Got Farfenugened

[MX793]

And those motherfucking metal seat belt buckles will melt flesh!

I remember having a mirrored "GM" branded onto my hand, like that guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark,  every summer from those things.

[cawimmer430]

The adhesion on bare skin when hot rivaled duct tape.

[93JC]

I remember having a mirrored "GM" branded onto my hand, like that guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark,  every summer from those things.

I thought of that when I posted the remark. There must be thousands of people out there with "the Mark of Excellence" seared into their flesh.

[Soup DeVille]

Oh so many childhood memories...

[Laconian]

I thought of that when I posted the remark. There must be thousands of people out there with "the Mark of Excellence" seared into their flesh.

Our POS 1977 Pontiac Grand Safari had that shit. Those fucking chrome belt buckles, ughhhhh.

[cawimmer430]

There must be thousands of people out there with "the Mark of Excellence" seared into their flesh.

[cawimmer430]

Our POS 1977 Pontiac Grand Safari had that shit. Those fucking chrome belt buckles, ughhhhh.

I'd forgive the car because it makes up for it by looking so damn good! 

[r0tor]

I guess I got lucky my parents were into tacky and horrible looking seat covers in the 80's

[Soup DeVille]

I guess I got lucky my parents were into tacky and horrible looking seat covers in the 80's

My grandpa always used old horse blankets. Usually the ones that weren't good enough for the horse.

[r0tor]

I think I remember a cross between tweed and beads on my dad's F150 seat covers

[Tave]

And even if you remembered to pull the back of your shorts down and use your shirt as a makeshift mitten to close the buckle, you were still screwed when your knee bumped into the $&@%!#* steel ashtray they put right where a knee naturally goes. 

But the WORST was when you remembered to be careful, took all the right countermeasures, but made it MORE painful: you pull your shorts down to cover your thighs but it gets the small of your back, your shirt mittens slip off the buckle and it hits you on the stomach, etc...

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Cling might be an understatement.  The adhesion on bare skin when hot rivaled duct tape.

And those motherfucking metal seat belt buckles will melt flesh!

Lol man. That's not faux-Corinthian leather. That's Genuine ass and thigh heat fusion vinyl. That shit could leave scars if the trifecta of short shorts, hot sunny days, and that material ever combined.

And they did.

[Laconian]

How about the 8-track decks that would eat your hand if you stuck it in? Gawd those cars sucked for kids

[Soup DeVille]

How about the 8-track decks that would eat your hand if you stuck it in? Gawd those cars sucked for kids

Kids were expected to watch their asses or die. Like the seats that would chop your toes off in two-doors, or the fact there were working cigarette lighters in the back.

The owner's manual in my Cadillac literally states "if your child insists on standing, they should do so only in the rear seats."

[Laconian]

[68_427]

My dad's Corvette, a convertible with a black interior, has those seatbelt buckles.  YOWZA that shit hurts

[cawimmer430]

My dad's Corvette, a convertible with a black interior, has those seatbelt buckles.  YOWZA that shit hurts

[shp4man]

Aw c'mon. Nobody actually wore those belts back then. 

[12,000 RPM]

Forget Darwinism. "Domesticism" seems to be a more effective means of population control

[12,000 RPM]

So after ALL THAT FUCKING WORK my father in law, who has the Rabbit while we're here in Israel, gets rear ended

Still haven't seen the pics, so I assume it's totalled

We were planning to sell them the Rabbit as well, I did all that work for them

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

THAT SUCKS.....

[giant_mtb]

Wow.  Shitty chain of events in sportyland. 

[ifcar]

So after ALL THAT FUCKING WORK my father in law, who has the Rabbit while we're here in Israel, gets rear ended

Still haven't seen the pics, so I assume it's totalled

We were planning to sell them the Rabbit as well, I did all that work for them

Ouch. Hopefully you can show the receipts for the recent work to the insurance to demonstrate that the car was in great shape.

[AutobahnSHO]

:'-(

[12,000 RPM]

Ouch. Hopefully you can show the receipts for the recent work to the insurance to demonstrate that the car was in great shape.

They're probably gonna give me like $100 more than a scrap yard would so I'm not optimistic. I'm just hoping it's not bad. It was a low speed thing coming out of an office complex so hopefully it just needs a new bumper and maybe a new hatch. Good thing is it should all be through his insurance so our rates shouldn't go up. Other guy, who is the SFIL's coworker, did not have insurance though

[AutobahnSHO]

I just totally do not understand people who drive without insurance.

[93JC]

How do people drive without insurance? Here you can't register a car and get a licence plate without proof of insurance.

[MX793]

How do people drive without insurance? Here you can't register a car and get a licence plate without proof of insurance.

Most states require you carry either traditional insurance or an alternate insurance vehicle (like proof of financial responsibility, which is a sort of bond).  There's only a couple that require nothing.  And all of those that require it require proof of insurance to register a vehicle.  That said, I think most of those without it had it when they got their plates and then either let it lapse or cancelled it.  I know that here, if you let your insurance lapse, the DMV suspends your registration and if you don't either turn in your plates or show proof of new insurance (and pay a fine for the lapsed period) within a certain period of time, they suspend your license.  That said, lots of folks are willing to risk it.  Unless cops are randomly running plates, you're unlikely to get caught just for uninsured operation or driving with a suspended registration.  It's only when they get pulled over for some other infraction, or in an accident, that it gets caught.  For folks too broke to afford insurance, I guess they feel that don't have much to lose if they do cause an accident because you can't get much out of suing somebody who's already broke.

[Soup DeVille]

How do people drive without insurance? Here you can't register a car and get a licence plate without proof of insurance.

You pay for the first month, get your registration, then cancel.

[veeman]

Father in law's coworker, who doesn't have auto insurance, hit him?  That totally sucks.