jalopies

Since new conventional cars will be virtually pollution-free soon, raising their prices will have the perverse effect of encouraging drivers to hold on to their older, more polluting, jalopies longer, thus increasing overall emissions.

Regulatory Pollution, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

WHILE many of the teen-agers did not have their own cars, several drove old jalopies and the shop would draw from as far as Lakewood, Seaside and Lacey Township.

2009 May 24 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

We've laid the lot on which they hawk their jalopies, then complain they've sold us lemons.

Charles Redfern: A Pre-fab Candidate With Pre-fab Pronouncements for a Pre-fab Country Charles Redfern 2012

WHILE many of the teen-agers did not have their own cars, several drove old jalopies and the shop would draw from as far as Lakewood, Seaside and Lacey Township.

2009 May « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

WHILE many of the teen-agers did not have their own cars, several drove old jalopies and the shop would draw from as far as Lakewood, Seaside and Lacey Township.

We Remember – Memorial Day 2009 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

Gone are the days of, say, Harvard vs. Yale, when, at tailgating — or "Yale-gating" — parties men wore full-length raccoon-fur coats (beanie optional), white linen tablecloths were laid upon fold-out tables, jalopies were crammed with silver sets and champers in ice buckets, and Astroturf had yet to be invented.

The Gentleman Steve Garbarino 2010

Our man keeps at the Lincoln, but does not finish, as a middle-aged couple's Ford jalopies into the lot, spewing steam and smoke like a dragon.

After Detox Jamie Iredell 2011

But in the historically less-diverse world of Riverdale, in the longtime land of white-walled jalopies and conspicuously vanilla malt shops, this registers as notable.

'BETTY or VERONICA...or KEVIN?': First gay character enrolls at Archie's Riverdale [UPDATED] 2010

You began seeing the folds in the world like Picasso the dribbles of DNA like Jackson Pollock the over-inflated balloon tires on the jalopies of dangerous men in hoods smoking cigars like Philip Guston sitting in their cars at the edge of town looking out at their world looking out at the other who is always there your brother your twin your friend

Roof of the World 2010

This time, with savings rates rising to help repair household balance sheets, drivers might choose to keep driving their old jalopies for a bit longer.

Car Sales Stuck in Slow Lane 2010