A car that you don't drive but you leave it in front of the house. This is a yard car. You leave it in front of the house to make it look like someone is home. Unlike an earlier definition, this car must be believable, that is no flats, no grass growing under it, or other indications that it might not be in use. Wash it. Move it, that is, push it at least ten feet every few days. To friends you don't entirely trust, refer to it as "Bubba's Volvo" and mention Bubba being on probation.
Neighbor: Hey, Jim. I dropped by the other day to borrow your weed eater, which I'll return with the hedge trimmer. That Volvo was here, but nobody answered the door.
Resident: Oh, yeah. That's Bubba's Volvo. He drops by once in a while, especially when he needs to avoid his probation officer.
Neighbor: Lemme get that trimmer for you. (exit neighbor).
Resident (muttering to himself):
Yard cars are a good thing.
Resident: Oh, yeah. That's Bubba's Volvo. He drops by once in a while, especially when he needs to avoid his probation officer.
Neighbor: Lemme get that trimmer for you. (exit neighbor).
Resident (muttering to himself):
Yard cars are a good thing.
by ShinySonia October 4, 2006
Get the yard carsmug. The age of a vehicle expressed as human years instead of mileage or chronological age. Calculated by dividing the mileage of a vehicle by 3,000.
by bob h boberson January 5, 2009
Get the Car Yearsmug. by halize March 31, 2006
Get the clown carmug. 
Having an insanely high car payment that prevents you from doing anything that costs even a miniscule amount of money and prevents you from eating anything other than top ramen.
Friend: "hey man, want to go out tonight and score some ladies?"
Me: "nah, I'm car poor right now. I had to pay my $687 dollar car note." "I gotta go, I got to put some top ramen in the microwave before my power gets cut off".
Me: "nah, I'm car poor right now. I had to pay my $687 dollar car note." "I gotta go, I got to put some top ramen in the microwave before my power gets cut off".
by Angrylegos November 20, 2014
Get the car poormug. a drivable vehicle that has been adorned, painted and/or modified to express some sort of artistic expression. These are usually cars that are covered with anything from beads and mirrors to toys and doll parts, but are only limited by the creator's imagination. See also mutant vehicle.
Hey did you see that art car parked down on the street? IT has an actual lawn on the hood and trunk and a flower garden on the roof.
by Tony Tohono June 19, 2007
Get the art carmug. When your car has a series of undiagnosed problems that keep happening and then causes the car to die....
by Wordmasterturd June 30, 2016
Get the Car Aidsmug.