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?
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
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!
ICE 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."
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
Drain? Drain on the wallet, environment, time, lives, lifespans... and its circling it (Haha, sorry had to add that).
Koch-wagons, Jihad jalopy, cancer cart. Goldbergian? (Although mine may be more Rube Goldberg than most...) Certainly "obsolete" applies.
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.
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