What's the least cool car ever

What's the least cool car ever

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saabster14

487 posts

156 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Some good shouts so far.

For me it's undoubtedly any white range rover sport, and supercar ( Ferrari, Lamborghini etc..) and if you live in the UK, any convertible


And I'll freely admit to owning some very uncool cars....and loving them

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

125 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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renault wind.

any range/land rover et al conversion with "kahn" badging on it.

those grotty little 1 series BMW coupe things that look like Noddy drives them........ are they booted saloons or something. (cue rant about their amazing abilities) I don't care if you bought one, you still look like you walked in to BMW, saw the two signs for "mens" cars and "ladies & transgender" cars and took the turn for "ladies".

prior to that the BMW 3 series compact..... the ones that looked like half a car.

saabster14

487 posts

156 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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austinsmirk said:
renault wind.

any range/land rover et al conversion with "kahn" badging on it.

those grotty little 1 series BMW coupe things that look like Noddy drives them........ are they booted saloons or something. (cue rant about their amazing abilities) I don't care if you bought one, you still look like you walked in to BMW, saw the two signs for "mens" cars and "ladies & transgender" cars and took the turn for "ladies".

prior to that the BMW 3 series compact..... the ones that looked like half a car.
laughlaughlaugh

Dave200

4,443 posts

222 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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I present, the humble Nissan 100NX.

A (ste) 1.6 Nissan Sunny, masquerading as a very ugly coupé. The very definition of "naff".


Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

169 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Big Rod said:
Blown2CV said:
MarshPhantom said:
Any big old Eighties coupe with the T-Bar or removable roof.





i'm afraid all of those things are amazing!
I'm not afraid at all. I've owned all of them, (in slightly different guises) and if anything, they're too cool.
They are hairy chested, medallion man cars. A hairy chested medallion man isn't cool and nor is his car.

_Neal_

2,692 posts

221 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
They are hairy chested, medallion man cars. A hairy chested medallion man isn't cool and nor is his car.
I think I can hear a load of TVR Griffith owners forming a mob biggrin

angry jock

1,005 posts

201 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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_Neal_ said:
Willy Nilly said:
They are hairy chested, medallion man cars. A hairy chested medallion man isn't cool and nor is his car.
I think I can hear a load of TVR Griffith owners forming a mob biggrin
Wedge owners too!!! madfuriouscurseranting
Most TVRs are cool so tongue out
winkhehe

_Neal_

2,692 posts

221 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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angry jock said:
Wedge owners too!!!
Sorry, didn't mean to miss out wedge owners with their nylon shirts. Never seen the appeal of TVRs myself, badly-built canoes on wheels wink

MarshPhantom

9,658 posts

139 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
Big Rod said:
Blown2CV said:
MarshPhantom said:
Any big old Eighties coupe with the T-Bar or removable roof.





i'm afraid all of those things are amazing!
I'm not afraid at all. I've owned all of them, (in slightly different guises) and if anything, they're too cool.
They are hairy chested, medallion man cars. A hairy chested medallion man isn't cool and nor is his car.
What the F is this?


Baz Tench

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Dave200 said:
I present, the humble Nissan 100NX.

A (ste) 1.6 Nissan Sunny, masquerading as a very ugly coupé. The very definition of "naff".

And in that vein, I would go with the Calibra.



People raved about the looks, but they were nothing special to me, and they sat so awkwardly on that Cavalier chassis.

Just, no!

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

152 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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I was going to suggest the Citroen Ax diesel.

I've just changed my mind. They're quite quick you know? laugh

Zad

12,718 posts

238 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Baz Tench said:
And in that vein, I would go with the Calibra.



People raved about the looks, but they were nothing special to me, and they sat so awkwardly on that Cavalier chassis.

Just, no!
Shame really, the Calibra looked like a good idea and would have been great if they had evolved the design to add a little more detailing and style to distinguish it from the Cavalier. Then again Vauxhall do a lot of that, come up with an interesting design that has potential - and then do nothing with it.

To continue the theme. The Vauxhall Tigra. Or Tiiiiiiigra</nasal voice> is it was known around here.



Advertised as being not the car for people who folded their pyjamas or ironed creases in their jeans, It became known as the sort of car bought by people who fold their pyjamas and iron creases in their jeans. Almost always seemed to be in babypoo brown, or hideous purple. It also looked underwheeled, and like it was stood on tiptoes. Similar to the Puma which was released at the same time, yet without the charm, engineering and enjoyability.


Seeker UK

1,442 posts

160 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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KM666 said:
Seeker UK said:
What is this? I like it for some reason.
A Wartburg Knight (353) Estate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg_353

Big Rod

6,211 posts

218 months

Friday 31st January 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
Big Rod said:
Blown2CV said:
MarshPhantom said:
Any big old Eighties coupe with the T-Bar or removable roof.





i'm afraid all of those things are amazing!
I'm not afraid at all. I've owned all of them, (in slightly different guises) and if anything, they're too cool.
They are hairy chested, medallion man cars. A hairy chested medallion man isn't cool and nor is his car.
Mr Bandit begs to differ!


DonnyMac

3,634 posts

205 months

Friday 31st January 2014
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toon10 said:
Baryonyx said:
toon10 said:
Ha, I was going to post this myself. My neighbour has one and he's even got the Bentley badge stuck on the front. He's in his 50's and has Ayrton Senna stickers on it, a private 'Senna' plate. He plays his music at teenage decibel levels (only his music choices are terrible.) He's happy though, when he rides past he must think the teenage girls all think he's cool when in reality, they think he's something that ryhmes with cool biggrin
Did he used to have a white SLK covered in red 'Senna' stickers and then later, a CLS with a very loud exhaust?
My god that's him. He has a great sounding SL and now the Chrysler with matching plates.
Ahh, that's nice; toon & Baryonyx realise that they're neighbours as Baryonyx frantically removes the 'Senna' stickers from all his cars. hehe

toon10

6,257 posts

159 months

Friday 31st January 2014
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DonnyMac said:
Ahh, that's nice; toon & Baryonyx realise that they're neighbours as Baryonyx frantically removes the 'Senna' stickers from all his cars. hehe
No he's still got the stickers. Now I need to just find out who has let all my tyres down??? biggrin

white_goodman

4,042 posts

193 months

Sunday 2nd February 2014
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These were pretty much the least cool car to have when I was growing up.



Or these?



Modern equivalent?



Although these especially in V6 guise are a lot better than they look. Does this make it quite cool?

In terms of trying too hard though but not being cool though, I think this has to take the biscuit.



Not the A5 per se (but this is one of the worse culprits) but that colour combination. I wouldn't mind an S5 V8 manual but in a dark colour and I don't mind white cars or black wheels (just not together). Becomes less cool, the more expensive the car. Not so bad on a Clio but very uncool on a Maserati GranTurismo!

swisstoni

17,272 posts

281 months

Monday 3rd February 2014
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These take some beating




M3DGE

1,979 posts

166 months

Monday 3rd February 2014
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swisstoni said:
These take some beating



YESSSS!! I know coolness is in the eye of the beholder (remember the Cool Wall arguments?) but surely there is no excuse for spending real money on a car with all the downside of a convertible without actually being one.