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Caption This for 02/12/09

Posted February 11, 2010 4:45 PM

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02/11/2010 5:04 PM

This car really sucks!

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02/11/2010 5:11 PM

Arrrg! I parked my car too close to that snake charmers booth!

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02/11/2010 5:38 PM

Ah, the mysterious Corolla...

Walks-in-Storms really did build it!

(I wonder how it tested out???)

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02/11/2010 7:02 PM

Tired of spending hours bumper to bumper with some idiot's vanity plate? Paint Snake says "Don't get bored and pissed. Get creative with your commute time. Or hell, just get revenge."

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02/11/2010 8:30 PM

1.21 Gigawatts?

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02/11/2010 8:43 PM

HHO HHO HHO HHO

This stuff really works once you get ALL the bugs out.

(And with the snorkel on the front, I can even suck in all the unburnt fuel from other cars and run on nothing.)

Wish dad could see this!!

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02/12/2010 1:06 AM

Snorkel Bob's courtesy car from Honolulu.

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02/12/2010 3:10 AM

Now this is a very rare photo of what I believe is a Honda's proboscis. One would only find it tucked under the hood where it's protected.

The only other undocumented sighting reported was when another Honda was just about caught trying to feed from a Mayflower truck.

Very rare photo to see a Honda sticking it's proboscis out!

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02/12/2010 3:34 AM

Toyota has to re-call another batch of cars for a subtle fault in the cooling system.

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02/12/2010 5:35 AM

Another coat of underseal and Earl's transport would be ready for the Annual Everglades Gator Tracking Competition. He'd even remembered to upgrade the air filter.

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02/12/2010 7:52 AM

Somebody's been picking mushrooms again.....

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02/12/2010 8:33 AM

Woman to Toyota service manager "Then the brakes quite and the gas stuck and this thing popped out of the front!!"

Service manager "Lady thats just the ""fail safe, back to basics"" red rubber bumper we installed from that recall. It worked didn't it."

Woman "But it's embarrassing!!"

Service manager "Just bring it in. It only takes five minutes to retract it."

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02/18/2010 6:32 AM

STOP PRESS

Toyota introduces new steering wheel to cure all it's software problems:-

Those keys are Ctrl, Alt and Delete if you can't read them.

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02/12/2010 8:39 AM

I just know it happens whenever that cute little GT goes by.

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02/12/2010 9:33 AM

Q tells 007 that the electrostatically charged air particle disintegration blaster is ready at last, except for one glitch...

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02/12/2010 10:19 AM

Snow Blower to GO!

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02/12/2010 1:02 PM

That K&N filter mod sure looks purdy... Git R Dun!

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02/12/2010 2:39 PM

Vermin struggles perfecting the cooling system for his dash mounted Laser Cannon.
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02/12/2010 2:39 PM

Toyota's fix for the sticky accelerator pedal, kick on the fan and blow the pedal back up into place.

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02/12/2010 2:42 PM

Dodge introduces its new Ram-air injection system for its mid-mounted Hemi engines.

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02/12/2010 2:43 PM

Radiator?? We don't need no stinkin' radiator...

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02/12/2010 2:44 PM

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02/12/2010 2:53 PM

Now that does suck .... But sign me up for one. Does it have other uses? Windshield (windscreen for you Brits) washer fluid replacement? Making a definitive statement towards other inconsiderate drivers? I think you're on to something ...

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02/12/2010 2:58 PM

The new fangled "SUCK-A-MATIC" Honda

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02/12/2010 3:00 PM

Look, it's a real "HOSER" dude from the Great White North!!!! *LOL*

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02/12/2010 3:01 PM

Hey Man, is this what they mean by a "blown" engine?????

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02/12/2010 3:03 PM

Well excuse me, but for once can't ya get ya mind outta the gutter, sucker.....????

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02/12/2010 3:06 PM

Okay Dude, ya mind coiling that sucker back in where it belongs?????

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02/12/2010 3:11 PM

See Joe, that's what I told you about the black Honda's, their suckers really are a lot bigger than the white Honda ones......ya gotta really coil it up tightly to get it back in where it belongs.....

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02/12/2010 3:13 PM

A Honda on Viagra beyond the four hours of...... ?????

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02/12/2010 3:33 PM

Meet KIP, KITT's cousin from Knight Industries economy division.

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02/12/2010 4:02 PM

The little Fiat wanted to grow up to be just like the famous Zamboni, but then something went terribly wrong!

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02/12/2010 4:09 PM

All the other little imports had smooth bonnets, but after a few thousand miles the blue two door began to notice that he was different somehow and was left out of most social activities. That is when he began to take up drifting.

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02/12/2010 4:10 PM

Due to the recently published unpopularity with Google's Mobile Mapping, they were forced to redesign their camera to make it less conspicuous to the public.

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02/12/2010 4:13 PM

Hood ornament for Ohio's Joe the Plumber's classic Honda.

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02/12/2010 6:24 PM

Who says they're not making "muscle" cars anymore??

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02/12/2010 7:30 PM

Oh Hell no man! She'll go through water clean up to the windows, no problem!!!!!!

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02/13/2010 6:57 PM

Proof that it is necessary to keep elephants and Hummers separated during the rut.

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02/14/2010 12:01 AM

Got Rice?

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02/14/2010 11:23 PM

The next generation in the Starsky & Hutch families are ready for the cops with their laser anti-radar gun.

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02/16/2010 8:49 AM

(heavy breathing behind a mask)..Kia!...I am your Father.

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02/16/2010 9:25 AM

"Hey, Ya'll, don't make fun. It's one a them DIY blower kits. Yea, it looks kinda funny, but this sucker can really fly. 'course when I drive too close behind some big ol' truck or sumthin', I gotta be careful she don't git stuck to the backside or sumthin' ... happined las' week, and I had to follow that sumbitch 400 miles to the next truck stop afore I could get her loose."

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02/16/2010 3:18 PM

Hey, save a lot of gas that way, latch on to a big rig and shut off the engine, just run the fan and let him take you at least part the way... Just hope Smokey don't see ya and think your trying something funny with the big guy ....

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02/17/2010 11:41 AM

Riply screams as the alien rips free from her car shouting "I thought I killed you!"

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02/19/2010 5:56 AM

Big air filter - Check

Even bigger tin can megaphone muffler - Check

The hot motor - no check

air filter + turbo = $1500.

tin can megaphone muffler = $250.

hot motor = $ priceless

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04/30/2010 10:12 AM

A little less "Mad Max" the sequel...

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