Mal: Ship like this... you treat her proper, she'll be with you 'til the day you die.
Zoe: That's because she's a death trap, sir.
Zoe: That's because she's a death trap, sir.
— Firefly
Luke Skywalker: (regarding the Millennium Falcon) What a piece of junk!
Han Solo: She'll make .5 past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
"Say, what is that? A percolator on a roller skate?"
—Silver Fish train engineer, referring to Porky Pig's very antiquated steam engine, Porky's Railroad
"You see, your brain's dick thinks that 2-door cars are faster because structural rigidity or whatever. So when a 4-door BMW passes you in your S13 you're pissed because there is no M-badge on the back of that car on which you can lay your excuses."
Latrell: There's some mighty fine rides lining up out there. But you know which one I think our friend should be looking out for? That plain-looking one right there.
Points to a stock-looking Abarth 500.
Hiro: Huh? Doesn't look like much.
Latrell: It doesn't have to if it's got the right kind of monster under the hood. If you're not careful, that monster's gonna eat you up.
Points to a stock-looking Abarth 500.
Hiro: Huh? Doesn't look like much.
Latrell: It doesn't have to if it's got the right kind of monster under the hood. If you're not careful, that monster's gonna eat you up.
Elizabeth: So you're the little puffer that's broken down.
Thomas: And you're just an old Sentinel lorry.
Elizabeth: That would be vintage Sentinel lorry. And I haven't much time to get your coupling rods.
Thomas: And you're just an old Sentinel lorry.
Elizabeth: That would be vintage Sentinel lorry. And I haven't much time to get your coupling rods.
— Thomas & Friends, "Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry"
