Coworkers laughed at my MCM stickers

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 09/15/2016 at 13:44 • Filed to: None

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One also said “how can you like cars and drive the shit you drive.” I do drive garbage, as the roadkill guys will tell you thats part of the fun.

But I was not butthurt, as I’m not the one buying cars for a badge, I’m the one with a smile on my face in my mad rubbish cars that cost me less than 6 months of their lease payments.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:46

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What all stickers do you have?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/15/2016 at 13:47

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Standard mightycarmods.com stickers on both cars, then I have MAAAAD under the twingo logo on the back of the renault haha.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:50

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Blondude > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:51

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Your coworkers are poo.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Blondude 09/15/2016 at 13:51

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Agreed.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/15/2016 at 13:52

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Lemongrab is love, lemongrab is life.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:52

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I might be buying a 31 year old sporty economy hatchback. Having a love of cars doesn’t mean, you have to spend a tone of money on them, or drive fastest, “coolest” car you can buy.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/15/2016 at 13:53

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Exactly, in fact quite the opposite.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:54

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Miserable assholes just wants to overplay their insecurities. Fuck ‘em

MonkeePuzzle > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:54

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I’ve had some folks asks why I’ve bought shitboxes if I’m so into cars. Well making them less shitty is a lot of the fun. Its a jeep car guy thing, they jsut dont get it

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:55

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I get that they call the compact garbage....

wait.. are they saying that Twingos are garbage too?

*Looks outside*

Maybe they have a point I don’t see what they mean.. :P

On a more serious note, a student I was mentoring once asked me why didn’t just buy a Golf instead of my Twingo, because it’s French and a girls car. I just couldn’t bother to convince him that French cars don’t need to be bad. Why can’t all car people just accept that other car people just have other tastes/interests....

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/15/2016 at 13:56

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Agreed.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > MonkeePuzzle 09/15/2016 at 13:57

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I like having a properly crap car (the e36) because I can do whatever I want to it and thrash it without worrying about it. Thats part of the fun.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:58

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That’s not laughable.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/15/2016 at 13:59

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My twingo gets called a girls car all the time, same as my Panda was called “gay”. How a car affects your sexual preference or genitals ill never know.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:59

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Fuck that shit.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 13:59

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less than 6 months of their lease payments

Word. Haven’t spent more than that yet... initially. In other news, I have two cars that don’t even run.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/15/2016 at 14:01

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The e36 likes to leak all of its fluids on the floor but runs really well if you top it up religiously. The twingo has a very slightly dragging front brake (which im fixing this weekend) but is otherwise mechanically solid.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:03

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Yeah, I never get how that works either.

If a friend of me calls the Twingo a girls car I always tell them it is the opposite of those guys driving a Hummer as compensation for certain parts being small, haha.

It’s always men calling it a girls car though, women tend to find the Twingo cute, with which I have no problem at all.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:05

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At a previous job, I managed three employees one with an Infiniti on lease, another with an Acura MDX on lease and the third with an Audi A5 on lease.

I had my Pontiac Vibe.

I was also the only homeowner of the group, so there’s that.

#MortgageLife

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/15/2016 at 14:05

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I got shit from both genders haha, including my brothers (horrendously spoiled) gf.

After a while of people calling the Panda gay I just told them I was, since it wasnt the response they expected haha.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 09/15/2016 at 14:08

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I cant into lease. Especially with how hilariously cheap used cars are in the UK. I got my twingo when is was a bit over 4 years old with 35k miles, cost me £3400. My BMW cost £280, rough as hell but with a full years valid inspection and running and driving properly.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:10

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/15/2016 at 14:11

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YOU MUST BE RECONDITIONED.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:12

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Now that’s a comeback! Haha

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/15/2016 at 14:13

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It showed them I had no fucks to give haha.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:31

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That is truly the fun with a Miata as well. Even the nicest, cleanest version is cheap/common enough to thrash without worrying much. When my Miata got crashed up, I didnt really put much money into fixing it. Instead I put the money towards an upgraded suspension and better tires. Sure, its reliable so its not properly crap enough, but I thoroughly enjoy driving it like a race car during my daily commute.

Frank Grimes > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 14:31

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I dont even know why people think cars could have sex.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Frank Grimes 09/15/2016 at 14:35

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Because they have a rude imagination?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/15/2016 at 14:37

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Yeah cars like thag are great. I wouldnt drive a new 4 series like I drive my e36 put it that way...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/15/2016 at 15:23

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My old high mileage garbage is still a nicer vehicle than half the brand new cars out there, dammit.

Tristan > MonkeePuzzle 09/15/2016 at 19:51

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Jeeps are inherently shitboxes... I love both of mine. I hate them so much. But, I love them. Stupid pieces of shit.

...The heater finally seems to be fully functional in my WJ (remove and install the dash twice in one day? Why not?), and I maybe have all the driveline vibes worked out of my XJ, so today is trending towards love.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/16/2016 at 04:09

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I like the looks of disdain I get when I drive in my old faithful Pug, that said, the comments I hear when driving the Bel Air through town are nice too.
However, I can’t get myself to like the Twingo. I’d get this instead:

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 09/16/2016 at 06:11

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I needed cheap, modern, really cheap on insurance and reliable when I got the Twingo. So it was up against the likes of the pug 107, vw fox, ford ka etc. I think I made the right choice.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/16/2016 at 07:00

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Isn’t the 106 cheaper than a Twingo? The only thing I see is that it’s less modern, but what’s the advantage of modern?
Then again, who cares, if you’re happy with it it’s the only thing that matters.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 09/16/2016 at 07:58

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Just harder to trust it for the mileage i do. Id rather not take a 15 year old 106 on a 650 mile round trip in a day like I have in the Twingo. If i was only using it for short distance commuting it wouldve been fine.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/16/2016 at 08:15

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Sounds reasonable.
I used to drive over 1000 kilometers a week with my 27 year old 400k Peugeot 505 until 2 months ago, but that ones indestructible.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 09/16/2016 at 09:09

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Yeah 106s arent quite that tough. We had a mechanically identical Saxo and that thing broke down a lot. Mostly age and abuse related but thats the case with most of them now since the newest ones are about 14 years old. Getting one clean and cared for enough to trust it for over 15k miles a year for several years would be an issue.