“In case of Rapture, can I have your car?” (bumper sticker)

“Come the Rapture, can I have your car?” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
   
“IN CASE OF RAPTURE, CAN I HAVE YOUR CAR?” was posted on the newsgroup rec.autos on January 20, 1994. “Come the Rapture - can I have your car?” was posted on the newsgroup talk.politics.animals on January 25, 1996. “When the rapture comes… Can I have your car?” was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on February 18, 1996.
 
“Warning: In case of Rapture, this car will be unmanned” is a related bumper sticker saying.
 
 
Wikipedia: Rapture
The Rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise “in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.”
 
Google Groups: rec.autos
Jesus-What car would he choose?
Alex Barnes
Jan 20, 1994, 5:09:13 PM
(...)
No. I used to have a sticker on my Toyota that read:
IN CASE OF RAPTURE, CAN I HAVE YOUR CAR?
 
Google Groups: talk.politics.animals
New Mountain Lion page
Dave Wheeler
Jan 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
(...)
... Come the Rapture - can I have your car?
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
THE Best Bumper Stickers EVER
ALISON CLAIRE HENDLEY
unread,
Feb 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
Great Bumper Sticker from Northern Sun Products:
“Come the Rapture
Can I Have Your Car?”
 
Google Groups: alt.religion.christian-teen
Yes, Rapture
Melissa Rhiannon Brookstone
Apr 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
When the rapture comes…
Can I have your car?
 
Newspapers.com
25 November 1997, Lima (OH) News,“Witch makes her mark” by Yolanda Putnam, pg. A1, col. 3:
A major concern for the group was bumper stickers with such sayings as, (...) “Come the rapture, can I have your car.”
 
Newspapers.com
19 August 1998, Detroit (MI) Free Press, “Pronunciation matters to readers” by Bob Talbert, pg. 10D, col. 5:
Bumper sticker: “When the Rapture comes can I have you car?”
 
Newspapers.com
15 October 1998, Los Angeles (CA) Times, “Off-Kilter” by Roy Rivenburg, pg. E3, col. 4:
Now there’s a spoof of that slogan, spotted in Denton, Texas: “In case of Rapture, can I have you car?”
 
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fnordinn
@fnordinn
In case of the rapture, can I have your car?
5:35 PM · Dec 5, 2007
 
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El Gecko
@elgecko
@mactavish
In GA, I saw a bumpersticker that said “In case of rapture, can I have your car?”
2:15 PM · Apr 1, 2008
 
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Hades McZombie
@gravetweet
After The Rapture, can I have your car?
10:41 PM · May 16, 2009
 
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Яyan
@RyanSchmidt27
Come the rapture, can I have your car?
10:37 PM · Jun 10, 2009
 
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Ornery Fella
@OrneryFella
When the Rapture comes, can I have your car?
3:24 PM · Jul 7, 2024
 
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Hugh Sykes
@HughSykes
A joke doing the rounds in Israel one time when I was there concerned the Rapture.
“After the Rapture, can I have your car?”
6:28 PM · Jun 6, 2025
   
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Dewi Sant
@NorCalHerper
In case of Rapture, can I have your car?
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iconnorpop
@iconnnorpop
Sep 20
ChristianTok thinks the rapture is happening on Tuesday btw
2:34 AM · Sep 21, 2025
 
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Biggus Dickus
@FSAPOJake
Come the rapture, can I have your car?
12:48 PM · Sep 23, 2025