Car memes are a fantastic way to inject humor and wit into any conversation, putting a smile on a car enthusiast’s face or lightening the mood after an exhausting drive through frustrating traffic.
In this piece, we’ve compiled our favorite car memes to rev up your spirits. Whether you want to share one with a friend or save a few for those times when you need a giggle, you’ll find something that resonates.
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“What Stick Shift?!”
As an American, this is BS, i have vehicles that are manual, and so do my kids, they prefer them over automatic transmissions.
All of my family, friends, distant acquaintances and I also know how to drive stick (manual). Misleading post.
Load More Replies...Americans can say this is BS, but 95% of cars sold in the USA have automatic transmissions. I have a manual. Taught my American daughter with a manual because that was going to be my cast off car that she got to drive. At the time I took my driving test in the UK I took it in a manual as if you took it in an automatic, you were only licensed to drive automatic. I have a friend that likes to call a stick shift an anti theft device. Love my WRX.
It's changing in Europe. Twenty years ago, around 90% of European cars were manual (stick shift), but it's now down to just under 30%. While there are Americans who can use stick shift, only about 2.5% of cars in the US are manual.
I am an American and I have no idea what to do with the shift stick. My parents could drive manual cars… Everyone I know has an automatic and I’m just fine with that. Edit: I grew up in and still live in a large city. Don’t know if that’s a factor, but I feel like it is.
My BF and I have 6 vehicles between us and 5 are manual, we're in the US. Only 2 of the 8 vehicles I've owned were automatic.
I had to learn to drive manual before I was allowed to drive automatic
One Order of “Spaghetti Carbanana”
Heresy!!! The Volkswagen goes into the Sauer-car-out, not the carbanana XP
Hit and Run
The Endless Debate: Manual vs Automatic
There’s a standing debate between the efficiency of manual and automatic transmission vehicles. People of both camps quickly defend their preference, detailing reasons for their choice.
According to Clean Fuel, a petrol supplier, manual transmission fans swear their vehicles are more budget-friendly and fuel-efficient, while automatic transmission advocates beg to differ (1).
What’s certain is that a manual car has better control of gear changes. Manual transmission lets a skilled driver decide on the gear for the road condition and speed, giving drivers more control over the vehicle.
On the flip side, automatic transmission fans highlight the convenience and ease of automatic gear changes. An automatic box is an excellent choice for those who want an easy uphill drive and ease on traffic-laden roads.
At the end of the day, it’s a personal choice. Selecting something like your transmission depends on factors that best suit your lifestyle and location. Both types of gearboxes offer significant benefits.
Highway Pile Up
Some senator will insist on congressional hearings to have General Motors explain why cars are still allowed to have interior lights
Watermelon Car
When people in the car are dressed black or white, they are the seeds. :-)
Load More Replies...Hate Traffic? These Cities Endure It Daily
If you constantly complain about the traffic situation in your town, know that it may be far worse in some cities worldwide. Traffic has become so common in these places that it has become a daily battle for some space.
The TomTom Traffic Index conducts annual analyses by collecting data from various sources to assess and show how traffic has evolved in cities around the globe (2). This information is used to advise on policy and by transport industry players.
According to the 2023 data, the topmost metropolitan area on the traffic scale is Manila, Philippines, with an average travel time of 25 minutes and 30 seconds per 10 kilometers. This is followed closely by Lima, Peru, at 24 minutes and 20 seconds.
Other metropolitan centers in the top 10 are Bengaluru, India; Sapporo, Japan; Bogota, Colombia; Taichung, Taiwan; Mumbai, India; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Pune, India; and Nagoya, Japan.
With three metropolitan centers in India on the list of the most congested, it is safe to assume that they have it pretty intense when it comes to those wretched road jams.
Ambidextrous Indian Drivers
I guess as a non Indian, I don't get it. Any Indian person want to explain this one to me?
Rules like staying on your side of the road aren't practiced there. :-) Note I don't live in India, but that is how I understand it. Note that I live in California and have noticed that in last 10 years or so people have forgotten that you are supposed to stop entering the intersection when the light turns red.
Load More Replies...Magic Oil Lamp
What Drives You To Buy a Car?
A 2021 study published in the Journal of Asian Transport Studies highlights the key factors influencing car ownership (3). It found that motivations like status, personal image, enthusiasm for cars, and external pressures play significant roles in purchasing a vehicle, even when practical needs are met.
Beyond individual motivations, urban development also impacts car ownership. According to Julieta Chavez Delua, senior specialist with Habitat for Humanity, choosing to go carless can offer both personal and community benefits in cities with efficient public transport systems (4). Benefits include cost savings on fuel, insurance, and maintenance and a healthier community with lower emissions and more walkable areas.
By improving public transport options and rethinking car ownership as a status symbol, communities can potentially reduce car dependency and lower environmental impact, paving the way for a more sustainable future.
Marsian Traffic
And this is where the automatic transmission shines. Even in Europe's chariot traffic.
Illegal Driving
Me the other day when my friend pointed out I just ran a red light. I actually did stop and there was zero traffic around but for some reason my brain processed it like a stop sign. Maybe because both roads were deserted except for me.
So I worked afternoons, getting off at 1030pm. Lone traffic light in town converts to flashing red at 10. Was able to work a shift where I got my 8hrs in by 830pm, pulled up to the red traffic light...look both ways..go on through. Was 2 blocks down the street before I went "oh s***"
Load More Replies...“How Do I Get It Off?”
for overheating car parts, it's best to use hot water instead. the water is still way colder than the engine, ice water is too cold and the part will break from the rapid change
Load More Replies...“Demon Car”
Funny thing is that Dodge put out a car called the demon in the 70's
Electric Car Battery
I had multiple Duracells explode in various products, and my mom had one melt down in her hand...so, we stopped buying them years ago.
Hope that person is the only one driving that truck. Someone else would walk around, stick the charger in the exhaust stack.
Looks like Tesla's new Semi truck is powered by Duracell! Guess they really do keep going and going...
Gross Pay vs Net Pay
It's called gross pay because it's ugly to see how much you could have really earned..
About to get a lot worse for 90% of us with TFG in office.
Load More Replies...Budget for Car Upgrade
It may not buy happiness, but it alleviate stress, when you can eliminate, or not have to deal with, debt.
You won't actually be happier after those purchases. You'll still want more, and then you'll spend more, and the cycle will continue. That's the point.
Flying Car
F1 Toughies
F1 drivers are strapped into a special cage designed to survive while the rest of the car disintegrates around them. So there's that. Mind you, cage or no I still don't want to crash at 200 MPH
Kenny Bräck demonstrated this in 2003. https://youtu.be/Hy8fgGiI1WA with really rough crash, he got lucky. But without the cage, he would not likely been here today.
Load More Replies...One sport that I'd like to see coming back: a match between a soccer team and a rugby team, one half using soccer rules, the other half using rugby rules (and not the other way round)...
Foot ball is any game played ON foot as opposed to a HORSE. Such as Polo or Fox Hunting, or Mongol Archery
Load More Replies...Minion Pig Car
Weaponized Vehicle
Oncoming Headlight
Superior Drivers
I work at a car dealership in the service department and the manual drivers are the only ones who will make sure you know with 100% certainty that they drive a manual. Did you know they drive a manual? Because they drive a manual! Hey! Look at their manual! Did you see that it's manual????
Well we really don't want some porter who can't drive it to wreck our clutch lol. However I only worry if its Valet parking, at the dealer i bought the car they can sort it out lol.
Load More Replies...Old enough to remember the days when an automatic transmission was an option, not the norm.
Seriously. Nowadays, you usually can't get a manual transmission at all, for any price. For almost all cars sold in the US, that is.
Load More Replies...The Car Makeover
This is me...my grandpa used to restore VW Beetles...he had 11, I think, when he died, most just the chassis, but their were two completed. One of them, he was planning to give me when I was old enough, so he could teach me how to drive 🥺 , and the other was for my mom. Mom finally sold hers a few years ago, but I refuse to sell mine, even though I can't afford to fix it back up, nor can I currently drive a manual, though I have in the past. Someday, though, someday...
Miatas Aren’t That Small in Japan
Can't believe those monstrosities are legal to drive. I mean, you can see basically NOTHING in close proximity, like a person /kid crossing in front of the vehicle.
Load More Replies...It takes all kinds ro make the world...think God we aren't all the same...how boring it would be.
Local Upgrades
When I was a kid we had a '44 Ford Jeep that had been stored in my great-uncle's barn for years. It had no seats (we used chairs with the legs cut off), no gas tank (I held a 5 gallon can in the back with a hose to the engine), and spray-painted tractor orange (Dad wanted to paint black stripes on it). We went everywhere in that thing!
“You Got This”
Race Is On
Not me. "Speeding slightly faster than me" = built in radar. LOL If there is a cop waiting they will get them first.
Always speed just a little less than that other guy that way they get pulled over instead of you.
Load More Replies...Actually, I like when someone is speeding a little more than me. I know cops can pull over multiple cars at a time but I still think of the other car as a cop magnet
“Waiting for Their Cars to Charge”
Unless you have a way to charge it at home/work. Then you either sleeping or working.
Or better yet, like they've figured out in China- set up better swapping stations, Nio is a major player in battery swapping in China, with over 1,400 stations deployed. Nio has designed all of its models around a common battery pack format and has offered free swaps to customers. They just expanded to the EU though at present only Netherlands and Norway.
Load More Replies...Those three gearheads wouldn't ever be caught having an electric car as a primary vehicle.
Haven't seen Top Gear in forever. Wonder what Clarkson et al think of electric cars.
Clarkson seems to like them now. And he has praised their acceleration: "Takes off like a stabbed rat."
Load More Replies...It’s Buckled Up
OMG flashback to my father in the 70's. He passed away over 20 years ago, but I swear I just heard his voice in my ear.
The Old Car Squad
Manual Sophistication
It's so funny they get so smug over something that most people don't care about.
Load More Replies...I have skills. Not only can I drive a manual, I can navigate a roundabout without stopping. (US here - my state only got them a few years ago and some folks still treat them like stop signs)
My city has gotten 4 roundabouts since I moved in a couple years ago. The long time locals, who can't use turn signals mind, have gone mental about the roundabouts and how they're such a huge pain in the a*s. I've never had an issue driving in a circle until I get to the proper turn. I really don't know what's so difficult about them but damn, Nextdoor sure has issues with them.
Load More Replies...Using a manual makes you pay more attention to your driving, so people these days want automatic or self driving.
I would like a stick if it weren't for all the hills and stoplights here.
Biker Savings
Yeah that's me. Paid for gas for the first time in 15 years and filled the tank of a friend who was helping me move.
that's impressive. Not really an option for me. I drive very little these days (retired) but my shopping etc is about 15-20 miles away and my area gets a lot of rain and snow
Load More Replies...Yiu can't do that where I live, especially now, after the flooding. I don't go many places but work, and home...I reach a half a tank about once a month, and then I fill back up. I read a survey study a couple years ago that said the day of the week that had the lowest gas prices, on average, was Thursday, so I try to go on Thursdays...and I also use Upside to save a little more.
Used to bike to work, changed jobs. After 20 years, I retired and took it up again...nope, nope, nopity, nope. Not on the road at least. I will DRIVE the 2.5 miles into town after experiencing the as*****s on our road. Never bothered me before.
I think you'll find that inconsiderate cyclists have created the culture of intolerance. Cyclists think their righteousness will prevent them from getting hit by a vehicle, I have no time for them.
Load More Replies...References
- Clean Fuel. “Manual Vs Automatic Transmission: Advantages and Disadvantages.” Cleanfuel, 2024. | https://www.cleanfuel.ph/manual-vs-automatic-transmission-advantages-and-disadvantages/
- TomTom. “TomTom Traffic Index Ranking 2023.” TomTom.com, 2023. | https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/
- Meena Sanu. “Identification of psychological factors associated with car ownership decisions of young adults: A case study of Jodhpur city, India.” Department of Civil Engineering, University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, March 18, 2021. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2021.100037
- Julieta Chavez Delua. “Top 10 cities where you can live without a car and help save the Earth.” Habitat for Humanity, 2024. | https://www.habitat.org/stories/top-10-cities-where-you-can-live-without-car-and-help-save-earth
