You know you drive a junker/jalopy when...

[MetroMPG]

^ Arguably easier than painting the cardboard portion uncovered by removing the fabric.

And who doesn't like that "tufted look" in their headliner?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

That would work for solid fuel. Maybe his Kia ran on fuel pellets?
Maybe even... Uranium pellets?

LOL no solid fuels, but the neighbor said something about a lift pump that was failing.

[Avgjohndoe]

Originally Posted by spacemanspif

...when the carpet gets wet and instead of finding the leak you just remove all the carpet.

...when you get tired of the sagging headliner and decide to pull all the fabric down and paint the fiberglass matt with a roller and grey paint.

....when you have dented doors and replace them with off-color versions to teach your wife what happens when she makes demands about the car that isn’t her’s.

...when your hood is backed into and the person’s insurance cuts you a $1,000.00 check to fix it right and you buy a $40 junk yard hood; making the car covered in panels of 3 different colors.

...when you kind of hate the fact you got alloy wheels with the car so you paint them black because you don’t want to feel guilty about not cleaning them.

I'm right there with you on every count, well except the hood.
I just went to my 1997 old Toyota Corolla junk car (blown the motor) and pulled the body parts I needed.
So I got cut a check fixed the car with zip ties and spare parts spending no money.
I did spend $28 later though giving it a rustoleum paint job.
the 1998 Toyota Corolla looks better now than before the wreck. police harass me too much driving such a crappy looking car.

[JohnAh]

I guess my 42 year old Saab 96 V4, "Spökplumpen" (swedish for the Disney character Phantom Blot) may be something of a jalopy. Perhaps the most obvious clue is not only that when it was raining, my dog in the trunk god wet, I also got wet on my left shoulder (window side) while driving, because of water getting thrown out from the left rear wheel through a rust hole. I just put a plastic bag in the hole and said nothing to the family. To improve the car I first painted it black with paintbrush and a roller, then cut the springs 2", put on wider tyres on home-widened rims and installed a really good competition engine.

Phantom Blot have served my family well as our 24/7 car all year round for a number of years, but accidentally got down-graded to a summer only enthusiast car about two years ago because of a 20 year old ****ty Audi A4 I got for free, and that just refuses to die. Bloddy germans! The Audi is made of plastic and electronics, so it isn't easy to repair along the road. I love to hate it, and I hate to love it. Luckily, the rust is slowly taking it, and to pass the annual MOT approval I had to cut away a huge chunk of what used to be a front fender to get rid of "sharp edges". Why bothering to cover holes up with fiberglass?

Here in Sweden, in Denmark and England is a growing community/culture under the name Rat ******* Crew. -Google for images and you will find a lot of nice cars! :-)

And remember: No car at all can be called a true environmental-friendly car, and only the oldest beaten-up well used cars can be called the least environmental-unfriendly cars, simply because they have been along for so many years and miles without need for being replaced by something new. Putting the entire manufacturing of a new car into the total ecological and energy equation tells us that the best we can do is to keep our old pieces of junk running, with duct-tape if needed, as long as possible.

[JohnAh]

Wow, there is automagic censorship in this forum! =:-o
Let's try a direct link to the Google image search for "R A T B A S T A R * C R E W":
https://www.google.se/search?q=rat+*...w=1317&bih=671

Nope, didn't work! Anyone interested will probably be clever enough to find what I try to write. :-) Rat Bast**d Crew it is!

[jakobnev]

Rat Basẗard Crew

[freebeard]

something fishy in Vallen-tuna?

[Fingie]

YKYDJJW hitting the dash wakes up the speedometer

YKYDJJW your heat gauge is broken again but you literally know the heat by hand

(for example, putting the heater on max and having a hand on the vent- i know by memory when the engine is supposed to be in it's operating temperature, some kilometers it should push warm.

And if i suspect its too hot- i put the palm of my hand on the rocker cover and should be able to have it there for some seconds- if not, the engine runs too hot)

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Fingie

YKYDJJW hitting the dash wakes up the speedometer...

Wow, you actually have a speedometer that works sometimes?

[Fingie]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Wow, you actually have a speedometer that works sometimes?

It works most of the time.

if not, At least i know the speed from the RPM gauge.......