So what does your vehicle say about you?

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10-23-2003, 02:24 PM
Grange

So what does your vehicle say about you?

Yahoo News

MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - General Motors Corp will rename its Buick LaCrosse in Canada because the name for the car is slang for masturbation in Quebec, embarrassed officials with the U.S. automaker said on Thursday.

GM officials, who declined to be named, said it had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.

GM officials in Canada are working on a new name for the car, a sedan that will go on sale next year to replace the Buick Regal.

The mix-up is reminiscent of another GM vehicle with an unfortunate name. In the 1970s, GM exported its Chevrolet Nova to Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, only to be told that Nova translated into "doesn't go". Despite the name, and contrary to popular folklore, the car sold well.

My old home hill is called Mt. La Crosse.
10-23-2003, 02:27 PM
Lumpy

Currently mine says I'm a chronic cell phone babbler who doesn't pay close enough attention to the traffic flow around me...as is evident by the smashed front end. In layman's terms...it screams typical dumbshit Utah driver.
10-23-2003, 02:30 PM
Beaver

They sell the "Vibe." Why not la crosse?
10-23-2003, 02:35 PM
trainnvain

The probe was a big seller too.Hmmm.
10-23-2003, 04:17 PM
East Coast

Hey... I play lacrosse, and it's a popular sport in Canada...
10-23-2003, 04:20 PM
The AD

Re: So what does your vehicle say about you?

Quote:

Originally posted by Grange
GM officials, who declined to be named, said it had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.

This is a major concern because so many teenagers buy Buicks :rolleyes:
10-23-2003, 04:23 PM
crstlextrm

i havent washed my truck in months, there are unfixed dents everywhere, windshields cracked, has 180,000 miles on it. Id say my vehicle says that im a ski bum, but im not....yet.
10-23-2003, 04:29 PM
basom

Quote:

Originally posted by trainnvain
The probe was a big seller too.Hmmm.

my probe says i'm an assman. right there on the vanity plate.
10-23-2003, 04:40 PM
Steven S. Dallas

I don't care what it says about me, I'm keeping my 1977 Buick LeDouchebag. Only two more payments and it's mine.
10-23-2003, 04:44 PM
Tavi

Re: Re: So what does your vehicle say about you?

Quote:

Originally posted by The AD
This is a major concern because so many teenagers buy Buicks :rolleyes:

That's exactly what I was thinking. Fairly popular with the kids now days, right along with Frank Sinatra and leather ski boots. :D
10-23-2003, 05:01 PM
Buster Highmen

My car says that I'm an unmitigated differential of the Grand Zucchini. Wads of protruding greeness obscure the sparkly dark nodules of prescient monoxides while fattening the alreading bulging wallets of the ruling class. It's leather interior smells of dead dreams, washed down the sewers of infantile struttings and imagined well being. The days have gone by, there's the beautiful house, the beautiful wife and the beautiful car but the void of an empty Dorito bag. Really, it smells more like an empty Dorito bag with a nuance of Mickey's 40 oz'ers and a nage of ralph.
My car longs to assert that it's part of a stable of stability, a fleet of divine landyachts, a passle of Pontiacs, but really it's not. It's just another mediocre, run of the mill clot of mangled metal, vinyl and rubber trying to look like more.
My car says I don't feed it enough. It says I don't use enough lube. It says I don't keep the oil topped up and that I run it too hard before it's warmed up.
My car is looking for a new owner. It doesn't like me.
10-23-2003, 05:14 PM
Pinner

My car says, "scofflaw."
10-23-2003, 05:24 PM
Beaver

My truck says "GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY WAY OR I'LL MASH IN YOUR GRILL WITH THIS BIG ASS BUMPER"
10-23-2003, 05:34 PM
funkendrenchman

"Just because you put some cheap E-bay stickers on the side of me, does not mean I am a Subaru World Rally Car."
10-23-2003, 05:36 PM
watersnowdirt

My car, the Subaru Forester, pretty much screams suburban mom who likes outdoor stuff. Even though I'm not a mom.
10-23-2003, 06:10 PM
Telenater

Right now, my car says "Wash Me"
10-23-2003, 06:13 PM
KQ

Quote:

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
My car says that I'm an unmitigated differential of the Grand Zucchini. Wads of protruding greeness obscure the sparkly dark nodules of prescient monoxides while fattening the alreading bulging wallets of the ruling class. It's leather interior smells of dead dreams, washed down the sewers of infantile struttings and imagined well being. The days have gone by, there's the beautiful house, the beautiful wife and the beautiful car but the void of an empty Dorito bag. Really, it smells more like an empty Dorito bag with a nuance of Mickey's 40 oz'ers and a nage of ralph.
My car longs to assert that it's part of a stable of stability, a fleet of divine landyachts, a passle of Pontiacs, but really it's not. It's just another mediocre, run of the mill clot of mangled metal, vinyl and rubber trying to look like more.
My car says I don't feed it enough. It says I don't use enough lube. It says I don't keep the oil topped up and that I run it too hard before it's warmed up.
My car is looking for a new owner. It doesn't like me.

You drive an Audi Quattro Wagon fer cryin' out loud!!! It says you're a yuppie. :p
10-23-2003, 06:18 PM
Clack

"I eat audis, shit subarus, and pick my teeth with telephone poles"

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic12056.jpg
10-23-2003, 06:21 PM
char

"Drive me to Tahoe for the summit."
10-23-2003, 07:27 PM
Ferniefreeheels

All mine says is that I'm fackin' poor...not really true though I just prefer spending my money on toys...my mt bike is probably worth more than my pickup!!:p
10-23-2003, 08:18 PM
interloper

I herd an Xploder w/ a ski nickid sticker on the window.
10-23-2003, 09:50 PM
Plakespear

According to Pinner, my car says that I'm either a sorority girl or a gay man.
10-23-2003, 09:55 PM
DINMS

Quote:

Originally posted by Plakespear
According to Pinner, my car says that I'm either a sorority girl or a gay man.

Beatle?
10-23-2003, 10:04 PM
The AD

Quote:

Originally posted by DINMS
Beatle?

Gotta be a VW of some type. I'd guess a Jetta.
10-23-2003, 11:33 PM
interloper

Quote:

Originally posted by Plakespear
According to Pinner, my car says that I'm either a sorority girl or a gay man.

Well,are you?
10-24-2003, 08:41 AM
Plakespear

Quote:

Originally posted by The AD
Gotta be a VW of some type. I'd guess a Jetta.

Winner.

And interloper, I am neither a sorority girl, or a gay man (not that there's anyhting wrong with that)
10-24-2003, 12:14 PM
AntiSoCalSkier

My car screams:

"THERE'S AN IRESPONSIBLE MALE DRIVING ME!!!! PLEASE GIVE HIM A TICKET!!!!!"

It also emailed this to my insurance company:

"I like to go fast, and I encourage my owner to drive that way. Please jack up his rates"
10-24-2003, 12:21 PM
Aldo

Don't know what the car says, but the title says:

' exceeds mechanical limits "
10-24-2003, 01:15 PM
grrrr

Latest audaious license plate frame seen:

"My other ride is your daughter"
10-24-2003, 01:23 PM
milkman

Quote:

Originally posted by The AD
Gotta be a VW of some type. I'd guess a Jetta.

Hey, what's wrong with VW's? My Westy kicks ass....
10-24-2003, 01:29 PM
teledave

http://tinyurl.com/nh6t

Edit: When do I lose the 'Minion' label? I refuse to just to to another category and pad, pad, pad!
11-05-2003, 12:23 PM
Clack

I think this one speaks for itself

edit - fixed

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic14950.jpg
11-05-2003, 12:33 PM
iceman

You bumped this after two weeks for "never mind"?
11-05-2003, 12:35 PM
Clack

got it fixed now, couldn't link it before. Saw this pic and thought immediately about the thread. :D
11-05-2003, 10:17 PM
G

My truck has a name:

"chick deflector"
11-05-2003, 10:31 PM
Dexter Rutecki

Re: So what does your vehicle say about you?

Quote:

Originally posted by Grange
GM officials, who declined to be named, said it had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.

Won't the Canucks have red faces when they find out that U.S. teenagers use the word 'hockey' to mean monkey sex.
11-05-2003, 10:34 PM
Endlessseason

Nothing. I drive a company vehicle and cannot be held responsible for what people think of my minivan.

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"There's nothing like cheese."
11-05-2003, 11:38 PM
Foggy_Goggles

Quote:

Originally posted by The AD
Gotta be a VW of some type. I'd guess a Jetta.

No, Jetta's are loved by others such as new skool hippy pucks and lipstick lesbians.
11-05-2003, 11:50 PM
two_planks

Quote:

Originally posted by Beaver
My truck says "GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY WAY OR I'LL MASH IN YOUR GRILL WITH THIS BIG ASS BUMPER"

HA HA mine too.....

But it also says "I'm a broke ass arborist/ landscaper and I can't afford anything better than this beat up piece of shit work truck."

Really though, I love my truck. Rust and all. Hey it only cost $500 bucks and its 79 GMCs are reeeeeal easy to work on. Unless its -40 with a foot of snow and your trying to replace the starter, I definately don't want to do that one again.
11-06-2003, 08:04 AM
Crinkle

My car says........PIMP. If you could see me behind the dark tint.

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