# Something very serious: car memes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816 "2022-06-22T18:33:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Car\_Talk\_Social\_Media\_Web\_Lackey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Car\_Talk\_Social\_Media\_Web\_Lackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk_Social_Media_Web_Lackey)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/1 "2022-06-22T18:33:26Z")

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![manual as safety measure](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/2/3207c5b08b235d415724adab716a7ed32896a4e5.jpeg)

Web Lackey here, Do you have a favorite car meme? We’d love to see it and we’ll give you credit for your excellent taste if we post it on social media. Thanks! Meegan

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/2 "2022-06-22T19:01:14Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9c573704351ce4e7ca655871b493494fa2180b28.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/3 "2022-06-22T19:16:15Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/f/7fd8ba886dc5128633c19d3a8e82d69a2814c0b7.jpeg)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/e/de5e5d7d3cc4a1234bd37b1095365b15d825c9c9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/4 "2022-06-22T20:48:32Z")

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I have one, but if I posted it here @cdaquila would probably ban me for life 😌

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/5 "2022-06-22T20:54:29Z")

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@weekend-warrior 's photo of the owner checking the engine, reminds me of the time my cousin left her car at the airport while on a one-week vacation. Upon return, key to “start”, no crank. She calls a tow company, send a truck for a battery charge. When the tow truck guy opens the hood, “sorry mam, charging the battery will do no good, engine is gone”. Stolen.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/6 "2022-06-22T21:12:17Z")

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[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/7/1727519524f4df9dbc44895dad35d7f0ff4e5bf1.jpeg) ](https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--aNlo4flH--/c_scale,h_704/c_lpad,g_north_west,h_801,w_1802,x_180,y_48/c_crop,h_801,w_691,x_125/c_mfit,g_north_west,u_misc:Mug%20Effect%20Coffee3%20Left/e_displace,fl_layer_apply,x_14,y_-2/c_mfit,g_north_east,u_misc:Mug%20Effect%20Coffee3%20Right/e_displace,fl_layer_apply,x_-14,y_-2/c_crop,h_801,w_656/g_north_west,l_upload:v1466696262:production:blanks:w00xdkhjelyrnp8i8wxr,x_-410,y_-235/b_rgb:ffffff/c_limit,f_auto,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1601972676/production/designs/14751905_0.jpg)

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/7 "2022-06-22T21:24:45Z")

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re: @Barkydog 's meme above, Hot Rod magazine, recent issue has an article on a gasoline to EV hot rod conversion. Project X. Parts fit, & work. But it takes a lot of computer tuning to get it drivable. Afterward they take it to a drag strip for a test. Ok, admittedly a drag strip test seems like a questionable idea for new technology. But that’s what they did. Soon thereafter, test run, both rear axle shafts snap in half … lol … back to the drawing board.

It’s actually a pretty interesting article, recommended, just the initial testing method seems on the impractical side.

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**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/8 "2022-06-22T22:48:11Z")

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Checking to see if I’m awake over here, @old_mopar_guy?

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**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:** [June 22, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/9 "2022-06-22T23:11:23Z")

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Uuhhmm… That Mustang burnout photo is missing something… Pedestrians running for their lives! 😆

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**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:** [June 22, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/10 "2022-06-22T23:15:31Z")

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You wouldn’t be thinking of the old meme about whether one prefers fuel injection or supercharging would you? 😆

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/11 "2022-06-22T23:18:04Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/2/926c907d405748a8d642720f972e55b9ecb563a6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/12 "2022-06-22T23:31:19Z")

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/13 "2022-06-23T00:23:20Z")

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Just a sound check!

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/14 "2022-06-23T00:30:22Z")

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Lol, no.10 character minimum.

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**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-very-serious-car-memes/184816/15 "2022-06-23T01:02:22Z")

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My favorite would be a meme picturing someone whacking a stuck carb the float bowl.

Can you do a Meme picturing the above, preferabling without a 5 lb hammer?
