Worst aging cars?

[swisstoni]

mickythefish said:

Tesla cars aren't attractive cars they were designed to be dull and harmless from the outset.

Mission accomplished.

[mickythefish]

swisstoni said:

Mission accomplished.

yes age doesn't make them look anymore stter

[GT03ROB]

GeniusOfLove said:

To drive them is even worse, it feels like a lot of cheap plastic crap moving together roughly in the same direction rather than a solid item that is all of one piece. That alone makes them feel like the product of another era, that's how most cars felt back in the 80s.

What a load of twaddle. I have a 2005 RRS with 135k on the clock, so one of the first. I've recently taken it to Estepona & back. So around 1600 miles each way, covering around 700 miles/day. It was effortless & comfortable. A very pleasant drive.

[Evercross]

vikingaero said:

Evercross said:

pheonix478 said:

Much respect to anyone still running a Fisker Karma in in 2024!

Good luck to them. Apparently the software in them is horrendously glitchy and of course there are no updates. I saw a Youtube video recently that cited the only way to get them running following a software crash was to completely unplug the wiring loom from the power source, and then fingers crossed that everything came back to life again when you reconnected it.

If any system didn't revive then the car was effectively scrap.

Shame as it is an amazing looking thing.

They'll be a prime candidate for a LS swap.

You would think, but part of the software problem is that most of the cabin controls are done through a (very laggy) touchscreen so if the software gets corrupted you lose lights, aircon etc. etc.

So, LS swap, dashboard swap, wiring loom swap.....

[pheonix478]

Evercross said:

Good luck to them. Apparently the software in them is horrendously glitchy and of course there are no updates. I saw a Youtube video recently that cited the only way to get them running following a software crash was to completely unplug the wiring loom from the power source, and then fingers crossed that everything came back to life again when you reconnected it.

If any system didn't revive then the car was effectively scrap.

Shame as it is an amazing looking thing.

[cerb4.5lee]

jamesbilluk said:

With the RRS, I've always thought this generation looked great, I used to have a silver TDV8, lovely thing to drive, and very nice interior as well, I think it looks better than the 2013 model

I've only driven the diesel V6 version(a 2006 model), but like you I liked the way it drove, and I liked the interior too. That was about 15 years ago now if I remember correctly.

[ajprice]

Evercross said:

vikingaero said:

Evercross said:

pheonix478 said:

Much respect to anyone still running a Fisker Karma in in 2024!

Good luck to them. Apparently the software in them is horrendously glitchy and of course there are no updates. I saw a Youtube video recently that cited the only way to get them running following a software crash was to completely unplug the wiring loom from the power source, and then fingers crossed that everything came back to life again when you reconnected it.

If any system didn't revive then the car was effectively scrap.

Shame as it is an amazing looking thing.

They'll be a prime candidate for a LS swap.

You would think, but part of the software problem is that most of the cabin controls are done through a (very laggy) touchscreen so if the software gets corrupted you lose lights, aircon etc. etc.

So, LS swap, dashboard swap, wiring loom swap.....

Model S swap

[BrownEaredDog]

Evercross said:

pheonix478 said:

Much respect to anyone still running a Fisker Karma in in 2024!

Good luck to them. Apparently the software in them is horrendously glitchy and of course there are no updates. I saw a Youtube video recently that cited the only way to get them running following a software crash was to completely unplug the wiring loom from the power source, and then fingers crossed that everything came back to life again when you reconnected it.

If any system didn't revive then the car was effectively scrap.

Shame as it is an amazing looking thing.

Tyler Hoover has taken the dive on one of these. It's not looking especially promising at the time of writing

[General Price]

The Alfa Quadrifoglio.

It looked like an old mondeo that had been driven through Halfords stick on tat section when it was new,it looks even more dated now.

[MightyBadger]

General Price said:

The Alfa Quadrifoglio.

It looked like an old mondeo that had been driven through Halfords stick on tat section when it was new,it looks even more dated now.

Can't agree with you on that one, still looks lovely.

Sure you are not getting mixed up with the Mondeo with the Aston looking front end?

Edited by MightyBadger on Wednesday 15th May 10:31

[Kuwahara]

General Price said:

The Alfa Quadrifoglio.

It looked like an old mondeo that had been driven through Halfords stick on tat section when it was new,it looks even more dated now.

That’s interesting,so what would you say has aged well..!!

[Escort3500]

MightyBadger said:

General Price said:

The Alfa Quadrifoglio.

It looked like an old mondeo that had been driven through Halfords stick on tat section when it was new,it looks even more dated now.

Can't agree with you on that one, still looks lovely.

Sure you are not getting mixed up with the Mondeo with the Aston looking front end?

Edited by MightyBadger on Wednesday 15th May 10:31

Agree. Still looks great, and better than the contemporary BMWs etc

[otolith]

General Price said:

The Alfa Quadrifoglio.

Is that not a trim level rather than a specific model?

[Flumpo]

ae2006 said:

MightyBadger said:

Forester1965 said:

I used to think these looked futuristic when they can out, 'big and awkward' seems more fitting these days.

+1

With the Ioniq 5 i am actually impressed by how fast it managed to look boring. Went from "Car from the year 2030" to "Charme of a Hyundai Accent" in 6 months.

Always felt these seem a distant relative. Although I haven’t been to Specsavers since last year.