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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    I beg to differ. The SYCOGEO is doing it very, very right.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    The Geo has what appears to be a Michigan plate (no surprise there) and it looks like it says "SYCOGEO". That's good for a couple extra points.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/01/08

    @mytdawg: Aha, you beat me to it.


    I'd rock that Camassan if it had a proper hood. The front overhang's correct, at least.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    i would like to shake the hand of the person responsible for the tractor metro
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    12/01/08

    @damnelantra™: That's not even a tractor-- those look distinctly like Rockwell axles!


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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    Oh man, I saw such a perfect thing for this meme last night, but sadly I was coming off a highway at 45mph and passed it almost before realizing what I had seen, and it was dark and there was no way of going back to take a picture.


    I was just coming on to Staten Island, so I'm not sure where I was exactly - maybe just coming off of Richmond Parkway. Anyway, there was a divider separating the road I was on from the one that I was merging with. It was one of those dividers that starts at a point and widens from there. Well apparently someone driving an older model Isuzu Rodeo (or possibly a Pilot or maybe a 4Runner) didn't notice it, or thought (because of the dark and the rain) that they should be to the left of the divider. Unfortunately they only managed to get their left wheels on that side though, while their right wheels remained on the right side and the whole vehicle continued moving forward and they wound up wedged on top of the divider, all four wheels off the ground. In short they got high-centered on the divider. It was a truly amazing sight and I really wish I'd had the time to take a picture. Maybe someone else here will have seen it (or gawd forbid been in the car) and be able to share.

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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    Ha the joy of driving a large vehicle through San Francisco...
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    Image of pres pres
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    Oh good, my car didn't make it into this thread.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/01/08

    @pres_has something cool after his name too.: Gee... that's kind of tempting fate by just saying that, isn't it?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/01/08

    I'm glad I did most of my stupid stuff before everybody started carrying around a digital camera/cellphone!
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    Image of pres pres
    12/01/08

    @acarr260:


    I didn't think about that. I've been pretty groggy today due to an obvious lack of caffeinated beverages.

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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    Clearly Jalop is doing it wrong - to truly do it right on teh interwebs the headline would have to be "Your Doing It Wrong".
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/02/08

    @JDisnidiet: It's hard for a Jalopnik to misspell, even on purpose.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    My own contribution to the meme -




    I wanted to be like the cool kids. The park bench spoiler and the clock/tach are good ideas. I may have to do that clock thing. With a giant light on it of course.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/01/08

    @mytdawg: I've got a rather large clock on my 240... hmm...
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    I say the guy with the red Nissan truck gets +100 Slantsick points for the best use of Camaro parts I ever hope to see..
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    Image of bagseed bagseed
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    does the motorcycle in the trunk add horsepower?
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    Image of jpech jpech
    12/01/08

    @bagseed: 'Busa powered Lemans!!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    12/01/08

    @jpech: It's an Opel Kadett, though.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    The dash-mounted clock wins.


    fun-e

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    12/01/08

    @Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star: It looks like an alarm clock, so maybe he isn't "doing it wrong", maybe it's just a "ghetto ass lap timer"
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    Image of Jakuub Jakuub
    12/01/08

    @Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star: I was hoping it was paired with the park-bench on the trunk, for the ultimate in "close enough" modifications.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    12/01/08

    @Jakuub: That would be sweet, add in the wagon wheel mods too.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/01/08

    @Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star: I'm not sure which part I like more, the big, bold TIMEX - guaranteed to be the only part still working after a bad wreck - or the fact that it appears to have a 120-v cord coming out the back.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    I'd like to ad my own contribution:


    Doing it wrong


    Yes, I know you're not supposed to put your arm out the window.

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    That bare chassis with the guy driving, you've gotta give him some credit - he's wearing a helmet. So that's gotta be safe, right?


    Monster Metro has so much going for it. Hey - get a load of the diff brake on that rear axle. That's heavy-duty.


    But I think the winner in this series has to be:
    Chevy Express.
    Upside-down.
    Fat Duck Surprise.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    ....and now a classic "You're Doing It Wrong" moment
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    Image of tj3927 tj3927
    12/01/08

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!:


    That looks like a fail to me - unless you qualify what is being done: "Handicapped Parking - U R doin it wrong"

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/02/08

    @tj3927: Well, the photo was taken during the '59 Tour de Auto road race. So, it could be a Y.D.I.W. and a Fail.
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    Image of Lestat Lestat
    12/01/08

    In reply to Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
    I love the 2 cars in the toll booth in NY... go figure that one.


    Then there is the wonderful woman putting Red Bull in her car... of course that's going to work... why didn't I think of that?

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/01/08

    @Lestat: Even if that worked, Red Bull is like $2 for an 8 oz can. My math puts that at roughly nine billion dollars for an average fillup.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    12/01/08

    @Lestat: Actually, the two cars in the toll lane happened in Buffalo, on the southbound 190 about a mile from the Peace Bridge, about three years ago. They've since torn down that toll barrier (something about the state illegally collecting tolls for 30-odd years after the road was paid for, at which point they were supposed to stop).
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