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in reply to @jkap's post:

Indirectly I like that it has recontextualized so much of what most people think a bad car is that no matter who you ask, enthusiast or average person, "at least it's not a Cybertruck" has become a punchline.

because companies are protective of their image now we can't have cars be a punchline in media anymore. the "Go faster Neddy!" "I can't, it's a Geo!" couldn't happen anymore. Last instance i saw was Tom Cruise's dip-shit white trash brother-in-law from American Made driving an AMC Gremlin, a car whose image isn't being protected anymore. (fwiw i think the gremlin still looks cool) I don't think i've ever seen a movie make fun of PT Cruisers, for example.

Better Call Saul absolutely did too. The Suzuki Esteem is the car equivalent of a brick joke in this show and it's extremely unfavorably compared to nearly every other car Jimmy sees (in one scene, it's even a direct one, they openly talk about it). Every time he tried to toss it, it came back. When it stayed down, it was part of an enormous moment (that I won't spoil but if you know you know).

finally saw one parked on my (middle of the city) street last night and the side panels were streaked with something, like either it had been egged / tomato'd, or maybe it had just gotten wet and the owner hadn't wiped it down like they say you're supposed to and was starting to corrode? either way, embarrassing shit, PT Cruiser For Guys Who Have Lost Custody Of Their Kids