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Jesse Tinsley/SR who snapped this photo on the freeway e-mails that the individual behind the wheel had no illusions re: the type of vehicle s/he was driving.
Question: Were you ever — or are you now — forced to drive a vehicle that you considered to be a “tin can”?
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Sisyphus on May 20 at 4:19 p.m.
The confusing thing for me is why one would go to the expense to personalize your plates for it.
JeanieSpokane on May 20 at 4:21 p.m.
I have a Hyndai Elantra - one little step above “tin can” above. I consider it a really nice car! It has honest-to-God air conditioning - and not the kind utlized by leaving all the windows open and hanging your head out like a dog, waving your long ears in the wind. I do have a beat up Suzuki Swift that sits in my garden among the lettuce and tomatoes, looking like it should be a flower planter instead of a car.
Cabbage Boy on May 20 at 4:24 p.m.
Yeah, I drive the proverbial tin can, but no vanity plates. I like to stay as incognito as possible.
JBelle on May 20 at 4:38 p.m.
I’m tell you, Bent, JESSE, you photo me on I-90 and it’s over between us.
O*v*a*h.
Stickman on May 20 at 8:58 p.m.
I have driven many tin cans, and loved them all. They got me there.
Escapee on May 20 at 11:57 p.m.
My old battered Chevy Chevette (which was an off-bluish color) indeed looked like an old metal garbage can on wheels.