What to call old fashioned cars?

SabrToothSqrl · Jul 24, 2015

So, I'm no longer, at ALL impressed with any car that's powered by goo pumped from the ground, blown up, then polluted into our atmosphere for me to breath.

And it's a real shame because I had a Lamborghini poster growing up.

But, I can't seem to convey to others just how awful and stupid a gas engine is... so it needs a new name.

My vote? Potato.

Hey, nice Corvette... what's that thing got under the hood? a Potato?

Wow, your new (whatever) looks sharp... still filling it up with cancer causing highly flammable liquid? that's cool...

So, anyway, my buddy sent me a new Audi link, and all I could think is... Potato?

SW2Fiddler · Jul 24, 2015

SabrToothSqrl said:
My vote? Potato.

I love the question so much. And I'm working on my submission.
But a Potato is too quiet. It should be something connotating annoying noisyness. Like something ...gastric?.

ilg · Jul 24, 2015

SW2Fiddler said:
I love the question so much. And I'm working on my submission.
But a Potato is too quiet. It should be something connotating annoying noisyness. Like something ...gastric?.

Toddler? :biggrin:

Noisy: check!
Annoying: check! (especially somebody else's toddler)

Also... immature, prone to tantrums, stinky/polluting

Zextraterrestrial · Jul 24, 2015

SW2Fiddler said:
I love the question so much. And I'm working on my submission.
But a Potato is too quiet. It should be something connotating annoying noisyness. Like something ...gastric?.

bean burrito?

but have you ever put a potato with out any holes in the skin into a microwave? they can be very explosive

haha Toddler is pretty funny!

SabrToothSqrl · Jul 24, 2015

Toddler would also cover gassy...

ThosEM · Jul 24, 2015

WRECKS? (As in T-Rex) Remember "Rent-a-wreck"?

Las Vegas · Jul 24, 2015

ICE

SabrToothSqrl said:
So, I'm no longer, at ALL impressed with any car that's powered by goo pumped from the ground, blown up, then polluted into our atmosphere for me to breath.

And it's a real shame because I had a Lamborghini poster growing up.

But, I can't seem to convey to others just how awful and stupid a gas engine is... so it needs a new name.

My vote? Potato.

Hey, nice Corvette... what's that thing got under the hood? a Potato?

Wow, your new (whatever) looks sharp... still filling it up with cancer causing highly flammable liquid? that's cool...

So, anyway, my buddy sent me a new Audi link, and all I could think is... Potato?

The standard reference for an "old" car is an ICE car. Ice referring to Internal Combustion Engine car. In example, "Oh, you drive an ICE car? Sorry to hear that."

Sosius · Jul 24, 2015

Dino-cars!

deonb · Jul 24, 2015

Let's see:

* Feasts on dinosaur corpses
* Makes an annoying low pitch droning sound that gets noisier as they get older
* Spreads disease where they go

Ladies and gentlemen... the paleo-maggot

FreeOfPge · Jul 24, 2015

Drain?

Drain on the wallet, environment, time, lives, lifespans... and its circling it (Haha, sorry had to add that).

CliffG · Jul 24, 2015

smokers?

tkizzy · Jul 24, 2015

"Nice Oil-bag bro"

Bangor Bob · Jul 24, 2015

Koch-wagons, Jihad jalopy, cancer cart. Goldbergian? (Although mine may be more Rube Goldberg than most...) Certainly "obsolete" applies.

brianman · Jul 24, 2015

I'm partial to "endangered". I don't really hope they go "extinct", as I have a fondness for some specific vehicles, just thin out...a lot.

Barry · Jul 24, 2015

ISIS supporter

tkizzy · Jul 24, 2015

Dinosaurs.

davewill · Jul 24, 2015

Personally, I'd go with "Obsolete".

Electric700 · Jul 24, 2015

How about polluter cars? Someone I know calls them that.

"How's your new polluter car? I bet it gets 15 MPG."

Not a great way to win friends, but hey

Kosmo · Jul 24, 2015

CliffG said:
smokers?

+1 on this one.

dbullard · Jul 24, 2015

"Deprecated". Still works, but you should upgrade at your earliest convenience.

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