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** It's a car. It's there. [[ForTheEvulz It's all that thieves need to know.]]
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** Ben's car is BoringButPractical when everybody else in the cast is a LoonyFan of ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint took the wrong lessons on what makes cars "cool"]] (and [[DrivesLikeCrazy what to do with them]]) from them.
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* '''Straight''': Ben's [[TheAllegedCar 50-year-old Fiat 500]] is dented and scarred with flaking paint, but its speed and power are visibly better than the other models shown.
* '''Exaggerated''': Ben's [[TheAllegedCar 100-year-old Ford Model T]] is covered in rust holes and sloppy jury-rigged repairs, but it can [[BadassNormal outrun fighter jets while carrying an entire refrigerator]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Ben's [[TheAllegedCar 100-year-old Ford Model T]] is covered in rust holes and sloppy jury-rigged repairs, but it can [[BadassNormal outrun fighter jets while carrying an entire refrigerator]].
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* '''Straight''': Ben's [[CoolOldGuy Ben]]'s [[TheAllegedCar 50-year-old Fiat 500]] is dented and scarred with flaking paint, but its speed and power are visibly better than the other models shown.
* '''Exaggerated''': Ben's [[TheAllegedCar 100-year-old Ford Model T]] is covered in rust holes and sloppy jury-rigged repairs, but it can [[BadassNormal outrun fighter jets while carryingan fifty entire refrigerator]].refrigerators]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Ben's [[TheAllegedCar 100-year-old Ford Model T]] is covered in rust holes and sloppy jury-rigged repairs, but it can [[BadassNormal outrun fighter jets while carrying
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* '''Enforced''': Ben is the CoolOldGuy, and therefore must have a cool old car.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** Ben is the CoolOldGuy, and therefore must have a cool oldcar.car.
** One of the show's sponsors is West Coast Customs (or a similar brand of mechanics) which specializes in aftermarket custom works.
** Ben is the CoolOldGuy, and therefore must have a cool old
** One of the show's sponsors is West Coast Customs (or a similar brand of mechanics) which specializes in aftermarket custom works.
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** Ben's car is a FrankenVehicle, aiming for maximum performance from the whole of its parts (or that they work at all) with appearance being very far down the check list.
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** Local vehicle laws make it illegal to drive vehicles of this type - engines must be within a certain performance curve, the age of the vehicle cannot exceed a very short recent range, gadgets such as weapons and sensor-spoofs are banned and the appearance must be pristine. Any vehicle that does not follows these rules must either be explicitly labeled as a showroom piece for everybody (especially the police) to see and can only drive in very specific places (if they are allowed to drive at all) or be junked.
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** Local vehicle laws make it illegal to drive vehicles of this type - engines must be within a certain performance curve, engine exhaust must be under a very small limit (if it's allowed at all), the age of the vehicle cannot exceed a very short recent range, gadgets such as weapons and sensor-spoofs are banned and the appearance must be pristine. Any vehicle that does not follows these rules must either be explicitly labeled as a showroom piece for everybody (especially the police) to see and can only drive in very specific places (if they are allowed to drive at all) or be junked.
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* '''Defied''': [[NonIdleRich Ben]] is slowly restoring his car's bodywork throughout the series.
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** [[NonIdleRich Ben]] is slowly restoring his car's bodywork throughout theseries.series.
** Local vehicle laws make it illegal to drive vehicles of this type - engines must be within a certain performance curve, the age of the vehicle cannot exceed a very short recent range, gadgets such as weapons and sensor-spoofs are banned and the appearance must be pristine. Any vehicle that does not follows these rules must either be explicitly labeled as a showroom piece for everybody (especially the police) to see and can only drive in very specific places (if they are allowed to drive at all) or be junked.
** [[NonIdleRich Ben]] is slowly restoring his car's bodywork throughout the
** Local vehicle laws make it illegal to drive vehicles of this type - engines must be within a certain performance curve, the age of the vehicle cannot exceed a very short recent range, gadgets such as weapons and sensor-spoofs are banned and the appearance must be pristine. Any vehicle that does not follows these rules must either be explicitly labeled as a showroom piece for everybody (especially the police) to see and can only drive in very specific places (if they are allowed to drive at all) or be junked.
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** In a variation, Ben only cares (or can afford) about keeping his car's engine working in perfect conditiob but the bodywork barely above the limit of street-legal. If he had a few more bucks his car ''would'' look as good as it handles.
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** In a variation, Ben only cares (or can afford) about keeping his car's engine working in perfect conditiob condition but the bodywork barely above the limit of street-legal. If he had a few more bucks his car ''would'' look as good as it handles.
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** Ben is just ''[[AcePilot that]]'' good at squeezing every little bit of power out of his junker and ''[[InTheirOwnElement that]]'' good at using the car's quirks to navigate his chosen field of battle.
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** Ben is just ''[[AcePilot that]]'' good at squeezing every little bit of power out of his junker and ''[[InTheirOwnElement ''[[GracefulInTheirElement that]]'' good at using the car's quirks to navigate his chosen field of battle.
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** Ben is just ''[[AcePilot that]]'' good at squeezing every little bit of power out of his junker and ''[[InTheirOwnElement that]]'' good at using the car's quirks to navigate his chosen field of battle.
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Now a disambig, and sone other bits of cleaning.
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** Ben's [[ImprobablyCoolCar 30-year-old Ferrari 288 GTO]] looks like (from everyone's view) an outdated VendorTrash compared to [[CoolCar the modern]] [[DifficultButAwesome supercars]] like [[MightyGlacier Nissan GT-R]], but it runs reasonably fast, and executes even better on curves.
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** Ben's [[ImprobablyCoolCar 30-year-old Ferrari 288 GTO]] looks like (from everyone's view) an outdated VendorTrash piece of trash compared to [[CoolCar the modern]] [[DifficultButAwesome modern supercars]] like [[MightyGlacier Nissan GT-R]], but it runs reasonably fast, and executes even better on curves.
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** Ben is a smuggler. His car shouldn't look like it could be useful for smuggling.
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Society Marches On has been renamed; cleaning out misuse and moving examples
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** Or Ben's car was made before [[SocietyMarchesOn the government passed laws]] that forced manufacturers to lower their cars' performance for environmental or other reasons.
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** Or Ben's car was made before [[SocietyMarchesOn the government passed laws]] laws that forced manufacturers to lower their cars' performance for environmental or other reasons.
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* '''Inverted''': While Ben's car may have [[RiceBurner a cool paint job, loud pipes, a large wing, and other aesthetically pleasing modifications, none of them make up for the poor engine]].
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* '''Inverted''': While Ben's car {{Thememobile}} may have [[RiceBurner a cool paint job, loud pipes, a large wing, and other aesthetically pleasing modifications, none of them make up for the poor engine]].
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** Ben's car is a decommissioned racing car no longer in use, due to TechnologyMarchesOn. Or Ben's car was made before [[SocietyMarchesOn the government passed laws]] that forced manufacturers to lower their cars' performance for environmental or other reasons.
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** Ben's car is a decommissioned racing car no longer in use, due to TechnologyMarchesOn.
** Or Ben's car was made before [[SocietyMarchesOn the government passed laws]] that forced manufacturers to lower their cars' performance for environmental or other reasons.
** Or Ben's car was made before [[SocietyMarchesOn the government passed laws]] that forced manufacturers to lower their cars' performance for environmental or other reasons.
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** In a variation, Ben only cares (or can afford) about keeping his car's engine working in perfect conditiob but the bodywork barely above the limit of street-legal. If he had a few more bucks his car ''would'' look as good as it handles.
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** Ben's car is a decommissioned racing car no longer in use, due to TechnologyMarchesOn.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Ben is a VehicularAssault-based SerialKiller who prefers to make his victims believe that his WeaponizedCar is a hunk of junk and they have a chance in hell of running away from him.
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** [[CombatPragmatist Ben]] prefers his opponents, particularly Emperor Evulz, [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty off-guard]].
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** [[CombatPragmatist Ben]] prefers his opponents, particularly Emperor Evulz, [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty off-guard]].off-guard.
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* '''Inverted''': While Ben's car may have [[RiceBurner a cool paint job, loud pipes, a large wing, and other aesthetically pleasing modification, none of them make up for the poor engine]].
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* '''Inverted''': While Ben's car may have [[RiceBurner a cool paint job, loud pipes, a large wing, and other aesthetically pleasing modification, modifications, none of them make up for the poor engine]].
