Friday, November 13, 2009

Theory: The Death Camry


Something I've been pontificating about for years... the Death Camry.
Basically, it goes like this: Someone who knows nothing about cars... for whatever reason... and has little money, but needs a car... they buy the Death Camry.

A Death Camry is basically the oldest, cheapest, Camry you can find that's not totally falling apart.

I figure, since these people know nothing about cars, they buy Consumer Reports, look at the little circles, and see that the Camry has a bunch of red bulls-eye ratings. Sounds good. But since they only have, say, $800 to spend... you get the point. Death Camry.

This in itself is not really a problem, of course... it's just that a good majority of these death camry drivers have no idea how to drive. But since they're easy to spot... just be on the defensive.

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