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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Get away from that train, Fit. You're a Fit, you don't like trains. You can't even drive over railroad tracks.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    I'll bet the Fit driver was texting some teenage Ricer fanboy just before the collision...
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    She didn't want to miss the train.
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Surely this a bit of midnight train theater was involved...


    Will a purple rose be placed on the hood during the Fit's eulogy?


    /stupid reference needing local Chelsea knowledge

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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Well on a train, I met a dame
    She's kinda handsome, we kinda look the same
    She was pretty, from Chelsea city
    I'm walkin down that old fair lane
    I'm in heat, I'm in love
    But her Honda Fit couldn't go
    I said train kept a-rolloing all night long
    train kept a-rolling all night long
    train kept a-rolling all night long
    train kept a-rolling all night long
    With a "heave" and a "ho", that little Fit wouldn't go!
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    Image of cchannel BLT cchannel BLT
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Apparently puffing up into a blowfish does not scare away trains.
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    cchannel BLT was starred cchannel BLT was unstarred
    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    03/18/09

    @cchannel: Excellent! Heart click
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Did the Fit use the Amtrak's crumple zones?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Hell, you can derail Amtrak with a penny on the rail.
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    It's easy to get your car stuck on the tracks if you suck at driving.


    You drive up over a berm-type crossing. You misjudge the "landing" on the other side and a wheel drops off between the pavement and the tracks. It's like a 2'-3' no-man's land. With an open diff, you just sit there spinning a wheel in midair. Part of why it's hard to judge the angle is because the steep breakover provides zero visibility.


    I've seen this happen and helped the person get out of the situation. I may or may not be married to this person today.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    03/18/09

    @Ash78: The above events occurred in black and white. Ash78 rushes up, saves future Mrs. Ash, makes a clever comment (naturally), receives a slap to the face, then kisses future Mrs. Ash passionately. Roll credits.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @Ash78: You just said, for all of Jalopnik to hear, that your wife sucks at driving. Prepare yourself for the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.


    What kind of car was the future Mrs. Ash driving? I wouldn't like to think the regal Ash married a car commoner.

     Reply
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    03/18/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Yep. I actually prefer my significant other NOT share a lot of my interests, as long as we have similar principles/goals/outlook. Less fodder for petty arguments.


    Also, there's a reason why she has AWD with electronic wizardy now. Shhhhhh.

     Reply
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    03/18/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Movie Treatment for "Bermingham Pointe Ash"?
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    03/18/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Um, I think I've admited to it too. I never let her drive if I'm in the car.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @maximum-sienna haz a NA V-6: You let your woman drive?
     Reply
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Apparently this lady didn't pass the part of the driver's exam where you have to do a 3-point turnaround on a railroad track while holding your 2% latte.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Oh wonderful, now Terrorists around the world will be ramming Fit's into Embassy's. The Toyota Hilux pickup is not amused.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @lilwillie: The Hilux is amused only by the whimpering of orphans and the bone crushing cacophony of Hell's Damned.
     Reply
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    The tires didn't freeze to the tracks or anything ridiculous like that. Last night it barely dropped below freezing according to this. So the question remains: what sort of weird shenanigans did she get into to get her car stuck on the tracks?
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    Image of Jakuub Jakuub
    03/18/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Easy: she got the manual transmission Fit, and when she stalled it, it was 'stuck'.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @Jakuub: Even easier! She's a woman!


    (Have at me, Leeeeeena. I'm all yours.)

     Reply
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    The Fit is melt
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Shortie Wanna Ride

    Dont Worry Bout A Fit

    Cus it Can Take out My Big Black Train

    Ill Run you over Wherever That You Are

    Get stuck in the tracks and bust up a train

    And We Gon Be Rollin Rollin Choo Choo Chooin

    Ny Atl La Houston

    Now All The Lil Fits look they Got Game

    They Beggin to take out My Big Black Train


    Holla!

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @engineerd is functionally ЯetardeD: I swear to God, if you get COTD again today...I'm takin you out.


    ...On a date. This Friday. We'll get some chicken, a little sex, see where things go.

     Reply
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/18/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: I only put out if you let me have the white meat.
     Reply
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @engineerd is functionally ЯetardeD: I didn't know you were black.
     Reply
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/18/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: According to my black admin, I'm an honorary brotha.
     Reply
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @engineerd is functionally ЯetardeD: You just revoked that by using the term "brotha" in print. You're no officially the whitest person in the world (besides Barak Obama.)
     Reply
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/18/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Haha...
     Reply
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    03/18/09

    In reply to Honda Fit Meets Amtrak Train, Sparks Fly
    Small cars are so unsafe! Libruls all want us to drive horrible, boring, train-burning deathtraps. YOUR CHILDREN WILL DIE IN TRAIN COLLISIONS.


    On the bright side, at least the former Fit owner A) didn't stay in the car, and B), didn't appear to have done anything really stupid to get into that predicament in the first place.

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: I agreed with you up until the B part. How can you get stuck on railroad tracks without doing anything stupid? Is that possible?


    I've ridden across maybe thousands of railroad tracks in my life and somehow, maybe by a miracle of by the grace of Zeus himself, I've never gotten stuck. But maybe next time my wheels will somehow adhere themselves to metal--I KNOW ITS CRAZY THAT RUBBER WOULD STICK SPONTANEOUSLY TO IRON, BUT HEAR ME OUT--so I should totally watch out for this dangerous and commonplace occurrence.


    Bullshit. Bitch probably did something stupid.

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/18/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Here's a bright idea for ya - don't run into a get hit by a train in your car in the first place. I'm sure your conservative ideologies don't include mandating that all cars are train-impact-proof anyway.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    03/18/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Conservatives only drive cars that are train-impact-proof. I'd like to see a train get through my F350.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    03/18/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Somebody's sarcasm detector needs recalibrating.
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