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Beach Bum posted:I dunno man maybe I'm just an E30 fanboy but that car looks pretty legit. If you look at the rear camber it's not ridiculous which means it's had somewhat involved modding to correct the poo poo that is the semi-trailing arm suspension geometry back there when you get low. Add in the GCs it claims to have and I bet it would be pretty fun at an AutoX. It's slammed, has an unnecessary roofrack, lots of the usual stickers but the reason I put it here isn't that, we've seen that before. This guy managed to wedge Ferrari 348 wheels under it. You can't really see from the picture but the offset is so out of whack the hub extends back about 6" before it even gets to the mounting point. I have no idea how he hasn't sheared off what must be the hugely long bolts.
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Beach Bum posted:I dunno man maybe I'm just an E30 fanboy but that car looks pretty legit. If you look at the rear camber it's not ridiculous which means it's had somewhat involved modding to correct the poo poo that is the semi-trailing arm suspension geometry back there when you get low. Add in the GCs it claims to have and I bet it would be pretty fun at an AutoX. Agreed, I think the wheels are too big. That's about how mine looked when I bought it with 16s and ie race Springs. Looks much better with the 15s I have now.
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity › Post terrible car stuff in this thread (None of us can agree on what's actually terrible) I need to get a picture of the DSM covered in graffiti paint and anti Obama propaganda near me tomorrow. Holy poo poo that thing is something else 
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Jul 13, 2014 19:19
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Noooooooooooooo! I mean I guess they could be repainted again, looks like its chipping off.
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Jul 13, 2014 19:39
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Das Volk posted:has an unnecessary roofrack, How do you know? Do you follow this guy around 24/7 just to see if he's using it? (Why yes, I do have a roof rack on at least one of my vehicles. It's well used and could probably stand to be taken off and refinished)
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Jul 13, 2014 20:48
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Panty Saluter posted:The 500L is just a re-skinned PT Cruiser anyway This is wrong and doesn't make sense.
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Jul 13, 2014 22:32
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Linedance posted:right so I think this car is needlessly getting poo poo on by goons, The paint job is really neat (though xzzy is right, it would be better if it was the whole car), The paint job may be an interesting piece of art but it has absolutely thematically nothing to do with the rest of the mods on the car, from the sharkmouth to the boso radiators to the anime vinyl appliques
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Jul 13, 2014 23:00
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Snowdens Secret posted:The paint job may be an interesting piece of art but it has absolutely thematically nothing to do with the rest of the mods on the car, from the sharkmouth to the boso radiators to the anime vinyl appliques Oh no!
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Jul 13, 2014 23:15
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AI is cool. But now terrible ugly 'ironic' bullshit is cool too. The current state of affairs is the result of these two incompatible ideologies meeting head-first.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:25
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angryhampster posted:This is wrong and doesn't make sense. It comes off the same line. Close enough. 
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Jul 13, 2014 23:31
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Slavvy posted:AI is cool. But now terrible ugly 'ironic' bullshit is cool too. The current state of affairs is the result of these two incompatible ideologies meeting head-first. AI is cool?
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Jul 14, 2014 00:35
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Panty Saluter posted:It comes off the same line. Close enough. But it doesn't. It's assembled in Serbia. It's not a product of the merger.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:35
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track day bro! posted:AI is cool? *flicks ciga.... aw gently caress it never mind. I'm indifferent on the motif, it's clearly got a talented painter behind it but would have worked better on a car with more real estate. I think we're giving far too many fucks about it though
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Jul 14, 2014 00:45
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Panty Saluter posted:It comes off the same line. Close enough. loving poo poo are you spouting?
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Jul 14, 2014 01:02
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Panty Saluter posted:It comes off the same line. Close enough. The only mopar the chassis shares anything with is the new Cherokee.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:20
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I had heard it rolled off the same line as the Cruiser and it dovetailed nicely with my disdain for the car so that's what I'm going to believe.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:24
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Panty Saluter posted:I had heard it rolled off the same line as the Cruiser and it dovetailed nicely with my disdain for the car so that's what I'm going to believe. Might want to get your eyes and hearing checked, Helen Keller. 
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Jul 14, 2014 01:33
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Wow, I thought we had disdain for terrible car stuff here but I guess I was wrong!! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 14, 2014 01:43
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Panty Saluter posted:Wow, I thought we had disdain for terrible car stuff here but I guess I was wrong!! Disdain and making poo poo up aren't the same thing.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:57
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Panty Saluter posted:Wow, I thought we had disdain for terrible car stuff here but I guess I was wrong!! I'm pretty sure there's equal disdain for making poo poo up, then standing firm in it. edit: Congrats, you are terrible car stuff Goober Peas fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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Jul 14, 2014 01:58
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GutBomb posted:Disdain and making poo poo up aren't the same thing. No, but bad cars deserve whatever they get. In fact I'm going to start believing the 500L is carved from elephant dung and aborted fetuses because it is.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:59
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Panty Saluter posted:Wow, I thought we had disdain for terrible car stuff here but I guess I was wrong!! What a baby, how about saying "guess I was mistaken" and then shutting up?
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Jul 14, 2014 02:13
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GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:What a baby, how about saying "guess I was mistaken" and then shutting up? Oh, you're no fun
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Jul 14, 2014 02:22
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Panty Saluter posted:Oh, you're no fun Or you could just go
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Jul 14, 2014 02:28
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Geirskogul posted:Or you could just go No, I think I'll stay.
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Jul 14, 2014 02:30
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Panty Saluter posted:No, but bad cars deserve whatever they get. In fact I'm going to start believing the 500L is carved from elephant dung and aborted fetuses because it is. Ah, the Hobby Lobby method...
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Jul 14, 2014 02:51
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What, exactly is so bad about the 500L?
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Jul 14, 2014 03:07
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Fayez Butts posted:What, exactly is so bad about the 500L? Honestly the only thing I know about it is that the footwell is too narrow for my feet. While I do have fairly big feet (12-13 sneaker) I have driven plenty of much smaller cars that don't have that problem. So if I can't safely operate a clutch that kind of guts a car's usefulness for me. e: according to my wife we sat in a regular 500. Maybe the L is better but I have no idea.
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Jul 14, 2014 03:09
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Fayez Butts posted:What, exactly is so bad about the 500L? I've seen one in person and they're very ungainly. Too tall, too narrow, and trying far too hard to be a "butch" Abarth. Note, I've never been in one.
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Jul 14, 2014 03:19
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Panty Saluter posted:Honestly the only thing I know about it is that the footwell is too narrow for my feet. While I do have fairly big feet (12-13 sneaker) I have driven plenty of much smaller cars that don't have that problem. So if I can't safely operate a clutch that kind of guts a car's usefulness for me. I drive a regular 500 and can confirm the pedal position and footwell is skewed and small. My feet aren't quite as big as yours, 11-12, but if my 500 had a clutch instead of flappy paddles I wouldn't be able to drive it comfortably.
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Jul 14, 2014 03:24
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Fayez Butts posted:What, exactly is so bad about the 500L? Having eyesight makes it pretty bad for me, I dunno.
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Jul 14, 2014 04:39
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The big appeal of the resurrected Mini Cooper and 500 were that they were quirky cute little cars that were fun to drive. The Countryman, Paceman, and 500L try to deform that same cutesy small car styling onto a bigger SUV body and look awful.
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Jul 14, 2014 05:05
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tobu posted:I drive a regular 500 and can confirm the pedal position and footwell is skewed and small. My feet aren't quite as big as yours, 11-12, but if my 500 had a clutch instead of flappy paddles I wouldn't be able to drive it comfortably. This could be describing pretty much any Italian car (at least the run of the mill ones, never driven an exotic)
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angryhampster posted:The only mopar the chassis shares anything with is the new Cherokee. You mean the Renegade. The North American 500 is made in the same plant in Toluca as the PT cruiser was.
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I've always held a disdain for doing aesthetic modifications under some sort of pretense. That's what the whole ricer thing was derided for, at least by people who weren't racists as well - it was all about form over function, pretending the car was something it wasn't. Hellaflush and all its iterations is built all around pretense, and one needs to look no further than the stupid stickers and general attitude of the owners to know that it's done for attention based on a pretense. People don't rip on minitrucks or lowriders for example, because the owners and the groups that surround them by and large aren't assholes about their hobby.
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Das Volk posted:I've always held a disdain for doing aesthetic modifications under some sort of pretense. That's what the whole ricer thing was derided for, at least by people who weren't racists as well - it was all about form over function, pretending the car was something it wasn't. Hellaflush and all its iterations is built all around pretense, and one needs to look no further than the stupid stickers and general attitude of the owners to know that it's done for attention based on a pretense. People don't rip on minitrucks or lowriders for example, because the owners and the groups that surround them by and large aren't assholes about their hobby. Counterpoint: when low riders can't clear dips in the road
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Throatwarbler posted:You mean the Renegade. Oops -- renegade is correct.
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Jul 14, 2014 12:18
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Not quite sure where this belongs...  
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Jul 14, 2014 14:04
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Echotic posted:Not quite sure where this belongs... Roaming the streets of Liberia.
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I can't explain why, but I happen to like the 500L. It's ugly and ungainly, but I just... like... it. We have a little red 500 that my girlfriend drives, manual base model with no options other than mopar (hah) exhaust and intake, and it's all sorts of stupid fun. She calls it "beep beep" and it's very fitting. We're shopping for a third (large) vehicle right now, and if it weren't for needing to fit 3 kids in there comfortably for long distances, the 500L would be on the list for sure.
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