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Awkward rear ends that look dated 3 months after you buy the car are kind of a Cadillac standard
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Ether Frenzy posted:Awkward rear ends that look dated 3 months after you buy the car are kind of a Cadillac standard I always liked the xlr, it looks good in black.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 15:05 |
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Ether Frenzy posted:Awkward rear ends that look dated 3 months after you buy the car are kind of a Cadillac standard Isn't giant and ugly built for old people just what Cadillac does?
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 15:27 |
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veedubfreak posted:Isn't giant and ugly built for old people just what Cadillac does? But I'm pretty sure their current design concept is the result of a concentrated effort to appeal to younger buyers.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 15:58 |
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 16:25 |
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If I ran an insurance company, there would be an internal memo that all PT Cruisers are to be assessed as Category A write-offs, regardless of damage.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 19:21 |
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xzzy posted:But I'm pretty sure their current design concept is the result of a concentrated effort to appeal to younger buyers. Designed By Committee™.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 20:03 |
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Is that... tinfoil? I guess DOT still mandates reflectors
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 20:07 |
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InitialDave posted:If I ran an insurance company, there would be an internal memo that all PT Cruisers are to be assessed as Category A write-offs, regardless of damage. Especially if there is no damage.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 20:08 |
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InitialDave posted:If I ran an insurance company, there would be an internal memo that all PT Cruisers are to be assessed as Category A write-offs, regardless of damage. There should be a specific category of crush the car, burn it, and salt/cement it in place so that nothing may grow there ever again.
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 20:46 |
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Rims, stick-on vents, automatic gearbox, mismatched paint, some poorly installed aftermarket seats...
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 21:15 |
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xzzy posted:But I'm pretty sure their current design concept is the result of a concentrated effort to appeal to younger buyers. Only works if by "younger" you mean "approaching retirement age" instead of the usual 75-and-over crowd that putter around in these ugly excuses for land yachts because they think Buicks are for poors
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# ? Feb 2, 2015 23:48 |
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Raluek posted:Is that... tinfoil? I guess DOT still mandates reflectors Not just tinfoil, but wrapped around a tuna can.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 00:58 |
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Memento posted:Wait what? That car isn't a convertible? What the gently caress? Throatwarbler posted:Fake vert top. While it's ugly, it's not trying to pretend it's a convertible. It's a Landau top and lots of luxury cars used to have them. Edit: after reading Wikipedia they say that they are synonymous with simulated convertibles. I always associated it with luxury land barges like Cadillacs. GutBomb fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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GutBomb posted:While it's ugly, it's not trying to pretend it's a convertible. It's a Landau top and lots of luxury cars used to have them. Many years ago I saw a Volvo 850 with a fake convertible top INCLUDING the cross bars. Oh, yeah, it had a sunroof and the fake top was cut out around it.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 02:32 |
Wait, 'simulated convertible' is a thing? What the gently caress? So you get the ugliness of a convertible with the roof up, combined with the lack-of-a-convertible-roof of a normal car? What the gently caress is the point of that?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 03:17 |
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It's "aspirational". Because convertibles are a status symbol or something.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 03:20 |
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Landau tops are meant to replicate the look of chauffeur-driven cars from the days when your filthy Irish communist driver didn't DESERVE a roof over his head, but the lords & ladies in the back did. But then they suddenly realized that Tom was getting all tanned and enjoying motoring in the fresh air, the daring-do of which combined nicely with his new bronzed complexion and led to a newfound gain of self-confidence, and he started dating their youngest daughter. One thing led to another. So they flipped the arrangement around, but with the need to be able to put the top up in back in case it started raining. It's a style that persisted through the "Fashionable Despot of the 70's" era of automotive history and had mostly died out, but then Jay Z happened.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 04:10 |
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I will always remember this thing.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 04:28 |
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I see these like 3 times an hour no matter what channel it is. Terrible truck stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ezBdxByBg quote:With one turn of a key, the 2015 Chevy Colorado will change you. When you're behind the wheel of Motor Trend’s 2015 Truck of the Year, you sit differently and you walk differently. And suddenly the world is different. The world is yours for the taking. At least they're being honest about them being used to haul egos and massively engorged genitalia, I guess. But I thought the traditional imagery of stuff being dropped into the bed in slow motion and traversing a muddy trail were appeals to the fantasy of what you'd totally do if you didn't live in the suburbs and have a desk job.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 06:46 |
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That is a great commercial and very inoffensive. Should sell a ton of trucks, to people who don't need them
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 10:17 |
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http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=b1f_1422764008 Boldly liveleaken, but in this case its just a tech who discovers that his customer has no wheel bearings and no break rotor, but is still driving the car.....
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 12:33 |
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:I see these like 3 times an hour no matter what channel it is. Terrible truck stuff: I thought it was the Fiat 500X that was making references to engorged genitalia
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 15:44 |
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I thought the same thing about the new Chevy commercials. It's funny that they are finally being honest about the majority of people that buy trucks. This one is just loving dumb though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzP2yzrKl28 I hate advertisers so much.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 16:21 |
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I'd hate it if it wasn't spot on. Can't count the amount of dudes in trucks with permanent scowls that drive like complete assholes. My favorite was the truck I saw the other day with dual stack exhausts and a giant "TOUGH MUDDER" sticker in both the front and back windows. It was spotless. And not in a "just came from the wash" sense.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 16:53 |
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Protocol7 posted:I'd hate it if it wasn't spot on. Can't count the amount of dudes in trucks with permanent scowls that drive like complete assholes. Well the Tough Mudder is a foot race, actually... I hate trucks in the city.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 16:59 |
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Wasabi the J posted:Well the Tough Mudder is a foot race, actually... I guess that's what I get for not doing research, but it's still stupid to see a giant fuckoff truck with off-road tires and stacks, and it's clearly only ever seen asphalt.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 17:06 |
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I think it's safe to assume that the dude put the TOUGH MUDDER sticker on his truck not only because of the obstacle race, but because it would look kewl on his truck with mud tires.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 17:12 |
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Astonishing Wang posted:I think it's safe to assume that the dude put the TOUGH MUDDER sticker on his truck not only because of the obstacle race, but because it would look kewl on his truck with mud tires. Based on my Facebook experiences, only women do Tough Mudder anyway, I've never seen a guy talk about it. So big man, you get that sticker from your wife?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 17:22 |
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Astonishing Wang posted:I think it's safe to assume that the dude put the TOUGH MUDDER sticker on his truck not only because of the obstacle race, but because it would look kewl on his truck with mud tires. No, there's a pretty big intersection between the kind of person who does a mud race / obstacle course to be manly and tough and the kind of person who drives a big truck to be manly and tough.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 17:23 |
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Safety Dance posted:No, there's a pretty big intersection between the kind of person who does a mud race / obstacle course to be manly and tough and the kind of person who drives a big truck to be manly and tough. Some of us like driving trucks as well as engaging fun group fitness activities. <-- F150 owner, enjoys Tough Mudder/Spartan Race/Etc. Doesn't really drive off road because he isn't very good at it. All BMW owners are douchebags All compact Japanese owners are annoying children All miata owners are gay Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:02 |
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Astonishing Wang posted:I think it's safe to assume that the dude put the TOUGH MUDDER sticker on his truck not only because of the obstacle race, but because it would look kewl on his truck with mud tires. Simplest answer is he's just pants-on-head retarded and thinks TOUGH MUDDER is a truck obstacle race. Also that Liveleak video, holy poo poo how the hell does a car even keep driving like that??
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:20 |
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eyebeem posted:Some of us like driving trucks as well as engaging fun group fitness activities. How's that stroller?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:48 |
Thread goes meta, man becomes own stereotype. Ford and chevy rub their hands in glee.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:04 |
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Wasabi the J posted:
So what, now you're also stereotyping all people who buy $1200 strollers as being insecure? When will the persecution end?!?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:10 |
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Whew, good thing my Japanese car is a subcompact.
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PCOS Bill posted:Whew, good thing my Japanese car is a subcompact. I was referring to small Japanese people that own cars.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:28 |
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eyebeem posted:I was referring to small Japanese people that own cars. Not all small Japanese people are children. There's also midgets.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:39 |
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eyebeem posted:Some of us like driving trucks as well as engaging fun group fitness activities. Giant truck owners are also frequently insecure and defensive
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