Unicorn Art Car, Free to Loving Home (Craigslist Sign of the Times)

BB pal Shawn Connally from MAKE passes this along.

free art car- runs and drives (berkeley)
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Date: 2009-04-24, 7:41PM PDT

im giving away my beloved art car. its a 93 civic, originally was white. its covered in unicorns, my favorite animal. i took ever one i collected over the past 20 years and covered my car. sadly i need it gone, i have moved on. i cant be seen with it in my new corporate carreer it drives but not well, has about 200,000 miles on it. come take it away tonight. huxley @ (914) 502-****.

Update: Andy in New Jersey says it's a hoax.

If you Google that phone number... http://www.google.com/q=(914)+502-**** there seem to be lots of strange hits, the most useful talks about pranking some radio show. BTW, areacode 914 is in Westchester County, NY. And while it's possible that someone from NY has moved to Berkeley, or is visiting, in light of the hits above, I still think something else is going on.

[#1 posted by Stefan Jones, April 29, 2009 11:58 AM]

Wow. What an incredibly sad bummer.

Can we have a unicorn chase car?

[#2 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 12:09 PM]

As dusk falls, it will take flight o'er the moon till it lands restfully twixt the green glade..

[#3 posted by DianneS, April 29, 2009 12:11 PM]

Actually, I want to see a unicorn car chase, Starsky and Hutch style.

[#4 posted by sluggyjunx, April 29, 2009 12:15 PM]

Do rainbows come out of the tailpipe?

[#5 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 12:18 PM]

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new cars, and not rather a new driver of cars." With apologies to Henry David Thoreau

[#6 posted by oasisob1, April 29, 2009 12:20 PM]

Someone MUST post a photo.

[#7 posted by aj, April 29, 2009 12:23 PM]

I don't get it, why not buy another car and keep this one? You're not forced to drive every car you own to your corporate job.

[#8 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 12:24 PM]

I actually know where that is (Ossining, NY).

[#9 posted by Miss Jess, April 29, 2009 12:26 PM]

I just wanna see THIS car. Please?

[#10 posted by gpeare, April 29, 2009 12:35 PM]

I let Uni know. She may need a sweet ride for her upcoming California tour!

http://www.myspace.com/uniherukelele

[#11 posted by valdis, April 29, 2009 1:26 PM]

@AJ: "why not buy another car and keep this one?"

914 area code is Westchester. If you're living in an apartment building, you may not have anyplace to park that second car...

Hell, I live in the middle of the frikking *boonies* compared to Westchester - and my apartment building has 4 units, and parking spaces for 6 cars. Yes, that means that if 2 neighbors each invite a friend or two over, I just got double-parked. I don't want to talk about what happens on Super Bowl Sunday ;)

[#12 posted by jjasper, April 29, 2009 1:28 PM]

I had a sudden image of someone selling a possessed art car on Craiglsist - the Craigslist Killer Car!

[#13 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 2:23 PM]

I found myself wondering if someone were playing a nasty prank on the owner of a unicorn art car - with that whole "come and take it away" bit.

[#14 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 3:59 PM]

ppl, this is a radio station reverse prank call prank. You call (914) 502-**** ... and the radio station answers and you say, yeah, i'm calling about the unicorn car... and hilarity ensues.

If you search cl for that phone number, you can see they are doing quite a bit of trolling.

[#15 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 4:14 PM]

Looks like a Chan-related prank. Everyone goes and makes fake Craigslist posts to get people to call the number. They do, and are featured on somebody's podcast or something. BTW, the -**** is phone keypad code for "****.

[#16 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 7:58 PM]

This was for the l0de radio hour, the #1 trolling-related talk show on the internet... www.l0de.com . pranks like it were broadcast live friday/saturday night.

The "come f--- my wife" ad was a bit more successful as comedy.

[#17 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 8:54 PM]

I live in Berkeley and have seen and admired this car. Sorry I don't have a photo, and I can't explain the phone number, but the car does exist.

MingusDyne

[#18 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 8:56 PM]

Oops. I mispoke. Must be my flu. I have seen a zebra car that is pretty cool and fits the description, but not a unicorn car. Sorry for the last comment.

MingusDyne

[#19 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 9:49 AM]

@15 it is also the phone keypad code for ANAL... I'm just sayin'.

[#20 posted by Alli, April 30, 2009 8:07 PM]

It seems this online radio station (KLULZ?) ran some sort of contest, where listeners were to post a fake Craigslist ad using their (914)502-**** number. Not only was the car listed with that number there were other listings offering clothing, sunglasses, etc, from all over the states. Guess they wanted to prank the unsuspecting folks who call in asking about the items.

[#21 posted by TomB, August 18, 2009 12:19 AM]

It’s not only weird but it does sound like a scam too… but a very weird scam that is. Who would ever want to put unicorns on their car and then decide to give it away? Who would even want a unicorn filled car? It would be nice to hear from the one who got the car though.
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