[LastPlaceComics] Hand Em Over

[0ops@lemm.ee]

I'm American and honestly this is the first time I've heard "hoopty". I usually go with shitbox or beater, and I also hear the older generations use "jalopy" sometimes

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

Oldsmobiles are magic. Sometimes vile, evil magic lmao

[cookedslug@lemm.ee]

fantastic comment. really nicely written and super entertaining! thanks for sharing

[limelight79@lemm.ee]

This is great. It reminds me of the Olds my dad had that had intermittent power steering, like you'd be turning into a parking spot at the mall (this actually happened to me) and the power steering would stop working, suddenly making the wheel much harder to turn. All kinds of random fun.

Cutlass Ciera diesel. If you got behind someone doing 50 mph on the highway, you were basically stuck there, because it would take forever to pass them.

[jimmycakes@lemmy.world]

It's a southern word

[dannyboy@sh.itjust.works]

This is why I often leave the keys in the ignition of my manual beater Suzuki. Teenage hooligans can't drive it and its value doubles when the gas tank is full anyways, not much to lose.

[0ops@lemm.ee]

Gotcha, thanks

[vitorobles@lemmy.today]

value doubles when the gas tank is full anyways

This is hilarious.

[landedgentry@lemmy.zip]

My buddy speaks German and calls his the (forgive my spelling) klapperkeister

[sprucebringsteen@lemmy.world]

I had a Topaz its cousin car until '14 or so, and mine was ancient then. How is that still running? How many miles are on it?

[ourkaos@lemmy.today]

Sounds kinky. I'm in!

[ourkaos@lemmy.today]

You have been tagged "Oldsmobile Raccoon Guy".

See you around!

[bytemeister@lemmy.world]

I think, if you've never had to lay in the mud in your work uniform and kick the muffler off your car so it won't catch on a pothole and yeet itself through your trunk/gas tank, then you've never really experienced owning a car in your early 20's.

[thawed_caveman@lemmy.world]

Life hack: let someone steal your car. They get easy loot, you get 1. conveniently rid of your beater and 2. insurance money.

Disclaimer: i'm not the first to think of this and they made it illegal long before your beater was even built

[jumi@lemmy.world]

You mean "Klapperkiste" = "rattle box"

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

Ha! I love it.

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

Yikes! That sounds frickin awful

[landedgentry@lemmy.zip]

Yes that!

[heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world]

It's not. One of its doors was held on by duct tape. It was a real pos, but it never killed anyone so I can't complain too much.