Somehow, all of the Autopian company cars live quite unfortunate lives. Ski-Klasse was beaten to a pulp off-road, the Pontiac Aztek wants to self-drive itself off of a mountain, and now we have this Nissan NV200 former NYC taxi and it’s already having a bad time.
We bought the cabbie for just $800 from Copart, and it’s been a hilarious disaster ever since. The thing didn’t even run at first, and now, it got to eat a trunk-load of tree after some accidental mishandling by the guys delivering the van to Jason’s place. I have a feeling that our new Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet is trembling in fear right now. Steve Wilson points out the goof here:
You called for a tow truck but they sent a wrecker.
Hoonicus:
You can’t hit every F’ing branch of the bad decisions tree without first climbing it.
Sid Bridge:
Behold, an adorable little NY Taxi, after 340,000 miles of New York abuse including being bumped by cars, thwacked by angry umbrella-toting stock brokers with tophats and arrow collars, and spending its nights socked in a lot with a bunch of other abused cabs listening to horror stories from one of the three remaining grizzly old Crown Vics, finally gets out of New York to experience a little suburban serenity. And… oh look! It’s a tree! It’s first tree! Let’s go say hi to my first tree! (WHACK)
A. Barth:
Is the tree all right??
shitbox hero
“Unfortunately, Foreigner were unable to recapture the magic of their previous hit.”
The biggest news we’ve seen in a while is the launch of the Slate Auto truck. It’s an extremely barebones and basic regular cab truck with steel wheels and no paint. Basically everything is an option from a radio to door pockets. V10omous fires off a hot, but hilarious take:
This thing is designed to appeal to commenters here, which means it has about a 0.0001% chance of being an actual success.
Hey now! Now, if only Slate Auto could have figured out how to sell a brand-new used car. It would have the enthusiast market locked down tight. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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I laughed, but V10 is on point.
I have serious nostalgia for my crappy basic cars of decades past, however, age brings insistence on comfort
I’ve been burned before but am at heart an optimist: I’ll buy basic if cheap enough.
-likely the second year, though, as I can’t shake memories of 2 separate 79 fox bodies
That picture of the Slate reminds me of my RC truck. Same black roof protector, same wild graphics and same shape. It’s even electric!
The Slate is a really cool idea. I’m so tempted to put a deposit down.
I went into the configurator and tried to make the “loudest” truck I could. That was the result. 🙂
It’s whimsical! Hope it becomes reality!
It is the equivalent of adopting a very elderly dog and then running over it in the animal shelter’s parking lot.
It was just getting tied up in Torch’s driveway anyway.
Would you trust them to walk your dog around the block?
Which membership level gets you tied up in Torch’s driveway? A variant of “Leather,” perhaps?
After you get tied down, ‘Leather’ is your first meal
The lyrics have changed, however the game remains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQ0MG9OPzA
That Slate truck illustration is the special and unique Boy George Edition.
“You come and go
You come and gooooo….”
“Now, if only Slate Auto could have figured out how to sell a brand-new used car.”
I mean
https://youtu.be/P8UtRNCztVI?si=XnhfWbLo_uDE0zwj
I don’t know man…the main characters are cool and all…It’s like if you’re experiencing excessive happiness, go wallow in “The Endless Bummer”.
One rotten tomato