GremlinWhen I was a pizza delivery driver another driver had a Gremlin, small car w/ a V8 was why he loved it. He would take it off-roading constantly and he had about a 8 ft CB antenna on top. He eventually got another one as well. It really was a perfect car for driving pizza at the time, had room in the back and was fast, also very unassuming car that never caught attention from cops. I never like the Gremlin until I knew him and saw the boundaries he pushed with those things. Now when I see one, I get a smile and remember the good ol days.
Funny Gremlin story here......... back in the late 80-'s i had a friend named Bob. Bob had an old brown and very rusty Gremlin in very rough shape.... what most guys would call a piece of sh*t. Bob loved that damn car. We were in our late twenties at the time and Bob had never really had much luck with the ladies. It had been MANY, MANY months since he had a date. Anyway, he decided to take a course at the local community college and he met a girl that he really had the hots for. We kept coaxing him to ask her out and after months of him putting the smoothies on her he finally asked her out...... and she accepted. Well he cleaned that old piece of crap up real nice..... the rust spots never looked so good.I tried to get him to borrow or rent a car to take this girl out but he insisted on taking the Gremlin.So they went out and the date went great...... so great in fact that he stopped at a 7-11 late in the evening to get a box of condoms. His date waited in the car while he left the car running and ran into the 7-11. He picked up said box of condoms and as he looked up after paying for the condoms BOOF! flames burst out from under the hood of the Gremlin. We'll the girl freaked and was trying to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open. So Bob ran out and jerked the door open and pulled her out of the car. Then the coup de grace.He popped open the hood of that beast of a car and of course BOOF!! the flames roared up even higher. He looked at his date, who was holding her sweater, and said,' Quick... give me your sweater!". And yes he proceeded to snuff out the fire with his date's sweater. I'll bet he still has that unopened box of condoms....And yes this is a true story......I couldn't make this up...........
Quote from: Mikekoz13 on April 22, 2008, 09:53:11 AMFunny Gremlin story here......... back in the late 80-'s i had a friend named Bob. Bob had an old brown and very rusty Gremlin in very rough shape.... what most guys would call a piece of sh*t. Bob loved that damn car. We were in our late twenties at the time and Bob had never really had much luck with the ladies. It had been MANY, MANY months since he had a date. Anyway, he decided to take a course at the local community college and he met a girl that he really had the hots for. We kept coaxing him to ask her out and after months of him putting the smoothies on her he finally asked her out...... and she accepted. Well he cleaned that old piece of crap up real nice..... the rust spots never looked so good.I tried to get him to borrow or rent a car to take this girl out but he insisted on taking the Gremlin.So they went out and the date went great...... so great in fact that he stopped at a 7-11 late in the evening to get a box of condoms. His date waited in the car while he left the car running and ran into the 7-11. He picked up said box of condoms and as he looked up after paying for the condoms BOOF! flames burst out from under the hood of the Gremlin. We'll the girl freaked and was trying to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open. So Bob ran out and jerked the door open and pulled her out of the car. Then the coup de grace.He popped open the hood of that beast of a car and of course BOOF!! the flames roared up even higher. He looked at his date, who was holding her sweater, and said,' Quick... give me your sweater!". And yes he proceeded to snuff out the fire with his date's sweater. I'll bet he still has that unopened box of condoms....And yes this is a true story......I couldn't make this up...........It takes a special kind of guy to own a Gremlin... I think this is proof.
well mine is a little off ..there is a guy in Cameron La. who drives a nissan sentra jacked up on a four wheel drive Bronco Chassis...it is really funny ....other than that is a 400 dollar crown vic or a Olds Cutllas on 24/27 inch rims looks like crap..smokes when they take off...and they have more money in rims and pawn shop sterieo equipmet..than the car is worth..
I would say those stretch Hummer limos. Those things are ridiculous
It was a great car for hanging out, and I could fit at least 7 in there. Lotta good times in that car. Nothing like the cars from those days, solid, built like like tanks, with plenty of chrome(real bumpers), and the trunk and hood just went on forever. Bench seats you could fit 3 across easily, 4 in back, shifter on the floor, etc. I always think of great times as a kid whenever I see one of these classics.
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