Hooptie

Honda Civic DX hatchback with Chattering Skull Brake Lights, one of the most annoying customization features imaginable. PHOTO BY MURILEE MARTIN

A Hooptie is any car that meets the following:

a) driver must enter car through passenger side
b) three different brand and size tires - 3 of them missing hubcaps
c) exhaust is held up by half a clothes hanger - other half replaces the antenna
d) backfires every three blocks - loudest backfire being when car is turned off
e) must open door at drive-threws as windows don't roll down
f) you only get one AM station and the tape deck eats all tapes inserted
g) can't open the glove box as the whole thing will fall out
h) if you let go of steering wheel while driving you'll make a u-turn
i) must manually move blinker lever up and down as it no longer blinks on it's own
j) must keep one foot on brake and one on accelerator when at a complete stop
k) has had the same temporary registration sticker in the window for the last 18 months
l) has all the above issues but still has a $200 professional tint job

Reformatted from Urban Dictionary because that's who I am / what I do. Via Dustbury