by "Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
Published 01/08/2017 at 18:27
by "Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
Published 01/08/2017 at 18:27
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STARS: 5
Watching Cars for the millionth time, because my 3 year old is obsessed. It occurred to me that this movie is old enough that our younger members may have done the same as kids.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/08/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 2
Yep. Was 6 when it first came out. Salty that it had no Volvos.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/08/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 4
People like to shit on that movie, but it was a pretty great movie.
Also Cars is 11 years old.
"extraspecialbitter" (extraspecialbitter)
01/08/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 1
I did that with Mighty Ducks and its sequel, Heavyweights.
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
01/08/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 1
i saw it when it came out
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/08/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 1
Yup. I was 11 when it came out, I always wanted to watch it. It also got me into cars.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
01/08/2017 at 18:41, STARS: 0
I mean, it’s certainly not as great as most Pixar movies, but it’s still a lot of fun. Well, granted you’re not listening to it on a nearly endless loop.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
01/08/2017 at 18:43, STARS: 0
Yup. I was 8 when it came out. Favorite movie as a kid.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/08/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
I when F&F came out I was too young to watch it.
Ps. I watched it anyway because big brothers are awesome.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
01/08/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 2
Is it wrong that I watched it when it came out. I was 26 and had no kids.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
01/08/2017 at 18:49, STARS: 0
I guarantee that if that movie would have come out wen I was five I would have been obsessed. As it was carpool was my favorite movie.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
01/08/2017 at 18:53, STARS: 1
Pixar movies know no age boundaries. I bought a copy of finding Dory for my wife for Christmas. Yes, my wife. Not my child. It was one of the things on her list.
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
01/08/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 0
Cars 2 - Finn McMissile was based on a P1800
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/08/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 0
Looks more like a Daimler to me.
"Under_Score" (tomtheatum)
01/08/2017 at 19:01, STARS: 7
This provides the perfect opportunity to share a story about this movie.
When I was younger, I had a very close friend. He was interested in cars, monster trucks, and all that. I was interested in cars as well, and since he lived in my neighborhood, we would go to each others’ houses a lot and play with our cars. Cars came out when we were friends, and he loved that movie. In fact, he had a shirt for it that said “The Fastest Ride in Radiator Springs: Lightning McQueen”. For my birthday in 2006, he got me the exact same shirt. It was a red shirt in youth Medium; red was my favorite color back then. Though I wasn’t as into the movie as he was, I loved that shirt, and I wore it all the time; he did as well.
Unfortunately, after that school year ended in May 2007, my friend’s dad got transferred and he moved away. He was one of my best friends at a time in my life a close friend was needed. That fall, he came by and visited me while his family was up here doing something, but I never saw him again; my mom used to keep in touch with his mom, but I think they last called each other in 2009 or so. He had a common name, and I do, too, so my attempts to find him on social media have been impossible.
I still have the shirt in remembrance of him.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/08/2017 at 19:08, STARS: 7
I’m not crying you’re crying.
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
01/08/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
I was 8 when it came out, and I can confirm that I was obsessed. I still have all of the diecast cars from the first year or so of the movie’s diecast line.
"Spridget" (dustbustervans)
01/08/2017 at 19:14, STARS: 0
Yep, saw it as a kid. This and Herbie The Love Bug got me interested in cars.
"Phatboyphil" (justphil)
01/08/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 0
I thought half of oppos where kids. Kids who robbed a gas station and bought the cheapest car off CL with the money.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/08/2017 at 19:30, STARS: 1
It’s better than watching the spinoff Planes fire and rescue 4 times in a row in the back seat of a RX350. Never again.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/08/2017 at 19:32, STARS: 0
That was heavy.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
01/08/2017 at 19:34, STARS: 0
Oh yikes, the Planes movies are terrible. Who thought it was a good idea to put Dane Cook in a kids movie, anyway?
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/08/2017 at 19:37, STARS: 0
No clue. For sure a low point for him. Bet he doesn’t want to talk about it.
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
01/08/2017 at 20:21, STARS: 1
For car guys it’s better than most other animated films we have to watch with the little ones... I think they did a great job with them and set the bar very high, even for Pixar. It’s unusual how they dig in and explain a bit about how the interstate highways killed off a lot of the small towns in that part of the US - it’s a bit like a route 66 homage and really hits home for a lot of people who left those areas in the mid/southwest/dustbowl parts of the country as travelers were taken away by the interstate routes and at the same time the massive increase in air travel.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/08/2017 at 20:25, STARS: 0
I’m looking forward to showing my future kids all the greats from my childhood. I also can’t wait for the Incredibles 2.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
01/08/2017 at 20:35, STARS: 0
you’d have to do some stuff you didn’t expect too, if your brother stole millions from you.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
01/08/2017 at 20:38, STARS: 0
Turn right to go left... (I love that Doc Hudson actually sounds like a big straight six.)
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/08/2017 at 20:39, STARS: 0
Wait really? I was unaware.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
01/08/2017 at 20:50, STARS: 0
http://people.com/crime/dane-cooks-half-brother-ordered-to-pay-him-12-million/
at his peak in the late 2000s when he was selling out arenas, they were skimming off crazy amounts.
"Under_Score" (tomtheatum)
01/08/2017 at 21:42, STARS: 1
If my story didn’t make you feel sad enough, I looked through and found it.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0
I was almost 7 when it came out. I’ve seen it dozens of times.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 1
Wow. Weird to see someone my age (or a year younger- August 1999 for me.)
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0
I had a buddy around the same time who I cannot for the life of me find a Facebook/Twitter/Whatever for. His name was a little different, but not crazy. Last saw him in 2008 or 2007 or somewhere in there.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/09/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
Yep, Aug 1999. Been here at least two and a half years, maybe three. Can’t remember now.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 1
What day in August? 6th for me. I’ve been on Jalopnik for a year or two, only been on Oppo a few months.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/09/2017 at 15:52, STARS: 0
That sounds like actual hell. A shitty movie in the back of a cramped Toyota. I watched WALL-E many times in the back of an Odyssey. Now that was the lap of luxury.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/09/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1
I’m still reasonably sane so I think it turned out ok.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/09/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0
3rd. Where you at? California here.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 1
Michigan. Freaking hate it.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/09/2017 at 17:09, STARS: 0
California ain’t that great. Unless you enjoy hills. That are brown.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
01/09/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 1
It’s not necessarily that I like Cali (Actually, I hate it.). I just hate the cold.