Car trends that you hope die
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Some Gump said:
As per all other successful brands. Where would Porsche (at times worlds most profitable brand) be if they stuck to their guns on over engineered air cooled 911's? The 924/44 saved them, the 928 saved them, then the 996/986 made them profitable. The Cayenne is their top seller. The problem with playing o the PH market is most of us don't buy new cars, we buy better older ones...
O thought most on here leased white audis and golfs, the other third buy collections of supercars mated up with a huge SUV And the leftovers buy old barges with a few stragglers buying French hot hatches,
you know they have a function, right?
One is the normal exhaust through the silencer. The other is straight through the back box, controlled by a butterfly. The asthetics of the "put a trim on the car vs put a trim on the exhaust" splits opinion, but it's nothing like the quad exhaust on an IS-F, or that rangie.
One is the normal exhaust through the silencer. The other is straight through the back box, controlled by a butterfly. The asthetics of the "put a trim on the car vs put a trim on the exhaust" splits opinion, but it's nothing like the quad exhaust on an IS-F, or that rangie.
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
Probably already mentioned but these idiotic Audi directional indicators.
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ky beyond wky.
How long before everyone starts copying.
Totally agree I am seeing more and more of these and it just look embarrassing. I think it must be a quirk of the German sense of humor we just don't get! w
ky beyond wky.How long before everyone starts copying.
I had hoped Mercedes would ditch the crappy iPad nailed to the dash. Instead, looks like they’re simply making it bigger.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/welcom...
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/welcom...
interloper said:
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
Probably already mentioned but these idiotic Audi directional indicators.
wky beyond wky.
How long before everyone starts copying.
Totally agree I am seeing more and more of these and it just look embarrassing. I think it must be a quirk of the German sense of humor we just don't get! w
ky beyond wky.How long before everyone starts copying.
I remember them looking reasonably smart back in the day, but they look horribly dated now.
I found the directional indicators pretty smart when I first saw them, and I'd never thought I'd say this but the indicators on an Audi actually annoy me now!
I really hope that other manufacturers see that a christmas tree like that is just annoying and distracting on a car and don't copy it.
DJT said:
The Audi engineers recognised that their drivers had lost interest in indicators. Their solution was to animate them to make them more interesting, but unfortunately the appeal was short-lived.
It was a joy to have to learn precisely when to flick trafficators up on the B pillar, now they're fancy electronics and almost completely automated, it's taken all the fun out of driving. Just like auto boxes replacing manuals now.
Pommygranite said:
LittleEnus said:
kambites said:
A diesel 3-series with a PH sticker seems very much the automotive equivalent of a fat middle-aged bloke wearing a Manchester United shirt to the pub. 
billshoreham said:
Pommygranite said:
LittleEnus said:
kambites said:
A diesel 3-series with a PH sticker seems very much the automotive equivalent of a fat middle-aged bloke wearing a Manchester United shirt to the pub. 
talksthetorque said:
DJT said:
The Audi engineers recognised that their drivers had lost interest in indicators. Their solution was to animate them to make them more interesting, but unfortunately the appeal was short-lived.
It was a joy to have to learn precisely when to flick trafficators up on the B pillar, now they're fancy electronics and almost completely automated, it's taken all the fun out of driving. Just like auto boxes replacing manuals now.
king yawn fest.Huff said:
Pop/bang remaps.
Had a tt sat outside the office last week (Redcliff St ped crossing onto Mary Redcliff roundabout, Bristol) ramping it until rather a lot of people were pointing and laughing at the windows.
Sounded like Mosul just after lunchtime. Was actually a small-engined blue-badged rotbox.
Having recently moved into an office on that roundabout, there seems to be a lot of pop and bang maps going past. Must be the acoustics encouraging such behaviour Had a t
t sat outside the office last week (Redcliff St ped crossing onto Mary Redcliff roundabout, Bristol) ramping it until rather a lot of people were pointing and laughing at the windows. Sounded like Mosul just after lunchtime. Was actually a small-engined blue-badged rotbox.
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