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(Washington Post) Dumbass If you from bridges at cars would shoot / Take a lesson, be astute / Driving rare Gremlins will get you nailed / Drive an Accord and stay out of jail   (washingtonpost.com) divider line 39
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2wolves 2008-03-30 09:49:05 AM  
Hillbillies buy American made!

 
tomWright 2008-03-30 09:55:38 AM  
Honda is American made.

So be Civic minded, reach and Accord to be Fit while you Pilot your S2000 on your Odyssey to the Ridgeline to check out the Elements you CR-V.

 
fuzzwell [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 09:57:36 AM  
I can see the interstate where this happened from my front door. It's about 5 miles away on the side of a mountain.

Too bad they didn't just shoot themselves in the head before bothering anyone else.

Suicide....

If you're planning a shooting spree, do the world a favor and kill yourself.

 
2wolves 2008-03-30 09:58:15 AM  
tomWright: Honda is American made.



True, but it doesn't sound American made. Honda... sounds furrin.

 
tomWright 2008-03-30 10:01:02 AM  
Yeah, guess a vowel will do that:

upload.wikimedia.org

/yeah, it's hotlinked

 
Dubya's_Coke_Dealer 2008-03-30 12:22:45 PM  
If there's any advice I can give young criminals: Drive an inconspicuous car, with all the lights working and so forth. And obey the traffic laws.

 
Pilikia 2008-03-30 12:23:30 PM  
Old news. Folks were submitting this like crazy on TotalFark on Friday. No offense, subby, but some of the headlines were a lot better than yours.

 
TheGreatGazoo 2008-03-30 12:25:11 PM  
How can you keep something like that on the road? Do they have Cuban car mechanics?

 
PacManDreaming [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 12:25:42 PM  
fuzzwell: If you're planning a shooting spree, do the world a favor and kill yourself first.

FTFY

 
author1701 2008-03-30 12:30:59 PM  
Burma Shave

/Lawn... off!

 
mcmiller 2008-03-30 12:32:51 PM  
"a Gremlin with a racing stripe"


comedy gold.

 
jmsvrsn 2008-03-30 12:33:21 PM  
Racing stripe? Sounds like a Gremlin X. I had one with a 304 v8 in it. It was a nice reliable car. Well, better than the Chevy Luv I replaced it with. It would top out at just over 100mph and had a gas tank the same size as the Cadillac. Fast and you don't need to refuel as often. Perfect getaway car. A little too easy to spot I guess. I wonder if their's has an 8track player?

 
barefoot in the head [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 12:39:35 PM  
farm4.static.flickr.com

 
mfaby 2008-03-30 12:41:48 PM  
"If you from bridges at cars would shoot / Take a lesson, be astute / Driving rare Gremlins will get you nailed / Drive an Accord and stay out of jail BURMA SHAVE!"

There.
FTFY

 
stiletto_the_wise 2008-03-30 12:41:52 PM  

 
NANCY'S MEAT PUPPET 2008-03-30 12:42:28 PM  
jmsvrsn: Racing stripe? Sounds like a Gremlin X. I had one with a 304 v8 in it. It was a nice reliable car. Well, better than the Chevy Luv I replaced it with. It would top out at just over 100mph and had a gas tank the same size as the Cadillac. Fast and you don't need to refuel as often. Perfect getaway car. A little too easy to spot I guess. I wonder if their's has an 8track player?

I too had a Gremlin X but It had the 401, very fast car but was full of "Gremlins".

/Gremlin....The box the Pinto came in.

 
Wulfman 2008-03-30 12:46:53 PM  
Shouldn't have fed it so late.

 
SwallowTheKnife 2008-03-30 12:49:05 PM  
Otto, theres a gremlin on the side of the bus!
www.starkdavingmad.com

 
unicornrider 2008-03-30 12:53:54 PM  
Ahh, the Gremlin, number 19 on Times top 50 worst cars of all time:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658498_1657865,0 0.html

 
zymurgist 2008-03-30 01:03:54 PM  
author1701: Burma Shave

I LOL'd.

 
AuCinaoaMie 2008-03-30 01:13:27 PM  
Learned that lesson a bit easier, found out in 1992 that a 79 Formula doesnt blend in as well as the 90 Mustang I was playing with on the highway one afternoon. Real easy to find a car that there may only be one other like it in the city/state/region, then add color and its even narrower.

Steal an Accord if you plan to be a nefarious law breaker, even if something else is faster.

 
blkhwk86 2008-03-30 01:17:02 PM  
Oh dear God! Those hideous things are still around???

 
kurt-roges 2008-03-30 01:19:34 PM  
author1701: Burma Shave

/Lawn... off!


damn, I came in here just to say that. Well played!

 
zymurgist 2008-03-30 01:20:59 PM  
kurt-roges: author1701: Burma Shave

/Lawn... off!

damn, I came in here just to say that. Well played!


I can't believe I left that out.

/subby

 
ReverendR 2008-03-30 01:40:16 PM  
The best thing my parents did to keep me from causing trouble in my car was to buy me one that was instantly recognizable.

So we used my friend's black Toyota pickup instead.

 
dolphkhan [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 01:52:41 PM  
I used to drive a Gremlin in high school, so I'm getting a big kick out of these replies.

Of couse, it was a 77, and I graduated in 93.

/didn't get laid in HS

 
SafetyDance 2008-03-30 01:59:48 PM  
Anyone know what weapon was used?

 
Assimilate This 2008-03-30 02:04:25 PM  
Say what you want, at least they didn't drive one of these:

img.timeinc.net

 
NoblePatrick 2008-03-30 02:06:40 PM  
GIS for AMC Gremlin...yowza.

photocarsonline.com

 
dj maskell 2008-03-30 02:16:35 PM  
AH yes, as I drove over 64 a few hours afterwards, all the drivers on the CB were talking about ducking down behind the wheel....

p.s. swallow the knife
I lol'ed, +1

 
immrlizard 2008-03-30 02:19:32 PM  
fuzzwell: I can see the interstate where this happened from my front door. It's about 5 miles away on the side of a mountain.

I think they say ignorance is bliss. I was on that road not long before the shooting happened. I heard about it on the news that night.

 
darth_nick23 2008-03-30 02:23:39 PM  
i always wanted a gremlin, good thing my dad didnt let me get one.

 
Unhip1 [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 03:09:21 PM  
Burma Shave

 
Robo Beat 2008-03-30 03:16:14 PM  
Assimilate This: Say what you want, at least they didn't drive one of these:

Dude, the freaking Mirthmobile.
images.tribe.net

 
danno_to_infinity 2008-03-30 03:20:57 PM  
stiletto_the_wise: Better article from a local source, complete with pics, MySpace links, and snarky comments,

wow, it is like a local Fark, for Charlottesville

 
danno_to_infinity 2008-03-30 03:28:01 PM  
NoblePatrick: GIS for AMC Gremlin...yowza.

thank you for that picture. looks to be real '70s vintage, too.

/suddenly nostalgic

 
utter_bastard 2008-03-30 03:46:16 PM  
Crozet. Good pizza place over there.

Star Hill Brewery is out that way as well, I think.

 
MorphOSX [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 03:59:50 PM  
author1701: Burma Shave

/Lawn... off!


I came here to say that.

/shakes fist

 
NoblePatrick 2008-03-30 10:34:25 PM  
danno_to_infinity: NoblePatrick: GIS for AMC Gremlin...yowza.

thank you for that picture. looks to be real '70s vintage, too.

/suddenly nostalgic


I don't think the pic is 70's vintage, just the car. There is a digital date stamp on the upper right akin to the mid 90's cameras. Also, the license plate looks to be mid 90's Nebraska issue as seen here...

www.15q.net

/AMC owners...the dorks of the car world!
//AMC fan

 
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