In fact, Orsini had negotiated the price of the station wagon down to $900 earlier ... he’s including a screening of “Christmas Vacation” on a giant screen in his driveway.

In "Christmas Vacation," the truck was a dinged-up piece of crap driven by low-class hillbillies. The Griswolds, meanwhile, drove a swanky station wagon, a clearer symbol of their upper-class life.