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The Jalopy FiveDecrepit car Decrepit car Run down automobile "Jalopy" redirects here. For other uses, see Jalopy (disambiguation). A decrepit car is an automobile that is often old and damaged and is in a barely functional state. There are many slang terms used to describe such cars, such as beater, bomb, clunker, chod, flivver, hooptie/hoopty, jalopy, old banger (most commonly used in the UK), but the most popular being junk car[dubious – discuss]. A 1961 American Rambler in disrepair Age, neglect, and damage tend to increase the expense of maintaining a vehicle. The vehicle may reach a point where this expense would be considered to outweigh the value of keeping it. Such vehicles are generally stripped for parts or abandoned. However, abandoning… (Source: Wikipedia)
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