The Aerostar -

[Stratochu]

What this pic of Patti inside the Aerostar tells me, is that it was uninspected for a while, most likely served as a part-time doghouse for a geriatric Patti, Chris-chan most likely sat in it and played handheld vidya or read Goosebumps books to get away from the hoard and have some TRUE and HONEST privacy, and that until 28 October 2011, it shared the notoriety of being the least appreciated and least-known Chandler Car with the Mitsubishi, since the existence of the Honda was not known outside of the inner circle and the Cadillac was not in the picture yet.

What I really want to know, is what's up with the sticker in the windshield above the passenger's seat and the blue octagon sticker next to the inspection sticker, what the suction cups in the windshield are for and why the hell there is a 1950s ironing board cover on the passenger's seat.

 

[Himawari]

what the suction cups in the windshield are for

I bet there used to be plush Sonic or Pokemon toys or something hanging from them (which is a fantastic way to drastically reduce visibility while driving) but the strings attaching them to the suction cups broke and the Chandlers couldn't be assed to remove the lone suction cups.

 

[Stratochu]

what the suction cups in the windshield are for

I bet there used to be plush Sonic or Pokemon toys or something hanging from them (which is a fantastic way to drastically reduce visibility while driving) but the strings attaching them to the suction cups broke and the Chandlers couldn't be assed to remove the lone suction cups.

Good guess there, the yellow one was clearly Pikachu at one time, the red one may have been Charizard, Shadow, Tails or Knuckles

 

[Kindness Coin]

The blue octagon sticker may be a disability sticker so Chris can park in disabled bays. Because autism, even though his legs work.

 

[Stratochu]

The blue octagon sticker may be a disability sticker so Chris can park in disabled bays. Because autism, even though his legs work.

I was thinking that or a PVCC parking permit. I wouldn't put it past the Chandlers to drive an uninspected vehicle.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

The blue octagon sticker may be a disability sticker so Chris can park in disabled bays. Because autism, even though his legs work.

Prolly a city sticker, which was big in Virginia back when that pic was originally taken in 1999 or 2000.

 

[NobleGreyHorse]

In the US, disabled parking placards are frequently ginormous slabs of plastic that hang from your rear-view mirror (and therefore are illegal to hang there while actually driving, but lots of senior citizens seem to do just that), so they're not attached to any one vehicle -- the disabled person's household might have more than one car/driver, and it's perfectly legal to park using one of those placards as long as you're transporting the owner of the placard. So if you decided to give my limping ass a ride to the shops so we could go hog some poor game store owner's flat-screen TV, we could take your car and park in a handicapped bay using my placard, and that would be totally legal. If you forgot your Lego card case and went back to the car for it, a cop could very well ask you to find me so I could produce the wallet card that proves the placard is mine. But once that was sorted out, everything would be fine.

Tl;dr The octagon doesn't look like any such thing I've ever seen.

 

[fridgesrants]

So Virginia has emission and safety test. My home state does not have any of that. I could put a straight pipe on my car and no one would care.

 

[Kosher Dill]

why the hell there is a 1950s ironing board cover on the passenger's seat.

I think that's just there for Patti to sit on. You know, because the pristine Chandler vehicle can't be sullied by dog hair on the upholstery.

I'm facepalming here at the suction cups. If they really did have plushies stuck to the front windshield that's insane. There's a reason people usually put those on the rear side windows.

 

[Ruckersvillian]

I was thinking that or a PVCC parking permit. I wouldn't put it past the Chandlers to drive an uninspected vehicle.

Probably not, as PVCC parking permits were round back in those days, and most people stuck them on their back windshield.

It looks like some sort of state of Virginia sticker.

 

[pickleniggo]

The blue octagon sticker may be a disability sticker so Chris can park in disabled bays. Because autism, even though his legs work.

Prolly a city sticker, which was big in Virginia back when that pic was originally taken in 1999 or 2000.

I was gonna say, this might be a personal property decal? When I lived there, I had never even heard of "personal property tax". So you can imagine my outrage when I got ticketed for that shit and was forced to put a stupid sticker on my windshield.

 

[CatParty]

i wonder if chris would ever put it up for sale

 

[Tsukiko]

i wonder if chris would ever put it up for sale

30k no haggle

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

Damn, look at the sadness in Patti's face. It's like she knew that years from then, some ween was going to dig up her dead body.

 

[Petronella]

Gotta love how Barb is content to hoard up the house and their vehicles, but put a cover over the seat to keep it from getting dirty.

 

[Dr.Research]

Patti looks contemplative.

"Yep, this is it. This. is. it. "

 

[That Guy]

it shared the notoriety of being the least appreciated and least-known Chandler Car with the Mitsubishi, since the existence of the Honda was not known outside of the inner circle

I've never heard of Chris or Borb owning a Honda or a Mitsubishi. The only cars I'm aware of are as follows

The BMW roadster
Son-Chu (the Escort station wagon)
Borb's current blue Dodge Caravan (or Chrysler T&C, can't tell which one it is)
Chris' current newer Ford Focus
The Cadillac with the cracked engine block.

 

[rocket]

most likely served as a part-time doghouse for a geriatric Patti

or, you know

that the dog sat in the car one day and someone took a picture of it

 

[Bronchitis that Lingers]

I've never heard of Chris or Borb owning a Honda or a Mitsubishi. The only cars I'm aware of are as follows

The BMW roadster
Son-Chu (the Escort station wagon)
Borb's current blue Dodge Caravan (or Chrysler T&C, can't tell which one it is)
Chris' current newer Ford Focus
The Cadillac with the cracked engine block.

I forgot when he said it, but he called the Mitsubishi the Mitsu, and that Barb would drive something else because "she didn't want to take the Mitsu". Not sure if it was ever called it's true, godbear given name, though.

Edit: From the Jackie Emails:
"I was going to take my car, but it would not start. So I called and informed mom about that, and that I would take the recently checked van instead. She also asked me to drive by Goodwill to swap the van for the Mitsu. I would have taken either the Honda or BMW, but I still lack manual transmission knowledge. The van started. After getting onto the road, I noticed the "check engine" being lit; at the moment I disregarded it. But after dropping off the cans in the dumpster, I started to press on, but after moving forward slightly, it stalled on me. And I could not restart it. I called mom to come to me then."
http://sonichu.com/cwcki/Jackie_E-mails_31

Also I love his CWCism for "can't drive stick"