I know, you didn’t want that Trucoat. But there is something you can do about it.
Just ask this driver from Portland, Oregon:
Or the owner of this truck, spotted by Chris in Kansas City, Missouri:
Or this guy, spotted by Paul in El Cajon, California:
Or this one, spotted by Leigh from Fort Mill, South Carolina:
At least now you know where not to go next time.
related: The car you drive can say a lot about you as a person
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#1
farcical aquatic ceremony
HOLD UP, THERE, Mr. Kansas City, MO: sorry, but I can’t take even indirect advice from anyone who pulled out of a showroom in a truck THAT hideously orange.
May 6, 2010 at 7:06 pm rating: 43
#2
mamason
Uh-oh! Better get Maaco!
May 6, 2010 at 7:17 pm rating: 6
#3
Escape Goat
←THIS LOUSY COMMENT FROM ESCAPE-GOAT ON PA NOTES→
May 6, 2010 at 7:27 pm rating: 38
#4
oi
That’s a great idea! I think If I wanted to do this I would actually zero on the finance adviser at Pittsburgh/Antioch Honda dealership. He was more like a finance annihilator of the buyer.
May 6, 2010 at 7:42 pm rating: 7
#5
Freddie
I love it when I see signs like this! Free speech in action, son.
May 6, 2010 at 8:16 pm rating: 26
#6
grace
Haha — I live in Kansas City and I’ve seen that truck before. I hope the people over at Louisburg Ford see it….
May 6, 2010 at 8:24 pm rating: 8
#7
shwonline
The truck driver’s second big mistake: Comic Sans
May 6, 2010 at 8:38 pm rating: 70
#8
TheOldSchool
If I ever get burned in a financial transaction, the first thing I’ll do is make a gigantic sign advertising that fact to the general public.
People with products to sell always feel sorry for someone who has been easily duped in previous purchases, so the chances would be good that they would want to make amends for the previous seller’s greed by offering me a really incredible deal on something they had sitting on their showroom floor.
I honestly believe that most pre-owned pick-up truck dealers are simply potential friends who haven’t had the opportunity to sell me high quality products at a rock bottom price.
May 6, 2010 at 8:41 pm rating: 25
#9
Boss
Is this really passive aggressive? I’m sure these people told the dealers exactly how they felt. Now they’re just spreading the word. More super aggressive or advertising hah.
May 6, 2010 at 8:57 pm rating: 2
#10
wurdnurd
It’s not the deal you got, it’s the deal you think you got that’s important. From a former sales monkey – know what you want and what you can afford before you go to the dealership. Never use a trade in. Always put at least 25% down. Never pay a dealer fee. Always be willing to walk away from the deal. If you do trade (big mistake) keep your keys, tag, registration, and personal belongings until AFTER you have signed the contract. If you don’t understand the contract – don’t sign it! And finally – EVERYTHING’S NEGOTIABLE. It’s your money. Spend it wisely. Bonus points for getting the sales monkey to do something stupid just to get the sale.
May 6, 2010 at 9:03 pm rating: 19
#11
aaa
Mossy Nissan burned that guy’s feelings and they’re being warned to never do what they did that day again.
May 6, 2010 at 9:06 pm rating: 43
#12
Fanboy Wife
Well, at least they found a creative way to vent their frustrations.
May 6, 2010 at 9:18 pm rating: 2
#13
Canthz_B
I dunno, if you choose to have your car painted to look like Barney the Dinosaur, you’ll get a lousy paint job no matter how shiny the finish.
May 6, 2010 at 9:40 pm rating: 16
#14
pilgrimchick
Brilliant idea! The next time bad yard work or home improvements are done, I know what to do.
May 6, 2010 at 10:07 pm rating: 2
#15
Denny DelVecchio
I humbly submit that Truck Nuts would have gotten similar messages across.
May 6, 2010 at 10:32 pm rating: 5
#16
Canthz_B
Mossy Nissan burned me.
I’d have never agreed to the handcuffs if I’d known she was such a kinky little geisha!!
Still, I think I’m falling in love with candle wax.
Is that bad?
If it is, spank me…please?!
May 7, 2010 at 1:27 am rating: 8
#17
Star
Haha, I had some customers who would go to that shop in Portland. That quality of work, wasn’t the first time!
May 7, 2010 at 1:30 am rating: 1
#18
Blogmella
If I ever get a badly executed boob job, I’ll be sure to follow up by getting a tattoo across my chest, insulting the plastic surgeon. That’ll show him!
May 7, 2010 at 2:26 am rating: 20
#19
Splint Chesthair
FYI: There is a steady supply of used K-cars (Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, etc.) that still run well, are easy to fix, and have easy to find replacement parts. They are ugly and pretty much all the interior parts fall apart and are put together quite shabbily. Howeverm they can be had for a song and only a couple of hours of extra maintenance a month can keep them fairly reliable.
I’ve been driving these since the early 1990′s. The best part is you don’t care if they get stolen, dented or even set on fire, for the price of two new car payments, you can get another and I always win at chicken.
May 7, 2010 at 6:27 am rating: 14
#20
Aksijuice
My only comment is that when I saw “On se powell” I thought it was a terribly mistranslated French verb of the il/elle/on type.
May 7, 2010 at 7:53 am rating: 9
#21
jaywalke
And to think that I took a lot of crap when I made my orphan wear a shirt that read: “HAITIAN-ADOPTIONS.COM IS A RIP-OFF.”
That little bastard can barely work ten hours a day.
May 7, 2010 at 8:18 am rating: 28
#22
Thanks!
These made my day! I love it! I should totally do this. But then again that’s probably because I have way too much time on my hands now that the semester is over and I’m laid off.
May 7, 2010 at 8:18 am rating: 2
#23
Woman on the Verge
I planned to begin painting a series of lemons on my Dodge Caravan, but never got around to it.
May 7, 2010 at 8:54 am rating: 8
#24
ISpy
Sign seen on the steps of the Capitol:
Goldman Sachs ripped us all off, but we’re going to let that go.
May 7, 2010 at 9:24 am rating: 10
#25
ISpy
Sign seen on a Louisiana Beach:
BP is responsible for this disaster but has this to say about taking responsibility: “That’s something we’ll have to work out in the future.”
Well, that’s better than what Goldman Sachs has to say.
May 7, 2010 at 9:35 am rating: 7
#26
Aleca
Wow! That’s ball-sy! Somebody had a bad day!
May 7, 2010 at 12:13 pm rating: 1
#27
Dani
At this time, may I express my love for you, Keeper of the PAN’s, for referencing Fargo? Because I’d like to.
May 7, 2010 at 1:33 pm rating: 5
#28
AJ
I love seeing those kinds of signs. It’s a sure fire sign the driver is a complete nut job.
There is an Explorer with similar writing on it I see around my house once in a while. The dealership who ‘scorned’ the driver happens to be the one my Dad used to work at so I asked him what the deal was.
Long story short… the woman is bat shit crazy.
(and really pissed they wouldn’t let her exchange the vehicle for a different color a month after she bought it, among other things)
May 7, 2010 at 3:18 pm rating: 3
#29
Daniel
Oh man, Mossy Nissan of El Cajon burned me, too… on a truck I bought 9 years ago. I thought I was over it, but my anger just reignited. Nissan’s consumer affairs department didn’t even bother getting back to me, despite my several attempts to contact somebody about that place.
May 7, 2010 at 5:27 pm rating: 2
#30
GhostWriter
My sign reads: “This LOUSY parking job courtesy of One-Hour Optical.”
May 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm rating: 13
#31
damon
Loving the “Fargo” reference in the title of this post.
May 8, 2010 at 5:10 am rating: 1
#32
anglophile
Loving the commenters who have to let us all know they caught the oh-so-subtle Fargo references. Those are some seriously cool movie buffs, eh?
May 8, 2010 at 9:11 am rating: 2
#33
Canthz_B
That’s a long way to go over a lousy paint job.
Just wash your car with RID shampoo.
May 8, 2010 at 11:57 am rating: 1
#34
Mindy
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May 8, 2010 at 6:53 pm rating: 0
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