Car trends that you hope die
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Angry looking cars.
It's getting ridiculous now, even Doris's Korean shopping car has a stupid scrunched up face on it.
The 911 has managed to still look nice even with the hardcore RS models thankfully.
I mean it works on Supercars / some sports cars but overall it's just sad to see a car park full of wheezy little hatchbacks and crossovers with daft growling faces.
It's getting ridiculous now, even Doris's Korean shopping car has a stupid scrunched up face on it.
The 911 has managed to still look nice even with the hardcore RS models thankfully.
I mean it works on Supercars / some sports cars but overall it's just sad to see a car park full of wheezy little hatchbacks and crossovers with daft growling faces.
Idonthavencb said:
Renault R-SoundEffect, and the other alternatives. Basically, fake engine noises through speakers in the car.
Pathetic.
I drove a diesel clio with this system for a few months, and having it sound (at least to me) a bit like a clio v6 was quite nice. Doesnt make it any faster or whatever, but it made driving the thing more enjoyable to me.
As long as it can be switched off (like the renault system) i have no problem with it.
cptsideways said:
Touch screens, awful things that should have died in the 80's before they came mainstream.
Too right. You want tactile controls, not something you have to peer at. Touchscreens work well in many scenarios, but in an environment where you need to be looking around you isn't one of them.Pommygranite said:
Superhoop said:
People on car forums who moan about advances in technology used on modern cars.....
Betting none of them use a 1980's Montego as a daily "because it's more pure" or "because they don't burn people's retinas"
Betting none of them use a 1980's Montego as a daily "because it's more pure" or "because they don't burn people's retinas"
People are never happy. In 25 years time people will be looking back on 'stuff' now in the same wistful way.
Frankly I'd love to go back to the mid 80's with low 20's mpg in 1.6 Escorts with massively fast 9 seconds to 60's time, rampant front torque steer, no creature comforts and the safety standards of a Congolese diamond mine. Eeeeeh but they're light!
Designers trying to convince us its a new model when all they have done is redraw the same car with a straight edge.
Ford did it with the Fiesta a decade ago, the interior was all straight lines.
VAG have done it across the board, their once attractive corporate styling has been turned into something that looks like its been drawn on an etc a sketch.....
Ford did it with the Fiesta a decade ago, the interior was all straight lines.
VAG have done it across the board, their once attractive corporate styling has been turned into something that looks like its been drawn on an etc a sketch.....
The camber/stretch thing doesn't worry me. It makes it easier to see where the d
heads are.
The thing I would like to see die is this brand snobbish-ness. No manufacturer makes truly st cars anymore, yet people are still stuck in 1980 thinking that Renault's will explode in a shower of parts, and Fiat will break every 11 minutes. VW's are "well made" and Mercedes is "posh".
It's not something that effects here too much, but the general public seem to think that.
heads are.The thing I would like to see die is this brand snobbish-ness. No manufacturer makes truly s
t cars anymore, yet people are still stuck in 1980 thinking that Renault's will explode in a shower of parts, and Fiat will break every 11 minutes. VW's are "well made" and Mercedes is "posh".It's not something that effects here too much, but the general public seem to think that.
Blanchimont said:
The camber/stretch thing doesn't worry me. It makes it easier to see where the dheads are.
The thing I would like to see die is this brand snobbish-ness. No manufacturer makes truly st cars anymore, yet people are still stuck in 1980 thinking that Renault's will explode in a shower of parts, and Fiat will break every 11 minutes. VW's are "well made" and Mercedes is "posh".
It's not something that effects here too much, but the general public seem to think that.
I think even a lot of people on here think the same as well mate! The positive side is that the 'lesser' brands you mention can be picked up for a lot less than the German stuff, whose drivers won't even entertain looking at the lesser brands, blindly maintaining that their cars are superior.heads are.The thing I would like to see die is this brand snobbish-ness. No manufacturer makes truly s
t cars anymore, yet people are still stuck in 1980 thinking that Renault's will explode in a shower of parts, and Fiat will break every 11 minutes. VW's are "well made" and Mercedes is "posh".It's not something that effects here too much, but the general public seem to think that.
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