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Today is Father's Day, and many of you doubtless have memorable, heartwarming, and amusing stories involving yourselves, your dads, and the various cars and trucks associated with the man of the house over the years. Sometimes, these involved a lot of yelling. These stories usually age well over the years, so let's hear 'em in the comments section. Some of the broader categories might include:
  • Great moments in home auto maintenance. For instance, John Neff's dad once decided to rebuild the engine in the family's Pontiac 6000. There were parts left over afterward. "It was never quite right after that," says Neff.
  • Road trip memories. Was your dad one to never seek directions? Did this make the annual family vacation more interesting in unexpected ways? Bonus if these stories involve heavily-laden large station wagons from the pre-minivan era.
  • Driver's ed. Remember when dad taught you how to drive? A lot of you probably have great memories associated with this. Don't forget: if no one actually got hurt, near-death experiences are funny in retrospect.
  • The master negotiator. When it came time to procure a new family car, was your dad the king of turning the tables on the plaid-tied fast-talkers at the dealership? Extra credit if the bounty was the fully-decked-out showroom queen that seemed completely unattainable when you guys walked through the door.
  • Jedi mind trick. Dad is the wheelman. He just nuked the local speed limit with extreme prejudice. A man in reflective aviator sunglasses with a large hat, a badge, and a gun is leaning into the window. The situation is hopeless. Only... it's not, and dad sends the lawman walking back to his black-and-white Dodge Polara smiling, no less. From here on out, you believe your dad could talk himself out of a Turkish prison.
Those are just ideas. Your experiences and stories may vary. Regardless, it's all for fun. Share your favorite tales below, or heck, just feel free to wish your dad, your grandpop, your favorite uncle -- whomever -- a Happy Father's Day.

From all of us to the dads reading today, have a good one.

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Happy Father's Day from Autoblog originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For all the family vacations, he drives to practice, the trips to the burger stand, letting us "help" when we weren't really helping, and for not yelling at us too much when we shot cap guns at other cars out the open back window from our rear-facing seats in the family station wagon: Thanks, Dad. From all of us at Autoblog to all the dads out there, Happy Father's Day!

Got any fun dad/car stories? Share 'em below.

Happy Father's Day from Autoblog originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've reached the end of our week-long marathon of Father's Day sweepstakes, and we think you'll agree, we've saved the best for last. Our final sweepstakes is for a TomTom ONE 3rd Edition portable navigation system. Valued at $199, the ONE 3rd Edition is TomTom's entry-level model but features a large 3.5-inch touchscreen, preloaded maps and 1GB of internal memory (Father's Day tie not included). You can check out full specs for the ONE 3rd Edition on TomTom's website by clicking here. And all you need to do to enter is...

  • Leave a comment on this post telling us what you got or gave someone for Father's Day this year.
  • The comment must be left before 12:00 PM EST, Saturday, June 21st.
  • We'll randomly select one winner at that time (please check your email!).
  • Prize courtesy of TomTom valued at $199.
  • Limit 1 entry per person per calendar day (comment more than once on this post and you'll be disqualified, but enter again for tomorrow's sweepstakes)
  • Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
  • Click Here for complete Official Rules.
Congrats to GeoSB8K who won a copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and a DualShock 3 controller for the Playstation 3 in yesterday's sweepstakes.

Father's Day Sweepstakes, Day 5: TomTom ONE 3rd Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What's a sweepstakes on Autoblog without some Automoblox cars as prizes? Not much, so we rang Patrick Calello, the designer who dreams up these heirloom-quality toys, and he's graciously provided both a C9R sportscar ($39.99) and S9R sports sedan ($39.99) for us to give away. Unlike the last two days, both prizes will be going to one winner to help them start their collection of Automoblox cars. I have six myself, and the out-of-the-box C9R you see above is mine. The prizes for this sweepstakes, however, are still in their original boxes and unopened. We're also including an Automoblox T-shirt and decals courtesy of Patrick Calello with the prize.

All you need to do to enter is...
  • Leave a comment on this post telling us which Automoblox car is your favorite.
  • The comment must be left before 12:00 PM EST, Thursday, June 19th.
  • We'll randomly select one winner at that time (please check your email!).
  • Prizes courtesy of Automoblox valued at $39.99 apiece.
  • Limit 1 entry per person per calendar day (comment more than once on this post and you'll be disqualified, but enter again for tomorrow's sweepstakes)
  • Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
  • Click Here for complete Official Rules.
Congrats to Nick Dasko, Gunbust3r, Chris D., Wes, Brendan, HERRICK, Matt, sendmecrapola, 2fic, bencox88, BrokenMonkey and QuayRyanCheck who each won a copy of Devil May Care from yesterday's sweepstakes. Come back tomorrow for our Father Day Sweepstakes, Day 4 as the prizes get bigger and better.

Father's Day Sweepstakes, Day 3: Automoblox, of course originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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