Comments on: Question of the Day: Which Car Do You Want To Be Buried In? http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: pfingst http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-272822 pfingst Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:01:53 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-272822 A 1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3, gold exterior, beige interior. I like the "going full circle" idea, and if it were up to me, I'd still have that car. It might be a bit small to spend eternity in, though. A 1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3, gold exterior, beige interior. I like the “going full circle” idea, and if it were up to me, I’d still have that car. It might be a bit small to spend eternity in, though.

]]> By: carguy http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-272002 carguy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:20:12 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-272002 Nissan 240Z in metallic blue. Nissan 240Z in metallic blue.

]]> By: Joshvar http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-271922 Joshvar Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-271922 @Samir Syed <em>A 1979 Pontiac Acadian. To come full circle. </em> Literally lol'd at work. Well played. As for burial, I think most fitting would be something small, as I've always managed to be most attracted to cars I hardly fit in. So, I'd say a Honda S600/S800. @Samir Syed
A 1979 Pontiac Acadian. To come full circle.

Literally lol’d at work. Well played.

As for burial, I think most fitting would be something small, as I’ve always managed to be most attracted to cars I hardly fit in. So, I’d say a Honda S600/S800.

]]> By: Strippo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-271552 Strippo Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:03:51 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-271552 <em>A Volvo S80. May as well die comfy (best seats ever) and peacefully (serene Swedish styling). The airbags and the crash structure may give me an extra life.</em> Opt for the T6 over the V8. The better turning radius will come in handy. A Volvo S80. May as well die comfy (best seats ever) and peacefully (serene Swedish styling). The airbags and the crash structure may give me an extra life.

Opt for the T6 over the V8. The better turning radius will come in handy.

]]> By: red stick http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-271532 red stick Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-271532 Any Aston Martin. Although the seats in a Nash Metropolitan reclined..... Any Aston Martin. Although the seats in a Nash Metropolitan reclined…..

]]> By: jgh http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-271472 jgh Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:52:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-271472 A Volvo S80. May as well die comfy (best seats ever) and peacefully (serene Swedish styling). The airbags and the crash structure may give me an extra life. A Volvo S80. May as well die comfy (best seats ever) and peacefully (serene Swedish styling). The airbags and the crash structure may give me an extra life.

]]> By: Juniper http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-271252 Juniper Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:53 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-271252 For me it's my old 50 Ford Pickup. Indian blanket seat covers, JC Whitney rubber floor mat. One hand on the wheel one on that long floor shifter, the air vent in front of the wind shield wide open and a smile on my face. For me it’s my old 50 Ford Pickup. Indian blanket seat covers, JC Whitney rubber floor mat. One hand on the wheel one on that long floor shifter, the air vent in front of the wind shield wide open and a smile on my face.

]]> By: chalmers http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270752 chalmers Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:21:09 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270752 It's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZI2z19vbQ" rel="nofollow">been done before</a>, but a Cadillac Seville...Of course! It’s been done before, but a Cadillac Seville…Of course!

]]> By: John R http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270722 John R Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:14:13 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270722 I'm a fan. R34 Skyline GT-R Z-tune. I’m a fan. R34 Skyline GT-R Z-tune.

]]> By: mykeliam http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270682 mykeliam Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:09 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270682 Bury me in a Bugatti Veyron with the Hermes leather please. Or else in my 1976 Mercury Bobcat with the four speed stick (how I loved that car!!) Bury me in a Bugatti Veyron with the Hermes leather please.
Or else in my 1976 Mercury Bobcat with the four speed stick (how I loved that car!!)

]]> By: jimh http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270652 jimh Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:42:36 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270652 A MINI Cooper S. One of the earlier supercharged ones, preferrably one with all the PA who works in meja friendly options. If I'm going I'm taking one of those vile little buzz boxes with me. A MINI Cooper S. One of the earlier supercharged ones, preferrably one with all the PA who works in meja friendly options.

If I’m going I’m taking one of those vile little buzz boxes with me.

]]> By: shaker http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270602 shaker Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:51:29 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270602 A 2075 Chevy Volt Mark VII... Fusion powered, reanimated T-Rex Leather interior, "I-Orgasmatron" interface. In the red dust of Mars. (I'm 53) jurisb: lol :-) A 2075 Chevy Volt Mark VII…

Fusion powered, reanimated T-Rex Leather interior, “I-Orgasmatron” interface.

In the red dust of Mars.

(I’m 53)

jurisb: lol :-)

]]> By: jurisb http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270502 jurisb Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:22:26 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270502 I better stay alive in Yugo Zastava nightmare, than die with a chick in Maserati deathporte. But , today i am cute, young and innocent, and when my life enters indian Summer after some 70 years, And i will be just cute, and innocent but not young I would like to have a ride of my life in Corvette Z018 with an interior that at last has fit and finish and texture. I would like to put on a blue-violet-ray ,player put some music from Sarah Brightman, mash the throttle near Veyron apocalyptic speeds and run of the cliff into the sea. I hope I don`t forget to take out the airbag fuse. Damn, I should stick a note on the windshield. And then I wake up in a hospital with half the body gone, with a pale nurse close to swooning staring at me, and a priest with a Bible silently whispering some words of wisdom to himself. Damn, forgot to stick the note.... I better stay alive in Yugo Zastava nightmare, than die with a chick in Maserati deathporte. But , today i am cute, young and innocent, and when my life enters indian Summer after some 70 years, And i will be just cute, and innocent but not young I would like to have a ride of my life in Corvette Z018 with an interior that at last has fit and finish and texture. I would like to put on a blue-violet-ray ,player put some music from Sarah Brightman, mash the throttle near Veyron apocalyptic speeds and run of the cliff into the sea. I hope I don`t forget to take out the airbag fuse. Damn, I should stick a note on the windshield. And then I wake up in a hospital with half the body gone, with a pale nurse close to swooning staring at me, and a priest with a Bible silently whispering some words of wisdom to himself. Damn, forgot to stick the note….

]]> By: Johnster http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270452 Johnster Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:56:48 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270452 My first reaction was that I wouldn't mind having my ashes placed in the ashtray of a '63 Riviera, but gee, I wouldn't want to bury a perfectly good car when someone else could be DRIVING it. A letterwriter to Ann Landers told about sprinkling the ashes of her late auto-loving father among rows of parked new cars sitting on the lot at several auto dealer. (I hope they were decent auto dealerships. I'm a snob and I wouldn't want to sprinkled at, say, a Kia dealer.) The best memorial service for an autophile that I ever heard of was the one for the late Len Frank, who briefly worked for Motor Trend magazine, ran an Alfa Romeo dealership and the local Alfa Romeo drivers club, and hosted "The Car Show" on the radical left-wing Pacifica radio station, KPFK in Los Angeles. According to the website at lacar.com: "When he passed away in 1996, his friends and family held his memorial service at Willow Springs Raceway. In a ceremony that would have pleased Len, his ashes were released through the sunroof of a Porsche on the raceway's famed Turn Nine." My first reaction was that I wouldn’t mind having my ashes placed in the ashtray of a ‘63 Riviera, but gee, I wouldn’t want to bury a perfectly good car when someone else could be DRIVING it.

A letterwriter to Ann Landers told about sprinkling the ashes of her late auto-loving father among rows of parked new cars sitting on the lot at several auto dealer. (I hope they were decent auto dealerships. I’m a snob and I wouldn’t want to sprinkled at, say, a Kia dealer.)

The best memorial service for an autophile that I ever heard of was the one for the late Len Frank, who briefly worked for Motor Trend magazine, ran an Alfa Romeo dealership and the local Alfa Romeo drivers club, and hosted “The Car Show” on the radical left-wing Pacifica radio station, KPFK in Los Angeles.

According to the website at lacar.com:

“When he passed away in 1996, his friends and family held his memorial service at Willow Springs Raceway. In a ceremony that would have pleased Len, his ashes were released through the sunroof of a Porsche on the raceway’s famed Turn Nine.”

]]> By: Samir Syed http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270352 Samir Syed Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:29:22 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270352 A 1979 Pontiac Acadian. To come full circle. A 1979 Pontiac Acadian. To come full circle.

]]> By: italianstallion http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270292 italianstallion Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:39:42 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270292 it may very well be my first generation scion xb. i can't find anything to replace it that matches its unbelievable fuel economy, incredible utility and reasonable fun-to-drive quotient (it's a manual). and it'll run forever. the downside is that it looks like the maid's car, and that its absence of adequate safety equipment may actually lead to my untimely demise. it may very well be my first generation scion xb.

i can’t find anything to replace it that matches its unbelievable fuel economy, incredible utility and reasonable fun-to-drive quotient (it’s a manual). and it’ll run forever.

the downside is that it looks like the maid’s car, and that its absence of adequate safety equipment may actually lead to my untimely demise.

]]> By: TexasAg03 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270272 TexasAg03 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:38:17 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270272 I want to be cremated as well. Therefore, put my ashes in the passenger seat of a Ferrari Enzo with an owner who actually drives the thing like it is intended. My charred remains will know such fun... I want to be cremated as well. Therefore, put my ashes in the passenger seat of a Ferrari Enzo with an owner who actually drives the thing like it is intended.

My charred remains will know such fun…

]]> By: casper00 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270252 casper00 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:24:29 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270252 I would have to say the NSX-R GT. I would have to say the NSX-R GT.

]]> By: Lightnup http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270222 Lightnup Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:00:42 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270222 Crap, I've been buried in just about every car I've owned, thanks to 60 month financing. What? Oh wait, not that kind of buried? Oh, never mind then. I would love to be buried strapped into the driver's seat of a '68 Shelby KR500 convertible but it would be such a waste of an awesome automobile. Maybe just a mock-up of one then. Crap, I’ve been buried in just about every car I’ve owned, thanks to 60 month financing. What? Oh wait, not that kind of buried? Oh, never mind then.

I would love to be buried strapped into the driver’s seat of a ‘68 Shelby KR500 convertible but it would be such a waste of an awesome automobile. Maybe just a mock-up of one then.

]]> By: oldowl http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270192 oldowl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:53:48 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270192 1938 Lincoln Zephyr convertible, but save the car and use a 1962 Simca. 1938 Lincoln Zephyr convertible, but save the car and use a 1962 Simca.

]]> By: Dangerous Dave http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270182 Dangerous Dave Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:50:03 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270182 My XK8 would do just fine, real wood dash, Connley leather and comfortable as can be. My XK8 would do just fine, real wood dash, Connley leather and comfortable as can be.

]]> By: driving course http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270162 driving course Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:38:39 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270162 I've always thought cremation a good plan - Ford Pinto. I’ve always thought cremation a good plan – Ford Pinto.

]]> By: beetlebug http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270132 beetlebug Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:17:47 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270132 I agree with the "interiors don't matter that much to me" folks. That's not to say good ergonomics (most important) and comfort (second) are not important. I'm just not impressed with all the emphasis on soft touch this and textured that. I remember twenty years ago when car interior were like tupperware. Also, I don't think the Challenger interior is all that bad. It sure looks better than the mustang. I like low-glitz business like interiors. I agree with the “interiors don’t matter that much to me” folks. That’s not to say good ergonomics (most important) and comfort (second) are not important. I’m just not impressed with all the emphasis on soft touch this and textured that. I remember twenty years ago when car interior were like tupperware. Also, I don’t think the Challenger interior is all that bad. It sure looks better than the mustang. I like low-glitz business like interiors.

]]> By: Mcloud1 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270122 Mcloud1 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:03:00 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270122 1986 Ford Taurus LX, as its seats were designed to be comfortable no matter what position you are in. 1986 Ford Taurus LX, as its seats were designed to be comfortable no matter what position you are in.

]]> By: chuckR http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/comment-page-1/#comment-270112 chuckR Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:01:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/question-of-the-day-which-car-do-you-want-to-be-buried-in/#comment-270112 The model year 2051 Blastolene Special, which would make me a century plus at demise. The model year 2051 Blastolene Special, which would make me a century plus at demise.

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