The cars in the film are metaphors for their drivers. The snooty girls are riding in a parent's Cadillac, John's car is wild but quickly becoming an antique, and Steve's car is fairly powerful but completely stock and conservative. Laurie's car is an Edsel, which was intended to be forward-thinking and futuristic, but not in sync with the larger world beyond. Curt's car is the strangest of all - a Citroen - a French car that is as quirky and odd as the members of the Moose lodge, and which, like Curt, simply doesn't belong. The most telling car of all is Toad's, which, like his life, is non-existent and represented by fantasy versions of himself - a respected car like Steve's and a rugged, manly Jeep..

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