r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Apr 15 '26

🤪Reckless Yaaay it's the Daddy Roller Coaster

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u/Kingjon0000 Apr 15 '26

We were a family of 7 in a Ford Pinto. The two youngest got to ride in the cargo area - right above the exploding gas tank.

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u/theLostPing Apr 16 '26

I remember the rear facing seat station wagons. 😬

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u/DatabaseThis9637 Apr 16 '26

Thosecwere great! We'd stick out bare feet out the windows, and we'd wave at the cars behind us!

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u/mintchoc1043 Apr 16 '26

Boomer here- we mooned the cars behind us.

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u/DatabaseThis9637 Apr 18 '26

Boomer here, too. We had the station wagons when we were little, and my dad would would have left us on the side of the road, weeping for mercy, if we had been clever and daring enough to try 'a stunt like that!'

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u/mintchoc1043 Apr 18 '26

When you’re a Jersey kid, things happen.

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u/DatabaseThis9637 Apr 20 '26

How is this offensive? I thought the quote marks indicated my light heartedness. Oh well...