In its first appearance, it gets stuck in the mud, breaks down, and spontaneously catches fire before even getting into firing range. It outweighs and outguns the rest of the team's vehicle park on its own, but its engine, suspension, or fuel system will conk out at the least opportune moment.
#GESTURES CLAIMED DESTINY PATROL SERIES#
The way that thing gets camera treatment, it is the closest thing the series has to an outright villain. Yukari Drives Like Crazy, and presumably this is why the car is in the state it's in it's a miracle that it can even still be driven. Azumanga Daioh gives us the infamous " Yukarimobile".This may overlap with Sentimental Shabbiness. It may have been purchased at Honest John's Dealership. Either this or a bicycle (or worse, an alleged bicycle) will be part of a Real Vehicle Reveal. A Rice Burner is often an attempt to make one of these look like a Cool Car. A Chronically Crashed Car may become one of these if it gets repaired one too many times. The subversion of this trope, where a car looks like this but is secretly a Cool Car, is What a Piece of Junk. If a horse, a house, or a computer gets this treatment, then you're respectively dealing with The Alleged Steed, The Alleged House, and The Alleged Computer. The Hero's Classic Car is a dated model it can be Played for Laughs if the car is in bad shape. Sometimes they've been through so much together, it's hard to let go.
Sometimes it's because only the owner knows the car's little quirks and can keep the thing running. Sometimes, though, the owner of the alleged vehicle will become quite emotionally attached to it.
#GESTURES CLAIMED DESTINY PATROL DRIVER#
Compare and contrast Sinister Car, which is in perfect technical shape, but can be even more dangerous to its driver and bystanders than the Alleged Car. Expect My Car Hates Me to happen a lot when driving this junker. Often found on The Rez, in fictional foreign countries, or in the parking lot of Honest John's Dealership. In other words, it stands accused of being a motorized vehicle, but this has yet to be proven in a court of law. It has more duct tape than paint on it, has been in the news more times than on the road, and looks like it came out of a junkyard. The only parts that aren't about to fall off are the ones firmly rusted in place. It needs to have special-order replacement parts since the dealer, manufacturer, and country it came from no longer exist. It breaks down a lot, especially during plot-critical moments, and gets parking tickets while in motion. It tops out at about 40 miles per hour (45 going downhill).
And it has many maladies you choose to interpret as charming quirks. It was cheap, it was affordable, it was there.
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