Alpo Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I'm sure everyone has read this at one time or another. When Chevy first took the Nova to Mexico it wouldn't sell. No Va means "doesn't go" in Spanish. This is a stupid urban legend. PEMEX used to sell a leaded premium gasoline called Nova. They do know the difference, down there, between No Va (won't go) and Nova (exploding star). But it made a good story. People would not buy a car because of what it said on it. Did not matter if the car was a good car or a bad car, because of what it said on it. So yesterday while I'm out walking the dog I see a pickup truck. There is a graphic on the windshield. I thought the driver had put that there himself, for some strange reason. Then I see the same graphic on the rear quarter panel. TRD. I just now looked that up. It stands for Toyota Racing Development. But when I first saw it my immediate thought was, "Who would buy a truck that says TURD on it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Do you wear glasses?...or should you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Now THATS funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Do you wear glasses?...or should you? Doesn't this truck say turd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just polish that turd it will be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 My step son used to race against Ivan Stewart who drove for the Toyota race team and helped them develope the Toyota racing trucks and eventually the TRD. Ivan got quite offended when you would call one of the TRD’s a turd but not many people let that stop them. You’d think they’d come up with something a little more creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Alpo said: Doesn't this truck say turd? No...but I can see how one would think that. It could also be 'Tard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Ford used to have a bed sticker like the TRD sticker that said "FX4". I always thought that was rather silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I once saw a pickup with a bumper sticker in the rear window behind the driver that said, "OLD FART" Behind the passenger was one that said, "OLD FART'S WIFE" I thought it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I think the Ford Raptor sounds kinda silly. Why sell a mean-looking truck named after a long-extinct dinosaur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Sort of along this line, I was somewhat startled when KIA automobiles first arrived. For those of us of an age, "KIA" on the evening news was always a pretty somber thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Yeah, I thought of that one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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