# What is the 'official' old people car now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-official-old-people-car-now/323477>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-official-old-people-car-now/323477 "2005-09-26T11:29:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-official-old-people-car-now/323477/41 "2005-09-27T14:51:17Z")

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> [@Diceman](#):
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> Farmington Hills.

Ahhh. I’ve always said that there’s a difference between east side and west side. 😉 (I live just a mile or so from Lake Saint Clair and I’m about one mile from the Detroit border).

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-official-old-people-car-now/323477/42 "2005-09-27T15:05:11Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> What is the ‘official’ old people car now?

The Pontiac Bonneville. Want proof? Go to Florida (any town will do), find a seniors-only gated residence or mobile park, and peer over the fence at the parking lot. Acre after glorious acre of shiny white Bonnevilles.

It’s truely a thing of beauty.

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