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MrOnBicycle posted:It's how the ad was presented. Frankly I didn't want to research it any further because it's just so horrid. Its basically a sports coupe built into the body of a pickup truck. It does neither role well.
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It does do one thing well: appeal to boomers with horrible taste.
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Mar 5, 2019 22:00
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If I can't fit a sheet of plywood in it then there's no loving point to having a bed.
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Mar 5, 2019 22:17
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They managed to make it weigh 4700 lbs which is pretty impressive.
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Mar 5, 2019 22:45
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MrOnBicycle posted:It's how the ad was presented. Frankly I didn't want to research it any further because it's just so horrid. I saw one in a wrecking yard recently, and i never realized it was body on frame. I figured it looked too low, a frame would take up all the space, i never even questioned it and assumed it must be unibody. But nope, it's a basically a trailblazer underneath.
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Mar 5, 2019 23:14
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Minnesota Mixup posted:They managed to make it weigh 4700 lbs which is pretty impressive. holy poo poo how
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Mar 5, 2019 23:17
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Code Jockey posted:holy poo poo how It's a convertible this 
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Code Jockey posted:holy poo poo how Apparently MURICAN BODY PANELS, the hard top is absurdly heavy, and it's a trailblazer chassis (which was already heavy). https://www.ssrfanatic.com/forum/f4/weight-reasons-41341/
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Where have you been the last decade? The rest of us have had that long to get used to it, and just be disgusted rather than surprised by it.  edit: I was replying to MrOnBicycle, specifically. This is what I get for not refreshing before replying. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Mar 5, 2019 |
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Mar 5, 2019 23:46
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Darchangel posted:Where have you been the last decade? He's lucky. I also suspect he thinks it's a version of the HHR.
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Code Jockey posted:holy poo poo how I assumed they had done the BMW 3-series convertible trick of welding two floorpans together for added stiffness but it turns out the car started bad and got worse.
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Mar 6, 2019 03:01
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drgitlin posted:It’s not coming to America, sorry. loving Honda. First they don't let me have the Beat, now they don't let me have the new CVCC.
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Darchangel posted:Where have you been the last decade? Being European has thankfully spared me from the horrors of 90's and early 00's US car design. The car in the ad is likely one of very few here. Probably imported.
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MrOnBicycle posted:It's how the ad was presented. Frankly I didn't want to research it any further because it's just so horrid. That looks like Fischer-Price made it. Then again, Fischer-Price has better ideas of design. It looks like someone trying to imitate Fischer-Price made it. I find it kind of cute in a stupid way.
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MrOnBicycle posted:Being European has thankfully spared me from the horrors of 90's and early 00's US car design. The car in the ad is likely one of very few here. Probably imported. It saddens me you never experienced the mid 70's and 80's dumpster fires as well.
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I saw a dude spin one once, and then roast the tires and flipped it around. I think you could get a manual in them.
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MrOnBicycle posted:Being European has thankfully spared me from the horrors of 90's and early 00's US car design. The car in the ad is likely one of very few here. Probably imported. Oh, yeah, that’ll do it. Forgive me for being America-centric. Ghost Leviathan posted:That looks like Fischer-Price made it. It could have been so much better. They were going for the look of the ‘47-‘53 pickups, with nice rounded fenders, so why did they flatten the sides like that? It looks like they scraped along a wall or something. When they came out, one hot rod shop actually put the ‘47-‘53 fenders on it, and replicated the thin chrome bumpers also typical of that model, and it looked so much better. They may have done something with the grille, too. What really killed them, besides cost, was that weight, or more accurately, power to weight. Initially, they only came with the 5.3, so they weren’t fast. GM later dropped in the 6.0, but by that time it was too late. They were still too heavy and too expensive for what they were. It was a neat idea, just not well-executed. edit: found it. They basically did the whole front clip (which gets rid of the other feature I hate, that spear dividing the headlights, and a bumper also resolves that receding chin line), running boards, and the rear fenders. http://www.trucktrend.com/cool-trucks/0909tr-chevrolet-ssr/   Darchangel fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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This could have sucked. Heading home yesterday morning, I moved to the right lane and heard a rumble. I thought it was just rough pavement and shrugged it off. At the last second I remembered I needed to make a stop. So I exited the interstate, moved across three lanes, turned left and slowed down to turn into the parking lot when THUMP. Rear end jerked as I was turning into a parking space. Looks pretty bad right? The only damage besides the tire was 8 clips holding the side skirt on. $16 and you can't even tell anything happened.  Pro tip, don't run winter tires for one extra season just because they have no visible dry rotting or worn treads. Seriously, the other three still look fine. On the bright side, I have not even year old new all seasons on my alternate wheels so I was back on the road just a few hours later.
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MrOnBicycle posted:It's how the ad was presented. Frankly I didn't want to research it any further because it's just so horrid. My favorite take on the SSR was something along the lines of "who was the target market for this? Rednecks who had won the lottery?"
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Powershift posted:It's a convertible this but does it come in Murano?
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Nocheez posted:My favorite take on the SSR was something along the lines of "who was the target market for this? Rednecks who had won the lottery?" boomers
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Nocheez posted:My favorite take on the SSR was something along the lines of "who was the target market for this? Rednecks who had won the lottery?" The same folks who liked the PT Cruiser, Prowler, and HHR
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The Door Frame posted:The same folks who liked the PT Cruiser, Prowler, and HHR opengl128 posted:It does do one thing well: appeal to boomers with horrible taste.
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https://i.imgur.com/3uK1YRh.mp4 "Did I forget something? ...nahh"
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The Door Frame posted:The same folks who liked the PT Cruiser, Prowler, and HHR Sure, but the PT Cruiser and HHR were much cheaper than the SSR.
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Mar 8, 2019 15:02
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This SSR bullshit just drives me to weep over a picture of an El Camino.
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Memento posted:https://i.imgur.com/3uK1YRh.mp4 lmao that the most "oh its a mustang" reaction i've ever seen except he turns his back on it which can be potentially fatal
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Thief posted:lmao that the most "oh its a mustang" reaction i've ever seen Yeah, raises an ethical dilemma. Taking the time to break out the phone and film when maybe shouting "hey dumbass" at the idiot might have helped. Or perhaps they were assholes and well let's watch them burn. The latter is probably the correct answer now that I think about it.
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Yeah I was thinking it's a dick move to not tell them about it, but for all I know they did say something about it, they ignored them, and then they started filming. Although I don't know how they would have gotten the mustang up on the trailer without ramps, hmm
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The uhaul trailer has pull out ramps, he was most likely in a rush and didn't think about it. I think it is pretty hosed up that someone filmed and didn't say anything to the dude.
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MomJeans420 posted:Yeah I was thinking it's a dick move to not tell them about it, but for all I know they did say something about it, they ignored them, and then they started filming. Although I don't know how they would have gotten the mustang up on the trailer without ramps, hmm Well, somehow Mustangs end up in people's yards, parks, trees, medians, etc. so the trailer wasn't probably a big deal.
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I like how the guy appears to be looking out of the window wondering why the wheels were spinning. Bonus: he's going to have to climb out of the window. The doors are now too low to clear the trailer fenders. How much you want to be the creases the door slamming it open first?
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fakeaccount posted:This SSR bullshit just drives me to weep over a picture of an El Camino. Or more poignantly, the Pontiac G8 ST, the ute we almost got, but got the SSR instead.
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Doesn't the uhaul car trailer have a fold down fender on the driver side?
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Colostomy Bag posted:Doesn't the uhaul car trailer have a fold down fender on the driver side? Yeah
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Darchangel posted:Or more poignantly, the Pontiac G8 ST, the ute we almost got, but got the SSR instead. The SSR was out before the G8 though.
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Rhyno posted:The SSR was out before the G8 though.
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I'd be happy just to have a monte carlo in this day and age. Of course it would have to be rear-wheel drive for me even to call it a monte.
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MomJeans420 posted:Yeah I was thinking it's a dick move to not tell them about it, but for all I know they did say something about it, they ignored them, and then they started filming. i sincerely doubt that trying to warn them would even get noticed by the driver before they learn by fire that you don't actually need to press the gas pedal after shifting into reverse because they've likely only ever parked by pulling through a suburban cul de sac
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