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VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
What vehicles have you seen stopped for no apparent reason in someplace no one would want to stop; or obviously broken down on the side of the road recently?

On my most recent road trip, I saw:

Two late-model Camaros
One Nissan Quest
One Jaguar F-type
One early 90s Ford Escort
One 1st generation Pontiac Vibe

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Humbug
Dec 3, 2006
Bogus
Not super recently, but i saw a mid 80's Ferrari broken down in the middle of an intersection in Italy. That's definitely the choice of vehicle for breaking down and blocking the traffic there. No one honked and plenty of encouraging hand waving as they pushed it out of the way.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
My loving Liberty

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Some 1980s coupe, half the rear end sitting in traffic, without the hazards on. I think it was an Olds, but it was dumb because the guy was still in the car.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

My loving Liberty

Thanks Obama! :argh:

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug
Lots of Pontiac Montanas for some reason. I feel like most of those have probably hit the end of their useful life, which is pretty impressive. Usually you don't see domestic vans that old surviving 10+ years of no maintenance.

Disgruntled Bovine
Jul 5, 2010

I saw a stanced Altima with really huge blingy wheels getting loaded onto a flatbed alongside I495. I hope he got impounded.

rdb
Jul 8, 2002
chicken mctesticles?
The only remarkable broken car I have seen this week was a newish looking chevy Cruze with a tow sticker on it. It was on I71 somewhere in KY.

Other than that the usual assortment of beater Taurus, minivans and one mid 2000s corolla.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
got to see a xjs with an engine fire the other night. all was right in the world it seemed.

sharkytm
Oct 9, 2003

Ba

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Sharkytm doot doo do doot do doo


Fallen Rib
A rusty XJ was blocking the road to the dealership I was visiting. No hazards, just stopped. Moron.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Last-generation Dodge Stratus on the freeway in Vegas; chalked up windows like it'd been there a while.

spookykid
Apr 28, 2006

cursedshitbox posted:

got to see a xjs with an engine fire the other night. all was right in the world it seemed.

:piaa:

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
A morose twenty-something was standing next to his apparently non-running Mazda 626 on the side of the freeway today. Couldn't tell what the problem was but he looked very, very sad.

Mental Hospitality
Jan 5, 2011

On any given day on a metro-Detroit interstate or freeway:

An early-mid 90'd Ford aero Crown Victoria with a lifted suspension made to fit 26in rims, but with 16in steelies on it.

1980's Chevy Van. White/rust colored.

A 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with extremely dark tint on the windows, possibly concealing a dead body.

TheShazbot
Feb 20, 2011

a bunch of 90's ford explorers, nissan altimas and the occasional chrysler van from around 2001.

Nocheez
Sep 5, 2000

Can you spare a little cheddar?
Nap Ghost
A newer Camaro, sitting in the middle lane of rush hour traffic, broken down and causing headaches for every commuter heading northbound yesterday.

keykey
Mar 28, 2003

     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUz9xCTOPRw

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
late 80s/early 90s Peugeot 505 Wagon, in that light blue colour.

dissss
Nov 10, 2007

I'm a terrible forums poster with terrible opinions.

Here's a cat fucking a squid.
God drat cooling system

rndmnmbr
Jul 3, 2012

Most of a primer-colored first-gen Camaro at a red light.

One of the wheels, on the other hand, on the other side of the intersection in the parking lot of a convenience store. It looks like it lost the lug nuts or sheared the studs, and when the car stopped, the left rear wheel kept right on truckin'.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
A poor second-gen Prius missed a turn and drove through the exit sign :(

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

rndmnmbr posted:

Most of a primer-colored first-gen Camaro at a red light.

One of the wheels, on the other hand, on the other side of the intersection in the parking lot of a convenience store. It looks like it lost the lug nuts or sheared the studs, and when the car stopped, the left rear wheel kept right on truckin'.

I saw this happen before, but it was a late second gen, and a front wheel. I offered my jack to the guy, but he was apparently in a hurry because he just pinned it and used the throttle to keep most of the weight off the front end. Left the wheel sitting there on the side of the road and everything. :shrug:

Saucer Crab
Apr 3, 2009




Your standard issue (for around here) lifted 80s full size truck with the driveshaft hanging free at one end.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

Saucer Crab posted:

Your standard issue (for around here) lifted 80s full size truck with the driveshaft hanging free at one end.

Which end? This should tell you how much feces was deposited in the cab.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

Raluek posted:

I saw this happen before, but it was a late second gen, and a front wheel.

This happened to a pickup truck in my town when I was a kid. The wheel bounced down the road and killed a 12 year old girl.

Saucer Crab
Apr 3, 2009




VideoTapir posted:

Which end? This should tell you how much feces was deposited in the cab.

In this case, the front of it, though the truck was safely off the road in a wide spot at least.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
My dad's neighbor's hot rod dropped its drive shaft like that once.

berth ell pup
Mar 20, 2017

I am a business magnet.
my 240 caught on fire last week. it's fine now though.

saw a stanced early 90s lexus ls? that obviously had some sort of suspension collapse a couple days ago.
saw a stanced EK civic with the tire touching the fender and several parking tickets parked downtown while i was on my Cannondale yesterday.

my city has an impound auction every other month and that's fun if you like looking at this sort of poo poo.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

Some dickhead killed the engine in my MSP the other day does that count?

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

VideoTapir posted:

My dad's neighbor's hot rod dropped its drive shaft like that once.

So did my F-150. Good thing the interior was already brown.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Today:
Ram pickup with trailer problems
Pontiac sunfire
Jeep liberty like 200 yards past the sunfire

berth ell pup
Mar 20, 2017

I am a business magnet.

VideoTapir posted:

Today:
Ram pickup with trailer problems
Pontiac sunfire
Jeep liberty like 200 yards past the sunfire

none of these surprise me.

saw a stanced eg civic sedan today, also an early-mid 00s ford taurus.
i also heard the loudest hosed up cv joint in the parking lot of the fellini kroger.

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug
Today I saw an early 00s Acura EL on the side of the highway in a spot where it would have been both incredibly dangerous to stop and incredibly dangerous to run across the highway to safety.

Sits on Pilster
Oct 12, 2004
I like to wear bras on my ass while I masturbate?
Regularly see early 2000-era Jettas. No surprise there. What always makes me feel kinda bad is when I see older vehicles (usually domestics or Nissans) with temp plates broken down. I see one of these at least once a week.

berth ell pup
Mar 20, 2017

I am a business magnet.

Sits on Pilster posted:

Regularly see early 2000-era Jettas. No surprise there. What always makes me feel kinda bad is when I see older vehicles (usually domestics or Nissans) with temp plates broken down. I see one of these at least once a week.

that is kind of sad. i see them pretty often in junkyards too. i like to think that some of them have temp tags just to move it around but actually a dealer would have dealer plates to use so hmmm.

i was at the big o'reilly's warehouse a few weeks ago and some woman was having trouble with her early 2000s acura v6's automatic transmission she bought the day before because of course it's hosed up its a honda v6 automatic. the dealer obviously knew it was hosed up and unloaded it to her and it didn't look like she could really afford to get it fixed which is a lovely thing to do to someone.

even my 4 cyl 90s accord it temporarily out of service while i wait to get a new used jdm transmission freighted in and then do the arduous task of replacing the drat thing. it's scary to drive it with how badly it slips and misshifts.

berth ell pup fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Apr 17, 2017

wesleywillis
Dec 30, 2016

SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

bonerjam posted:

that is kind of sad. i see them pretty often in junkyards too. i like to think that some of them have temp tags just to move it around but actually a dealer would have dealer plates to use so hmmm.

i was at the big o'reilly's warehouse a few weeks ago and some woman was having trouble with her early 2000s acura v6's automatic transmission she bought the day before because of course it's hosed up its a honda v6 automatic. the dealer obviously knew it was hosed up and unloaded it to her and it didn't look like she could really afford to get it fixed which is a lovely thing to do to someone.

even my 4 cyl 90s accord it temporarily out of service while i wait to get a new used jdm transmission freighted in and then do the arduous task of replacing the drat thing. it's scary to drive it with how badly it slips and misshifts.

You WAIT to get your transmission? poo poo I get it overnighted from Japan.

Cached Money
Apr 11, 2010

Saw a ~'05 Skoda on Danish plates on the shoulder today, not very surprising.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
Last gen firebird in white missing the left rear wheel on the opposite side of the highway.

The wheel jumped the median and found a nice resting place in the middle of a latemodel rav4s windshield.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Road trip this weekend.

Early 2000s Taurus
Late 60s mustang
Current generation Fusion

Streak broken: Late 90s protege

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Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde


RIP in piss Trailblazer

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