Worst aging cars?
Discussion
bedonde said:
Apologies if a re-post. The Mk1 Range Rover Spowarrt looks awfully dated now. Particularly as many are sporting scuffed black rims and shoddy window tints, or ‘urban’ lettering. They’re often driven by umpah lumpah orange ladies, or turkey teeth and heavily ‘inked’ males, which adds to the ensemble of classiness. Sorry, gone off on a pompous rant. Will get my coat etc.
You're not wrong though.MightyBadger said:
Forester1965 said:
I used to think these looked futuristic when they can out, 'big and awkward' seems more fitting these days.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.
pheonix478 said:
bedonde said:
Apologies if a re-post. The Mk1 Range Rover Spowarrt looks awfully dated now. Particularly as many are sporting scuffed black rims and shoddy window tints, or ‘urban’ lettering. They’re often driven by umpah lumpah orange ladies, or turkey teeth and heavily ‘inked’ males, which adds to the ensemble of classiness. Sorry, gone off on a pompous rant. Will get my coat etc.
You're not wrong though.Until they reach 15-20 years old, then they start looking timeless.
E63eeeeee... said:
Nope. Uniformly dreadful. The worst driven cars by some distance. Maybe the windows are too small or something.
Mother in law has one, you can see all four corners easily and the mirrors are the same size as those on a Range Rover. It’s just that they’re the weapon of choice for the elderly and incompetent.
bedonde said:
The MK1 RR Sport is the exception to that rule though. Full fat Range Rovers, then yes agree they have a timeless appeal. The Spoowart just looks caaaaaaaancil.
Now there aren't that many big Jaaaaags around, the RRS is the pub landlord's weapon of choice. Flat roof pub ahoy!Stick Legs said:
pheonix478 said:
bedonde said:
Apologies if a re-post. The Mk1 Range Rover Spowarrt looks awfully dated now. Particularly as many are sporting scuffed black rims and shoddy window tints, or ‘urban’ lettering. They’re often driven by umpah lumpah orange ladies, or turkey teeth and heavily ‘inked’ males, which adds to the ensemble of classiness. Sorry, gone off on a pompous rant. Will get my coat etc.
You're not wrong though.Until they reach 15-20 years old, then they start looking timeless.
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tte design bedonde said:
The MK1 RR Sport is the exception to that rule though. Full fat Range Rovers, then yes agree they have a timeless appeal. The Spoowart just looks caaaaaaaancil.
I think that's mostly by association, once the rough ones have all been trashed & scrapped then the few survivors will be quite special.I saw one of the original 4.2 Supercharged models with clear glass in the orange metallic recently. Completely original and I thought how nice it looked.
Stick Legs said:
I think that's mostly by association, once the rough ones have all been trashed & scrapped then the few survivors will be quite special.
I saw one of the original 4.2 Supercharged models with clear glass in the orange metallic recently. Completely original and I thought how nice it looked.
I think you're right that part of it is association but they're also so obviously a load of poor quality parts shoddily put together you can even see it in photos, let alone in person.I saw one of the original 4.2 Supercharged models with clear glass in the orange metallic recently. Completely original and I thought how nice it looked.
Look at that orange one, the grille looks like an Aliexpress aftermarket part and is bowing along the bottom, and the silver plastic it and the wing vents are made from look like something Aiwa would have fitted to a £200 stereo in the 90s. Almost every part of the car just looks cheap and shonky, because it is.
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.
GeniusOfLove said:
Stick Legs said:
I think that's mostly by association, once the rough ones have all been trashed & scrapped then the few survivors will be quite special.
I saw one of the original 4.2 Supercharged models with clear glass in the orange metallic recently. Completely original and I thought how nice it looked.
I think you're right that part of it is association but they're also so obviously a load of poor quality parts shoddily put together you can even see it in photos, let alone in person.I saw one of the original 4.2 Supercharged models with clear glass in the orange metallic recently. Completely original and I thought how nice it looked.
Look at that orange one, the grille looks like an Aliexpress aftermarket part and is bowing along the bottom, and the silver plastic it and the wing vents are made from look like something Aiwa would have fitted to a £200 stereo in the 90s. Almost every part of the car just looks cheap and shonky, because it is.
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.
I drove one recently and it felt quite nice.
Maybe I have just normalised JLR crappiness.
Stick Legs said:
pheonix478 said:
bedonde said:
Apologies if a re-post. The Mk1 Range Rover Spowarrt looks awfully dated now. Particularly as many are sporting scuffed black rims and shoddy window tints, or ‘urban’ lettering. They’re often driven by umpah lumpah orange ladies, or turkey teeth and heavily ‘inked’ males, which adds to the ensemble of classiness. Sorry, gone off on a pompous rant. Will get my coat etc.
You're not wrong though.Until they reach 15-20 years old, then they start looking timeless.
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.
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.
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