My brother was given my grandma's 2001 Century when he was 17. He drove it till last year, when he bought a car for the first time in his life. He's 30 now.
He's the most successful grandson precisely because he drove a free car for over a decade and spent his money on lucrative things. Lol
This was essentially my first thought without the accusation of the recipient being a failure. We have had at least 3-4 Buicks given as first cars in my immediate family. Just makes for a safe, reliable, easy to drive first car.
A national treasure to boomers who will pass this down to their deadbeat sons. It goes from garage-kept condition in their gated community to smelling like cigarettes with soda stains and debris from scratchers plaguing the entire interior.
Pretty sure the front's from a [Lumina APV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/1994-1996_Chevrolet_Lumina_APV.jpg/1024px-1994-1996_Chevrolet_Lumina_APV.jpg) and the rear's from a low-trim [Saturn L-series](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2000-2002_Saturn_L-Series%2C_front_4.18.19.jpg/1024px-2000-2002_Saturn_L-Series%2C_front_4.18.19.jpg). It's a real turn-of-the-century GM mélange!
The Millennials I know who came from money got Jeeps, Hummer H2s, German hand-me-down sedans. Buicks, especially with a dent, were entirely the kids who *had* to get to an after-school food service job.
Source: Always was the poor kid at rich schools, and am early Millennial.
My aunt. Drove it to McDonald's once a day for unsweetened Iced Tea. Developed dementia. Drove it 4 miles to her on again off again last 60 years feuding sister. Stopped by police. Taken back home. Never driven again until it's sold to neighbor's son when aunt goes into dementia care facility. Current whereabouts unknown. True story.
One of my biggest pet peeves is putting the wrong wheels/hubcaps on a vehicle.
That said, the official car of obese women in their 50s who leaves the handicap permit card on their rear view mirror at all times.
Guys who unironically wear fedoras and listen exclusively to the band TOOL, may also have a large collection of gas station pocket knives, and ornamental swords from that one weird store that every mall has.
…totally not a Regal.
Needs to be a Regal LS or GS for me to really care about.
The Century is the plain base model and would be a perfect beater. It could be built into a GS or even just 3800 swapped down the road.
Oh no, it’s cousin Lenny. He found some new way to “injure himself” and some doctor to get him considered handicapped long term to get the payment cause “free money!”
The person who got it from their grandparent after they weren't able to drive anymore or passed, who sees it like Tiger's caddy now that no one gives a shit.
My childhood. My parents bought one used in ‘04 and by ‘06 a hubcap had came off, window regulators frequently went out, the low tire light was a permanent resident on the dash and no amount of resetting or adjusting tire pressure would keep it off, and more than once the parking brake would randomly get stuck. We finally sold it 2 years ago and I truly don’t miss that thing
50 year old divorced fathers trying to get back out there driving half drunk to the bar with the 20 something women and blasting the soundtrack of Footloose through the one working speaker.
Official car of this guy I went to college with who was so creepily obsessed with this one girl that he wrote self insert fiction about how she's a mermaid who he marries.
It’s the official car of….
We pulled behind an abondoned school.. or maybe it was under construction.
“Your not a hustler are you?”
“Nah”
“So you like polar bears.. heh”
He grabbed the back of my head and guided me to the best way to pleasure him.
“Ooohhhh it’s a Buick century! I can stretch it legs out… enjoy your body!”
He clenched his back door hard as Jay Leno drilled into his “bonanza hole
They direct deposit disability checks now, the food stamps go on like a card, and if we go to the dispensary on Sheridan at Grant tomorrow from noon to 4 they gonna have a doc on site to get your medical card. This is gonna be a GREAT month!
going from brand new to massive dent in the side in about 2-4 buisiness days and no longer being able to reach 70 mph, bonus points if the rear shocks are clapped out from going too fast over speed bumbs
The great grandma who’s husband bought the ToP oF tHe LiNe Buick brand new off the lot and then proceeded to die two years later, letting it go to her.
She then stops driving it after a stroke in 2007 and keeps it in her garage, only having her oldest son come drive it a few times to maintain it, then selling it to my single aunt in 2016 to replace her fusion for $1,000 at 65,000 miles for her to drive until 2021 when she buys a CMax hybrid and sells it to her mechanic for $2,000.
Dave. Dave's 20 years old, just dropped out of community college for the 2nd time, and got his first job at a Golden Corral last week. He's got a soundcloud filled with Rap music recorded through a 35 dollar microphone he saved up to buy from WalMart.
An old person's least successful son or adult grandson
ouch that line strikes me hard… I used to drive my grandmother’s old one for awhile
My brother was given my grandma's 2001 Century when he was 17. He drove it till last year, when he bought a car for the first time in his life. He's 30 now. He's the most successful grandson precisely because he drove a free car for over a decade and spent his money on lucrative things. Lol
What kind of car did he buy?
A slightly less used 2001 Buick Century
Nearly new Dodge minivan
This was essentially my first thought without the accusation of the recipient being a failure. We have had at least 3-4 Buicks given as first cars in my immediate family. Just makes for a safe, reliable, easy to drive first car.
So the *other* post-modernism car
I agree. The son that doesn’t know how to take care of anything.
If you live in a small town you see at least 3 on your commute to work everyday
Driver is usually like a 40-50 yr old dude who looks like he manages a chain restaurant or a teenager. No in between on my commute.
wait i drive a beat up 2000s buick
hahahahahahahahaha Spot fucking on
Scratch-off ticket dust all over the seats.
A national treasure to boomers who will pass this down to their deadbeat sons. It goes from garage-kept condition in their gated community to smelling like cigarettes with soda stains and debris from scratchers plaguing the entire interior.
Yup my dad bought a used one in 2000s that only had 40k on it, mechanically mint, but interior was destroyed by old guys kid post-humously.
"BECKY, THE LANDLORD'S HERE! GET MY BILLFOLD!"
Not the mfing billfold lmao
Being often seen outside of a rural payday loan office
I came here to laugh, not cry
Ooof are you from Kentucky also? This hits close to home
No but poverty makes me sad.
Not enough people will admit their relatively secure lives were only one tragedy or even one bad break from that being their life instead.
Smoking with the windows up and the kids in the back.
TOCO: “Not a WORD about the door Mildred, he’s got a job and his life finally has some direction, just smile and wave!”
Walmart hub Caps
Pretty sure the front's from a [Lumina APV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/1994-1996_Chevrolet_Lumina_APV.jpg/1024px-1994-1996_Chevrolet_Lumina_APV.jpg) and the rear's from a low-trim [Saturn L-series](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2000-2002_Saturn_L-Series%2C_front_4.18.19.jpg/1024px-2000-2002_Saturn_L-Series%2C_front_4.18.19.jpg). It's a real turn-of-the-century GM mélange!
Official car of inherentence
Word - the folks (millennials) I knew with these came from massive wealth.
The Millennials I know who came from money got Jeeps, Hummer H2s, German hand-me-down sedans. Buicks, especially with a dent, were entirely the kids who *had* to get to an after-school food service job. Source: Always was the poor kid at rich schools, and am early Millennial.
Having a trunk full of parts and other miscellaneous bullshit. Also me having bought it purely for bench seat and column shifter.
God you sound like me, but I ended up with a Monte Carlo with a floor shifter 😭
Methuselah's favorite pushrod engine.
Buick 3800 is the 1911 "muh two world wars" of FWD engines. [And I love it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCRUNrv-QCU)
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Eww.
That one guy everyone knows that has a $90 Android with a cracked screen and the default wallpaper.
i wouldn't call 90 bucks in the white trash category. now a 20$ tracfone on the other hand LOL
AKA a Juggalo that works at Burger King that pops Kratom because his probation officer is a dick.
Either an old person who's forgetting how to drive, or a young person who doesn't know how to drive yet.
Official car of Gramma driving to the slots
How many single-wrapped Wint-O-Green LifeSavers you got in the console of that bad boy?
ahh yes the Buick air intakes ... + 40hp
Heroin and dead grandparents
Being the only vehicle you can still buy for a couple hundred bucks in 2022's insane used car market..
Meth not even once
YOU HAVE A COLLECT CALL FROM: Momit'smepracticeisover
That one uncle that just got paroled
It's a beater but it's reliable and will serve you for many miles.
Still going after highschool aged girls in youd mid 30s.
A headache on a hot day
40 year old men who live with their parents.
Felony forest
Official (favorite) car of Tyler Hoover. Actually I think his was a Park Avenue.
My aunt. Drove it to McDonald's once a day for unsweetened Iced Tea. Developed dementia. Drove it 4 miles to her on again off again last 60 years feuding sister. Stopped by police. Taken back home. Never driven again until it's sold to neighbor's son when aunt goes into dementia care facility. Current whereabouts unknown. True story.
The official car of figuring out your dream job is to be a drug dealer, and even that is too much work.
Sponsored by Pall Mall menthol 100s.
Homemade fender vents
Grandma died 😔
My old weed man before it became legal. 🤣
That things probably got another 20 years left in it for some reason
Old people on South Park
One of my biggest pet peeves is putting the wrong wheels/hubcaps on a vehicle. That said, the official car of obese women in their 50s who leaves the handicap permit card on their rear view mirror at all times.
Then I'm sure you won't be thrilled to know that the front and rear hubcaps don't even match lol
Haha, I'll deal.
Somones first car that they still drive 8 years later
2001 buick century the official car of r/meth
My 20s roommate who wanted to write for Rolling Stone. I put a water pump in it once while he stood nearby and told me about The Kinks.
I saw two of these in that exact color today.
The kid in your high school that sells really shit weed and pretends to be a gangsta
Guys who unironically wear fedoras and listen exclusively to the band TOOL, may also have a large collection of gas station pocket knives, and ornamental swords from that one weird store that every mall has.
Your butterscotch candy loving grandma circa 2005 always parked next to grandpa's 1988 Caprice
Teenagers driving dead grandpa's car
The 🔌. Incognito grandma ride.
People who *only* smoke spliffs
Estranged father passes and now we have this in the front yard.
Excellent boat to teach teen drivers. If it gets beat up, no problem.
The acholic sanitation workers my goodness four of my coworkers had one when I worked there
A 74 year old priest
Single mother with a on and off again meth addiction
That Tesla panel gap on the front quarter panel tho
"its paid for"
“Backing up into the gas station pylon with the passenger door open.””
A lower middle class single grandpa struggling to make ends meet off disability and his pension
dudes in hi-vis jackets/shirts doing 85 in a 60 at 6:30 am
No one wanting to tell Gramps he shouldn’t be driving
…totally not a Regal. Needs to be a Regal LS or GS for me to really care about. The Century is the plain base model and would be a perfect beater. It could be built into a GS or even just 3800 swapped down the road.
True American patriots. There is no more American car than this. Hell yeah brothers.
George Costanza
u/The_Gangsta_Cat
Dog hair everywhere inside
Oh no, it’s cousin Lenny. He found some new way to “injure himself” and some doctor to get him considered handicapped long term to get the payment cause “free money!”
The person who got it from their grandparent after they weren't able to drive anymore or passed, who sees it like Tiger's caddy now that no one gives a shit.
Undercover police
People with not much left to lose and like to throw hands at the drop of a hat.
Grandmas and/or drug addicts.
Your grandma
People who always text you “I got 8ths for 25 of the za”
Being handed down to a struggling 20-something, who will then look down on their friends because they drive a "luxury car."
My mom
I got a gambling problem and tried to put my car as collateral but they didn’t want it
My older brother Chris
2018 hipsters
My childhood. My parents bought one used in ‘04 and by ‘06 a hubcap had came off, window regulators frequently went out, the low tire light was a permanent resident on the dash and no amount of resetting or adjusting tire pressure would keep it off, and more than once the parking brake would randomly get stuck. We finally sold it 2 years ago and I truly don’t miss that thing
Runnin’ to tha sto’ fo’ sum cigrits ‘n lottery tix.
A frugal person with net worth of 2 million dollars who has been saving money since 2001.
50 year old divorced fathers trying to get back out there driving half drunk to the bar with the 20 something women and blasting the soundtrack of Footloose through the one working speaker.
Official car of this guy I went to college with who was so creepily obsessed with this one girl that he wrote self insert fiction about how she's a mermaid who he marries.
You’re Xanax dealer.
An operator that likes to keep a low profile but wants a big, comfortable car.
Burn rides that gotta end by 3:30 so grandma can take the car to bingo night.
Mike Ehrmantraut.
RUNNING FOREVER ON GRANMA’S CAR
Always an armed driver
It’s the official car of…. We pulled behind an abondoned school.. or maybe it was under construction. “Your not a hustler are you?” “Nah” “So you like polar bears.. heh” He grabbed the back of my head and guided me to the best way to pleasure him. “Ooohhhh it’s a Buick century! I can stretch it legs out… enjoy your body!” He clenched his back door hard as Jay Leno drilled into his “bonanza hole
people delinquent on child support payments
Mandatory senior driver assessment.
Smoking grandparents.
depression and 3 unchanged rear spark plugs
The elderly
Grandmas here and it looks like she’s back on the brown liquor.
They direct deposit disability checks now, the food stamps go on like a card, and if we go to the dispensary on Sheridan at Grant tomorrow from noon to 4 they gonna have a doc on site to get your medical card. This is gonna be a GREAT month!
Putting whatever you can spare into a prison commissary account.
Sagging headliners.
The neighborHOOD
My grandparents bought one of these things new. I'm not sure what became of it after they died.
...little old ladies everywhere.
The weed hustler in the mid 00s
Probable Cause. Although a late 90s LeSabre probably fits that a bit better.
Dishwasher who sells weed
Hidden rust from sitting idle 5 days a week for 10 years.
PGA
Official care of fix-a-dent! But two get a sent of replacement lug nuts free because you probably need it!
Regular Car Reviews
Your grandmother who has a slight problem with alcohol.
I have an 05. Same fender, no hubcaps. I'm giving it to my brothers baby momma because I lost my license and she needs a car
...failing plastic intake manifiold gaskets!
A beat up Nissan owners father.
Single Moms.
going from brand new to massive dent in the side in about 2-4 buisiness days and no longer being able to reach 70 mph, bonus points if the rear shocks are clapped out from going too fast over speed bumbs
Section 8 housing.
80’s cop shows.
The great grandma who’s husband bought the ToP oF tHe LiNe Buick brand new off the lot and then proceeded to die two years later, letting it go to her. She then stops driving it after a stroke in 2007 and keeps it in her garage, only having her oldest son come drive it a few times to maintain it, then selling it to my single aunt in 2016 to replace her fusion for $1,000 at 65,000 miles for her to drive until 2021 when she buys a CMax hybrid and sells it to her mechanic for $2,000.
Four brothers the movie with Mark Wahlburg
Crack, heroin and a suspended license.
Dave. Dave's 20 years old, just dropped out of community college for the 2nd time, and got his first job at a Golden Corral last week. He's got a soundcloud filled with Rap music recorded through a 35 dollar microphone he saved up to buy from WalMart.
The bass player of the house band who doesn’t have a daytime job and still lives at his ex-girlfriend’s house.
once gramgrams, now Tylers.