A type of land vehicle used for transport. Also used in teenage mating rituals. Two or more characters have sex in a car.
Extra points if it's somewhere with a name like " Make-Out Point ", or in the back of a Shag Wagon specially outfitted for this purpose. Being in the back seat, while typical, isn't absolutely necessary; the front seat will do, though it's more cramped. A variant involves the person in the passenger seat performing a sex act on the person in the driver's seat while the car is in motion which is absolutely possible but extremely distracting for the driver and thus extremely dangerous.
Moral or divine punishment for Auto Erotica particularly at an isolated Make-Out Point often manifests itself in the form of a Serial Killer on a prison break looking for fresh meat , a cop making his rounds, or an overprotective knight templar father armed with a shotgun or a baseball bat and out to defend his daughter's purity.
Other forms of interruption, with varying levels of humiliation, abound. Truth in Television, obviously β the romantic potential of cars has been recognized from the beginning of the automotive age. The Edwardians dubbed them "brothels-on-wheels". Teenagers have been, and largely remain, the traditional people portrayed as doing this, due to not having privacy at home, and not being able to afford a hotel room.
Not as common as it used to be, as today both parents usually have full-time jobs, giving teens more opportunity for time alone in the house, but it's still there. It is also not to be confused with Car Porn where the "porn" part is metaphorical. Supertrope of Don't Come A-Knockin' , where the car as seen from the outside is noticeably bouncing on its tires, ostensibly due to this trope β more often than not something else will be causing the titillating movement.
