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The car thing was dumb

posted 12 years ago by lefecious
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So she goes and asks her parents if they still have her old car without even trying to start her mini cooper? At the end of the movie she just drives off in the mini cooper so obviously it wasn't damaged so badly that it couldn't be driven.

Nobody would have a 15 year old car just sitting around, except for some rednecks, but once they let the car sit that long it stops running, and they never get around to fixing it. So even if they did still have the car, it wouldn't work.

[–] Bridrowski8 12 years ago

You're thinking too much, just roll with it.

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[–] Definition00 12 years ago

Huh? She just assumed the car wasn't in good condition to drive, the front is falling off. She only used it again in the end because she wanted to get the HELL out of there and didn't care at what cost. She wasn't in a 'normal' mind state.

I don't find it hard to believe at all the the parents kept her old car and MAINTAINED it. It's not like it was sitting on the front lawn decomposing. They would have looked after it for her. Maybe they would have drove it around a bit.

[–] Kroyall1962 12 years ago

Right, they maintained it and kept the plates and insurance current for all that time too? For the 1 in a million chance their daughter might come back and want to drive it once? No. That was just another stupid bit in this movie that didn't even need to be there to drive the story. The movie was full of stuff like that.

[–] Definition00 12 years ago

Did you ever think they enjoyed driving it themselves?

[–] johannamichelle 12 years ago

I assume one of the parents was using it permanently, not just keeping it for just in case their daughter showed up...

[–] InsecureNeuroticControlFreak 12 years ago

Yeah, I figured that too. Or else the car wouldn't have still been in such good shape.

Hail to the king, baby.

[–] jskeith 12 years ago

The car was a clear symbol of her high-school status - by driving it again, she hoped to regain the feelings (and attachments) that she had earned 17 years ago.

[–] Hollywoodshack 12 years ago

You're working out of context. She asked, "Do you have my old car (and also the stuff in my room, my graduation photos, boyfriend prom photos, etc.) It was among the things that had sentimental value from when she was young.

[–] MrsHaverchuck 12 years ago

She just didn't want to drive a busted up car all over town. When she was leaving, she didn't give a crap.

[–] SparklingLily 12 years ago

One of them was probably using it - Cabriolets aren't POS cars either, VW's run for a long time with high mileage and a Cabriolet with over 150K miles will still run you several thousand dollars.

While the mini-cooper is still running, it is not legally drivable. Ultimately, she will need to drive it back to Minneapolis, but to drive around the town it was best to find another vehicle.

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[–] rltromble 11 years ago

I still trying to figure out why the mini cooper had a cassette player in it.

[–] MermaidsRreal 11 years ago

I think the car thing was dumb just because it made it seem like Mavis hadn't spoken to her parents since she left home for college. If she had been, then selling her car would have been something that would have come up.

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