I watched the same scenario where the guy in the truck held up six cars whilst doing his 30-point turn to back out of a spot.

I loved the aggressive marketing of naming something electrical “Sparkomatic”

I learned a great lesson when I spent all my money upgrading my stereo, only to find out that it sounded exactly the same as the old one because I didn’t have the money to upgrade the speakers

We accidentally rented an Aveo once, because my master plan of renting the cheapest car available and banking on an upgrade fell apart. Our suitcase did not fit in the back, so it rode in the back seat next to our toddler, threatening to crush her with every left turn.  Despite calling it “Avoido” we eventually grew a…

You felt like a schmuck for spending two grand LESS for a tent? Where you have to climb a ladder to pee at night? No thanks, I’ll happily sleep in the dirt.

My thought as well.  Who wants to make payments on a vehicle you just drove off a cliff?

Terrible handling, terrible acceleration, terrible reliability.  When these were new I really loved the design, but thankfully I never had the scratch to pick one up.  

The one I drove (I’d been having a hard time finding one) was reeeaaally worn. Sloppy shift linkage, loose seats, that sort of thing, and they were asking 12k. If they could have come down closer to 10 I might have taken a chance because I could tell it was a good car.

I remember being a poor kid in a car that needed repairs I couldn’t afford, and LUSTING after the Corolla. Could you imagine a car that didn’t regularly blow a head gasket, or vapor lock, or burn through fuses and voltage regulators? Man, I wanted a Corolla. I’ve test driven them, and rented them, and even thought…

Another bit of brilliance...I saw an interview once with Ricardo Montalbán discussing the name “Cordoba”. His father was from a town called “CORDoba”, but no, he was told by Chrysler. It’s pronounced “corDOba”

Heretic

I haven’t watched EVERY car movie, but the worst I can remember is Used Cars, with Kurt Russel cast as the used car dealer/hero of the movie.

My first girlfriend had a white one just like this.  Brought back some memories, including crawling under the car in the dark to try to fix the hydraulic clutch so she could get home.

Somewhere in Iowa...

LOL!

The Crosstrek comes in a purple-ish/greyish/bluish color. The first time my daughter saw it she called it “pblgrbl” (pibblegribble). Wouldn’t otherwise be my favorite color, but now it kinda is.

Bent bumper on my old Dodge Ram 50 from getting rear-ended. It had pushed the right side of the bumper down about 2 inches, but still completely solid. I tried jacking it from the bumper and jumping on it, but it wouldn’t budge. And I had no issue with it passing inspection for a year or two, but then one year the…

I heard that the first automotive recall in history was because Henry Ford used Spanish moss as stuffing for seat cushions.  The chiggers living in the moss weren’t too happy about that.

It better be called the Sony Driveman

I like these in a “hey, here’s an idea I don’t think anyone has tried”/”function follows form” sort of way.