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American cars, especially trucks, have a great reputation. What are you talking about?


> American cars, especially trucks, have a great reputation

Not in the rest of the world they don't.


You've never heard the joke that FORD stands for "Fix It Again, Tony" (and, unrelatedly, FIAT stands for "Found On Roadside, Dead")?


There's a Chinese meme that PORSCHE means "rubbish second hand car"

PO = 破 = rubbish, RS = 二手 (er shou) = second hand, CHE = 车 = vehicle

Here's one instance of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9HlIVCsyg


Chinese naming makes the best puns.


Fix Or Repair Daily is what I remember from childhood. Though to be honest, my parents had a very decent record from the 00's.


I remember this joke from King of The Hill's pilot episode. For those unacquainted:

https://archive.org/details/king-of-the-hill13seasons/King+o...


I think you got your wires crossed a little there.

My favorite will always be Toyota: Take Off Your Oversized Tires, Asshole.




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