At the start of the film, when Sam (Shia LaBeouf) goes with his father (Kevin Dunn) to buy his first car, Bumblebee is located alongside a beat-up Volkswagen Beetle that a salesman tries to get him to take home instead.

Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1465146/story-behind-transformers-beloved-bumblebee-camaro/

It wasn’t all that long ago, Chastain remembers, that she was driving around Los Angeles in her beat-up Honda Civic, reading for every role she could find and living off the residuals she’d get from doing TV pilots or a guest spot on “Law & Order.”

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-08-14/jessica-chastain-george-tammy-emmys-oscars

Midway through that memorable season, the were beat-up, mired in last place in the NL East.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/08/ya-gotta-believe-a-look-back-at-the-amazin-finish-that-led-mets-to-the-73-nl-pennant/

Yep, whether you’re a family farmer with an old F-150, a suburban mom with a used minivan, or a poor college kid getting to and from campus in a beat-up Accord, all you need is one of Pothole Pete’s coal-charged, battery-powered, overpriced beauties.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/96368-biden-declares-war-on-gas-cars-2023-04-11

Young people know that the biggest risk to our security is the climate crisis — not a beat-up to justify huge military expenditure by setting up our biggest trading partner as a potential enemy.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/04/06/john-howard-influence-liberal-party/