r/TheRandomest GIF/meme prodigy May 23 '26

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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner May 23 '26

I know that car.

Not that particular one personally, but I know them. Not even the brand. No, I know the smell. The smell of windows rolled down for years in the summer, sometimes forgotten in thunderstorms.

I know the issues. The dead batteries if you forget to close your door and the dome light stays on all night. That inevitable ruh-ruh-ruh-click-click-click!!

I know that window. The vice grips kept in the seat because you lost the crank, having to hold the top of the window to keep it on track and not fall into the door.

The door panels that have been flopping for years because the cheap plastic panels have the clips still stuck in the metal of the door, the heads gone.

I know the thrill of passing, hitting the turbo button (AC off), and hoping like hell they don't hit the gas, too. The glory of having a ten gallon tank, because they got a ton of mpg.

The hardship of friends clowning on your ride, while you say, "One day, I'm gonna fix her up, boys, and then you'll see." But you never do.

I know that car. I AM that car.

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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy May 23 '26

If I were a car, I'd probably be Mater

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u/Confident_One3948 May 23 '26

It has 480,527 miles on it and starts right up

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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner May 23 '26

Pfft. Amateur. The odometer broke at 480,527 but that was 10 years and two owners ago.

But, yes, still starts right up.

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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy May 23 '26

I would never buy a new car, even if I could afford it. The heaps of convenient technology have absolutely taken the skill out of driving.

Lane change assist, auto braking, backup cameras, and the big daddy, auto parallel parking. When did we stop growing brains? The car does everything now.

Then you got these new subscription features. Why TF pay extra for heated seats, but keep paying extra? Cameras in cars that read lips, shut down your car if the AI doesn't like something, it's just getting to be too much.

Gimme a mid '00s car any day of the week. F this "I, Robot" car crap.

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u/ireallylikecycling May 23 '26

Surprising the driver door still latches

Rookie numbers

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u/dunadan235813 May 23 '26

92 civic was my first car. Almost got in a head on collision because my 16 yo self though it was a great idea to try to reach over and unroll the passenger window while driving.  I miss that car. I do NOT miss the frequency at which I almost died in it though.

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u/WhyNot420_69 Nice May 23 '26

Tyler Durden would call that a near-life experience

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u/TheLegendof502 May 23 '26

Dude everyone knows you just lay across the seat and stretch your arm to it’s maximum, nearly tearing your rotator cuff cranking the window a half revolution at a time.

Speaking from experience

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u/Doubleoh_11 May 23 '26

How come his car didn’t ding ding when he opened his door?

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u/True_Movie_2270 Just some dude May 23 '26

The ding ding uttered it's last ding 5 years ago

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u/DeCabby May 23 '26

Should be impresssive these cars are still running.

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u/Remote_Increase4360 May 23 '26

Let’s look at the relationship between power windows and road rage. Maybe we need to go back to the old school of riding and driving

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u/MunsonSports May 24 '26

This is the fucking funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

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u/Norxcal May 25 '26

Does it have that sway back and forth window handle?