."

But it was a good car for road trips. As long as the passenger didn't accidentally kick the fuse box cover, causing the engine to die.

Shawnee123 · 03-06-2009, 01:08 PM

Heh...my Junior High School was probably 30 miles away (rural.) However, last day of class me and a bunch of my neighbors rode our bikes to school.

edit: may be exaggerating on distance, but not by much.

dar512 · 03-06-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

at least you had a car in HS - I rode the Bus

I walked. Uphill. Both ways.

It was just about a mile each way.

Pie · 03-06-2009, 01:13 PM

Me too.
In the snow.

Trilby · 03-06-2009, 01:13 PM

No matter what I say, I come off sounding like a brat.

Well, that's your fault!

*stomps off*

jinx · 03-06-2009, 01:35 PM

I got rides with friends or boyfriends in HS and drove a toyota tercell if my dad let me. My most humiliating car would have been my white ford escort that Jim made a upc symbol on with electrical tape. That car shrugged off mufflers, spewed antifreeze, and broke down constantly. Had some cool stickers on it though...

dar512 · 03-06-2009, 01:49 PM

First car was an ugly lime-green Pinto. Worst car ever.

Beestie · 03-06-2009, 04:27 PM

I drove a banana yellow Volkswagon in high school.

Unfortunately it was ten years after the 60s and ten years before the 90s so it was right at the peak of VW dorkiness.

Rhianne · 03-06-2009, 06:25 PM

I co-owned an Austin Maxi which two friends converted, with the use of an angle grinder, into a convertible to demonstrate the effect a roof has on a car's torsional rigidity.

Cicero · 03-06-2009, 06:32 PM

My most humiliating car is my f'ing feet. RFN.

03-06-2009, 06:36 PM

My first car was a dingy yellow 1977 Plymouth Arrow with a green racing stripe. It leaked transmission fluid at a prodigious rate. The right front ball joint was worn out and it made a horrendous "kerthunk" if I went over the slightest bump. The muffler was held on with wire, but wasn't actually attached under the car so it was loud as hell. The right hinge on the hatchback had rusted through, so you couldn't open it, and the passenger door would occasionally fly open when I made a sharp left turn. If I came to a full stop, it would stall.

My dad gave it to me... I was 29, recently divorced with an infant and a toddler, and grateful as fuck to have it!

03-06-2009, 12:47 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Your Most Humiliating Car I was forced to drive a 1976 powder blue Ford Pinto all thru high school - even after I wrecked it into a retaining fence. It was sooooooo embarassing. It was truly a stoner mobile. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-06-2009, 12:51 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	at least you had a car in HS - I rode the Bus __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-06-2009, 12:57 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Was it a long bus? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-06-2009, 12:59 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My grandma was almost killed in her Pinto. Unsafe freaking car. I had an Escort back in the day..only thing good about it was it was manual transmission. In HS I usually rode the bus too. I did get the car later a lot so my mom didn't have to come pick me up after whatever practice or extracurricular I had going on. Their fear of me driving was trumped by their absolute sickness of running us back and forth to events. I never had my "own" car until the Escort, though. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-06-2009, 01:08 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Heh...my Junior High School was probably 30 miles away (rural.) However, last day of class me and a bunch of my neighbors rode our bikes to school. edit: may be exaggerating on distance, but not by much. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-06-2009, 01:06 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I walked or rode my bike in high school. No bus or car. I didn't have a car until after college. My grandfather's old Buick. a 1982 Buick Century. Once, in a crowded post-concert parking lot, when it was squealing really loudly, and smoke was pouring out from under the hood from a slipping belt, I had a cop tell me to turn it off because I wasn't "going to make it." But it was a good car for road trips. As long as the passenger didn't accidentally kick the fuse box cover, causing the engine to die.

03-06-2009, 01:13 PM	#8
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Me too. In the snow. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-06-2009, 01:35 PM	#10
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I got rides with friends or boyfriends in HS and drove a toyota tercell if my dad let me. My most humiliating car would have been my white ford escort that Jim made a upc symbol on with electrical tape. That car shrugged off mufflers, spewed antifreeze, and broke down constantly. Had some cool stickers on it though... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-06-2009, 01:49 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	First car was an ugly lime-green Pinto. Worst car ever. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-06-2009, 04:27 PM	#12
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I drove a banana yellow Volkswagon in high school. Unfortunately it was ten years after the 60s and ten years before the 90s so it was right at the peak of VW dorkiness. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-06-2009, 06:25 PM	#13
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I co-owned an Austin Maxi which two friends converted, with the use of an angle grinder, into a convertible to demonstrate the effect a roof has on a car's torsional rigidity.

03-06-2009, 06:32 PM	#14
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	My most humiliating car is my f'ing feet. RFN. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-06-2009, 06:36 PM	#15
Tiki Guest Posts: n/a	My first car was a dingy yellow 1977 Plymouth Arrow with a green racing stripe. It leaked transmission fluid at a prodigious rate. The right front ball joint was worn out and it made a horrendous "kerthunk" if I went over the slightest bump. The muffler was held on with wire, but wasn't actually attached under the car so it was loud as hell. The right hinge on the hatchback had rusted through, so you couldn't open it, and the passenger door would occasionally fly open when I made a sharp left turn. If I came to a full stop, it would stall. My dad gave it to me... I was 29, recently divorced with an infant and a toddler, and grateful as fuck to have it!

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