Back in college and grad school too, we
all used to drink the cheap stuff, largely because that was all we could afford. In upstate New York, it was usually Utica Club or Genessee Cream Ale, the latter of which had a well-deserved reputation for producing prodigious amounts of flatulence. Thus, Genny Cream proved a poor choice for road trips, especially in the cooler months of the year, when one's car windows had to remain cracked only enough to allow smoke to billow out as required, which in those days (the 1970s) it usually was.
In Ohio, we used to drink great amounts of Stroh's and P.O.C., which was known locally as "Pride of Cleveland", but which actually stood for
Pilsener On Call, which, believe me after four or five quick cans had one's kidneys calling out loudly for relief. And then....there was the legendary Mickey's Big Mouth Malt Liquor. For trips down to Kent State and to Michigan-Ohio State games, Mickey's turned out to be the perfect road beer for a car full of guys who didn't want to have to pull over for
any reason. So, Mickey's allowed for non-stop trips, and for reasons that ought to be obvious....
Yep. They entered the car full. And left the same way. Only out the window and a lot warmer.