# Motor Vehicle/Bad Good Road Trip Movies/TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162 "2020-08-02T01:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/1 "2020-08-02T01:00:38Z")
There is a vintage thread ‘Ever Had a Road Trip From Hell’? And a recent thread for ‘Car/Road Trip Songs’. How about Motor Vehicle/ Bad or Good Road Trip Films/Movies/TV Shows? I can think of a few. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/2 "2020-08-02T01:31:16Z")
Route 66 National Lampoons Vacation Planes Trains and Automobiles Its a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Easy Rider Cannonball Run Mad Max ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/3 "2020-08-02T03:06:02Z")
Tommy Boy. It pained me to see that GTX convertible get trashed, clone or not. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/4 "2020-08-02T03:10:23Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Its a mad, mad, mad, mad world. They tried to re-create that movie years ago Rat Race with Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) John Cleese among other stars that may be familiar have been challenged to race from Las Vegas to Silver City NM to claim a bag with $2,000,000 from a train station locker. Many forms of transportation are involved. John Cleese plays the casino owner who’s taking bets on the race from a group of bored rich guys (while taking other silly bets along the way) ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/5 "2020-08-02T03:15:08Z")
Those are good ones. Route 66 was a mega road trip! My first ones are: Bad Motor vehicle, ‘Christine’. Bad road trips: ‘Vanishing Point’, ‘Thelma and Louise’. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/6 "2020-08-02T05:34:06Z")
There was one with Dennis Weaver in a car being chased by a menacing trucker. I think it was called Duel. Thunder Road with a young Robert Mitchum, best B movie ever. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/7 "2020-08-02T10:30:23Z")
Can’t forget Smokey and the Bandit. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/8 "2020-08-02T15:40:57Z")
Gumball Rally 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/9 "2020-08-02T17:34:40Z")
‘Duel’ is the Dennis Weaver film. ‘Thunder Road’ is possibly my favorite film. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/10 "2020-08-02T17:51:16Z")
. ‘Thunder Road’ is possibly my favorite film. Agree I think out of all the films movies and TV show’s Thunder Road was the most realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/11 "2020-08-02T17:53:14Z")
May I nominate Planes Trains and Automobiles as most realistic? I traveled a lot for work about that time and it seemed painfully realistic at times! ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/12 "2020-08-02T17:58:42Z")
May I nominate Planes Trains and Automobiles as most realistic? You may be right as I never saw the whole movie I just saw bit’s and piece’s of it for some reason I could not get into it. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/13 "2020-08-02T18:32:48Z")
John Candy was the best 👍 I clearly remember the day it was announced he’d died The supervisor said “This is a sad day. John Candy died” ---
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/14 "2020-08-02T18:35:40Z")
_Two Lane Blacktop_ James Taylor and Dennis Wilson driving their '55 Chevy around looking for drag races. Edited to replace Warren Oates with Dennis Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/15 "2020-08-02T19:25:45Z")
James Taylor (driver) and Beach Boy Brian Wilson (mechanic) were in the ‘55’ Chevy. Warren Oates owned and drove a Pontiac GTO ‘Judge’. I consider it one of the very best car movies and never understood why it did poorly at the box office. ---
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/16 "2020-08-02T19:31:59Z")
> [@sgtrock21](#): > > Beach Boy Brian Wilson (mechanic) Oops. But it was actually Dennis Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/17 "2020-08-02T19:39:01Z")
Oops. I am not immune to making mistakes. I knew it was Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/18 "2020-08-02T19:40:10Z")
> [@sgtrock21](#): > > never understood why it did poorly at the box office. Sounds like any number of movies which I . . . along with many critics . . . thought were great movies, yet bombed at the box office According to my brother . . . who’s in the industry, but on a small scale . . . some of the movies bombed due to very poor promotion, which translates to poor planning, if I’m not mistaken ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/19 "2020-08-03T03:18:46Z")
While I thought of it as kind of a lame movie, there was Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. And another ruined Mopar. And lamer still to me was Death Race 2000. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162/20 "2020-08-03T03:28:42Z")
> [@ok4450](#): > > And lamer still to me was Death Race 2000. I’m not I’ve ever seen it, but I just looked it up And for me it’s obvious why it was apparently a lame movie . . . Roger Corman was involved 🤪 [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vehicle-bad-good-road-trip-movies-tv-shows/168162.md?page=2)