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| was alive with his Seattle-area Glen Grant Chevrolet commercials. He would usually start out his TV ads with "Have I Got a Deal For You!" So rehearsed and so not true. | |
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When talking to the media about Chrysler's successes and failures with emissions controls: "How much clean air do you need?" |
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Hmmm I am trying to think of one that isn't profane... Eugene Levy talking to Chevy chase/Clark Griswold about the new Wagon Queen Family Truckster: "If you think you hate it now, wait til you drive it" Clark Griswold on his Truckster that idles/diesels after shutoff: "Oh, all new cars do that" From European Vacation: Ellen Griswold: "Clark, you're on the wrong side of the road!" Clark Griswold: "Yes I know, honey, I'm also on the wrong side of the car. " Hmmm I need to remember some non-Vacation lines. |
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where the family tries to teach Mama how to drive... The grandkids: "What does a green light mean?" Mama: "Means I'm gonna have to yell at Franny or we're gonna sit there all day!" The grandkids: "What does a yellow light mean?" Mama: "Means Naomi's gonna speed up and try to kill us both!" The grandkids: "What does a red light mean?" Mama: "Means Ellen's gonna fix her hair in the rear view mirror." Then, when Franny and Mama are out in Franny's car... Mama: "I have logged enough miles as a passenger to know how a car starts and stops. Why don't you tell me something I don't already know?" Franny: "Like what?" Mama: "What's a Prindle?" Franny: "A WHAAAT?" Mama: "A PRINDLE! Says right there...P-R-N-D-L!" Franny: "Thelma. Honey. That's your gear designator. That's Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, and Low." Mama: "FINE! I believe I'll start off in Low" Franny: "NOOOOOO. Don't ever put a car in Low! You could end up stripping the transmission or something!" Mama: "Then what the hell's it doing on there?!" Franny: "I do not know. I have never put a car in low, and I don't intend to find out!" Mama: "Then I'll start off in Drive" Franny: "No! You can't start a car in Drive. You have to start a car in Park!" Then, a few moments later, after Mama gets Franny's Dart Sport wedged in between an Olds Toronado and a Datsun pickup, "I think I need an "S" for Sideways!" Good thing she was in a Mopar and not a Pontiac. Back in the 60's and 70's, Pontiac shift quadrants were often labeled "D, S, L" for "Drive, Second, Low". And just to be nitpicky, most Mopars, as I recall, had them listed as "D, 2, 1", with no "L" at all. 
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"Maybe I'll have you take out a cab that doesn't have all the luxuries...like reverse!"
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Replying to: lemko (Dec 27, 2006 7:43 am) Upon receiving a complaint that a Bugatti Royale didn't like to start on cold mornings Anyone who can afford a Bugatti can certainly afford a heated garage! |
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| thanks for the picture of the guages and dials and memories of my parents(and later my wife and I's)1973 Plymouth Gold Duster. We literally ran the wheels off of that car. For $2950 the car was a bargain and treated us all very, very well. | |
| I remember driving one of those most of one summer. Wasn't mine - belonged to the dad of the woman I was seeing. Probably about a 72 Valiant..... | |
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Replying to: odie6l (Dec 24, 2006 2:54 pm) - Satch Carlson, Autoweek |
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| "She's just about as fast as a pregnant nun going to confession." | |
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