James Van Der Beek Recalls His Car's 'Slow Death' On 'When I Was 17'

'The car was basically a prophylactic on wheels,' he laughs on this week's episode.By Jocelyn Vena James Van Der Beek Photo: MTV News Getting a car when you're a teenager is a pretty common rite of passage. And when James Van Der Beek was 17, his car certainly had him standing out from the crowd — thanks to its very poor condition. "With the money I had made doing theater, I purchased, for $800, a 1986, candy-apple-red Hyundai Excel," the former "Dawson's Creek" star recalls on this...

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