Does Not Illustrate: The Alleged Car.Real Life

All the current image seems to present is that the car shown in it looks aesthetically mediocre.

The Alleged Car trope is supposed to be about cars that behave or function like utter garbage. I fail to see any of this in the image.

Yeah, that's essentially JACAAC. I don't think this is a BUPKIS case, but if we can't find a better pic then I'm good to pull the current.

That car doesn't look so bad at all. Pull.

Even worse, not even the caption shows how it's an example, thus failing to even be JAFAAC.

Tow it.

Send it to be crushed.

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How about a car made of leather?

edited 19th Feb '18 7:27:06 AM by bitemytail

That looks more like a curiosity of some kind.

As featured on Top Gear, the Reliant Robin◊ in its natural state. (Yes, it only has three wheels.)

for the tumbled-over Robin.

I support pulling it.

The Ford Pinto may be an example but it's not one that visually screams this trope, I also don't like the other images suggested and think a picture of an old junker would be better

We need something that's clearly such a piece of shit you can just hear the horrible noises it would make in your head looking at at

Hitting up Google for free-use images:

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I kind of like the absurdity of the hideous demo-derby car in the last one.

edited 19th Feb '18 10:00:08 PM by shoboni

None of those are any better. They still fail to illustrate the "functioning poorly in action" aspect of the trope, and the virtue of them being abandoned vehicles can rub the nuances of the trope the wrong way.

edited 19th Feb '18 10:45:05 PM by Albert3105

The best way to represent poorly functioning in visual form is with a car that's clearly a piece of shit and of a make/model it's likely not a sleeper.

Most people are going to look at an old rust-bucket and assume it also runs like shit because that's the norm.

edited 20th Feb '18 12:00:34 AM by shoboni

I like 9 as well.

Looks like we've got enough suggestions for a crowner.

I kind of rather have suggestions proposed by more that just three of us over the course of less than 48 hours for a crowner.

edited 20th Feb '18 3:03:14 PM by shoboni

Let's pull the current regardless of replacement...

to 9.

I don't know the copyright / legality issues of using this. But here is the design defect schematic for the Ford Pinto◊

I like the overturned Robin. It's very to-the-point.