A new generation of urban hipsters, led by Colin Beavan, a charismatic writer in Manhattan who had branded himself «No Impact Man,» proselytized the virtues of downscaling — dumpster - diving, thrift - store shopping, and trading in one's beater car for a beater bike — while suburban matrons proudly clutched copies of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food and came to see the purchase of each $ 4 heirloom tomato at the farmer's market as an act of virtue. (newrepublic.com)
He still drives the same beater car with the same mix tape in it from twenty years ago. (paulstriptothemovies.com)
Already the recipient of cruel comments from the school's more popular teens, Sam realizes her rundown beater car and attic accommodations probably won't do much to impress the class's most sought after senior. (parentpreviews.com)