hoopties

Before I got this car (my first ever new car) I always drove beaters (also known as hoopties in some circles).

Between the click of the light and the start of the dream Lisa B. 2008

Before I got this car (my first ever new car) I always drove beaters (also known as hoopties in some circles).

Archive 2008-02-01 Lisa B. 2008

Therefore, I get to hear the thump-thump throb of numerous "hoopties" polluting the air with [C] rap "music".

Getting over Michael Richards... 2006

They lived in gated communities with armed security guards and automatic burglar alarms and triple locks because they were absolutely convinced that the poor people were just about ready to jump in their hoopties and drive out to the rich neighborhoods to start robbing.

Matthew Yglesias » Rich Lawyers Boosting Traffic Jams and Calling It Charity 2009

Then, when they drive despite this in order to get a job, they get pulled over because the broken-down hoopties they've managed to borrow have dead headlights, are written a ticket for driving while suspended as well as for the dead headlight, and then, when they're convicted, their license gets suspended again.

Archive 2009-05-01 Bill Powell 2009

Or as CEO Jacques Nasser can tell you: no hoopties, brah.

Hey, Remember Me? I'm Al Gore., Wicked Worm Eats 2008

Now, for most people, that's a hop in the car and avoiding the hoopties outside Wal Mart, but when you live in New York, it is a production, or two train rides, to Atlantic Avenue, as opposed to two train rides to Queens Plaza, which is what Jen did today in her quest for a new TV.

THE NEWS BLOG 2005

Pimp My Ride, the new MTV show, with the rapper Xhibit taking SoCal hoopties and upgrading them with 20K of auto parts, is amazing.

Archive 2004-04-01 2004

He pimped Chalabi harder than West Coast Autos remake the hoopties Xzibit drives in the shop on Pimp My Ride.

Archive 2004-05-01 2004

The rental place was all out of the sad ass hoopties my cheapskate insurance company authorized for me, so I had to take a TrailBlazer!

wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2003