# You know what never happens when you drive a 96 Corolla? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198 "2009-11-11T17:17:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/1 "2009-11-11T17:17:05Z")
That thing where you’re on a two-lane road, and you notice somebody in the same make/model/year/maybe-even-color going the opposite direction, and they notice you, and as you pass you give each other a knowing nod and a ‘thumbs-up’ for each other’s sweet ride. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/2 "2009-11-11T17:45:56Z")
I notice the same thing for my wife’s 2000 Echo, which I am doomed to using as a commuter car these days. Luckily its days are numbered - for all of its competence and reliability I have never liked this car. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/3 "2009-11-11T17:50:05Z")
bup: if you painted racing stripes on the sides of your car, and attached a longhorn skull to the hood, I’m sure plenty of people would give you the thumbs up when you were driving by. Or hire an artist to paint the cast of Star Trek on one side and the USS Enterprise on the other. Or drive around with a bunch of booze and strippers in the car. That will definitely get you a thumbs-up from many other drivers. Arnold - owner of a 1997 Corolla ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/4 "2009-11-11T17:53:08Z")
Strippers don’t dig old Japanese econocars. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/5 "2009-11-11T18:03:45Z")
If you hire them and pay them enough, they will. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/6 "2009-11-11T18:12:30Z")
I imagine it happens to you at about the same frequency it happens to me in my '97 Escort Wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/7 "2009-11-11T19:50:54Z")
I never get that in my '87 Toyota MR2 either. Probably because we’re both too busy being terrified of getting flattened by SUVs to spare a moment for a wave. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/8 "2009-11-11T20:04:55Z")
If I had to signal everyone with an Impulse Red 2008 Corolla, I’d have repetitive motion issues. I swear there was a glut of them at the local dealer because it was the only color left when I went to get mine. I’m so jealous of people who got blue ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/9 "2009-11-11T20:05:43Z")
“You get laid” was my guess, but yeah, the OP is probably right as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/10 "2009-11-11T20:13:02Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I never get that in my '87 Toyota MR2 either. Probably because we’re both too busy being terrified of getting flattened by SUVs to spare a moment for a wave. Can’t you just drive right under most SUVs? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/11 "2009-11-11T20:18:47Z")
Oh, that’s a \*thumb \*they give me? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-never-happens-when-you-drive-a-96-corolla/517198/12 "2009-11-11T20:43:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Can’t you just drive right under most SUVs? 😃 _almost_. But I CAN look up and see the belly of most semi trailers.