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Mopar151

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38. When the Corvair clubs do a "track day"

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 06:38 AM

Feb 2017

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"The White House is running like a '72 Pinto." [View all] procon Feb 2017 OP

until someone bumped into it and it exploded! putitinD Feb 2017 #1

Don't hit it in the rear!!! Especially with Easy D around!! Lawd!!! adigal Feb 2017 #15

I have a feeling '72 Pintos ran better. No reason to insult Pintos. They may not have been... NNadir Feb 2017 #2

Those are the ones that exploded in minor collisions. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #12

I think it was impact from 2naSalit Feb 2017 #19

Well I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip up sir. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #24

That's an exaggeration, and they ran quite well. Mopar151 Feb 2017 #35

That may be so, but they were nowhere near as dangerous as Trump though. n/t NNadir Feb 2017 #36

True. Pintos exploded only in certain collisions; Trump explodes randomly. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #44

I had one! HassleCat Feb 2017 #3

I had a Mercury Bobcat, which was basically the same thing. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #9

Yep. Pinto ran fine, but was too squirrely on ice and snow. HassleCat Feb 2017 #11

I loved my Mercury Bobcat; my Pinto was a great car. Now if you want to talk about my friend's Vega NBachers Feb 2017 #27

One of my coworkers had a Vega HassleCat Feb 2017 #30

GM can screw up anything, to gain 10 cents a car. Mopar151 Feb 2017 #37

Worst car I ever owned was a Vega. My job was in Troy, NY and WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #39

"The Worst Car I Ever Owned" award has to go to my Saab 99L. NBachers Feb 2017 #42

Oh dear lord, I had one as well. Pumpkin orange. SMH. Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #28

I bought a brand new Pinto for $2000.00, yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2017 #34

Tin foil, skewers, and bar-b-que sauce in the glove compartment. longship Feb 2017 #4

More like a Yugo we can do it Feb 2017 #5

WRONG Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #6

No, here is the official Trump White House car. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2017 #7

If they had the cousins 2naSalit Feb 2017 #20

Hah, I had a '73 flamingdem Feb 2017 #8

So Did I!!! ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #41

It's sailing like the Titanic... Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #10

More like a '72 Trabant 601. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #13

My brother-in-law had a 70 something Pinto. Grammy23 Feb 2017 #14

"Corvair," somebody suggested. moondust Feb 2017 #16

My college boyfriend had a Corvair that was a well known party car. procon Feb 2017 #18

Great idea!!! moondust Feb 2017 #21

Many a retire Corvair 2naSalit Feb 2017 #22

Unsafe at any speed! HassleCat Feb 2017 #31

'65 and later Corvairs were exceptional cars for their time regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #32

When the Corvair clubs do a "track day" Mopar151 Feb 2017 #38

My friends had one and we kept marshmellows in the glove box. kairos12 Feb 2017 #17

Soviet 1972 Zaz 968 Zaporozhet ThoughtCriminal Feb 2017 #23

that hideous thing really does symbolize the Trump white house, especially with VP driving it. putitinD Feb 2017 #25

that's great line gopiscrap Feb 2017 #26

Interesting analogy Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #29

An incomplete Rube Goldberg Machine is what jumped into my mind when he said it. Motown_Johnny Feb 2017 #33

A Renault Alliance! Mopar151 Feb 2017 #40

Top Secret! Pinto scene jeanmarc Feb 2017 #43