Awkward design details on production cars
Discussion
595Heaven said:
Nickbrapp said:
I’ve seen loads of these MG HS as the estate, that all have this weird thing under the numberplate, what is it? I don’t think it’s a holder as the ones I’ve seen have screws in the plates?
Found a picture of the rear of one with no plate and there are holes in the rear panel
A clearer picture of an MG4 with no holes and a standard size plate.
Edited by ajprice on Tuesday 23 August 08:26
Not so much an awkward 'design detail' per se (at least I don't think so), more a mistake or factory quality control issue, but on early Jaguar XE hatchbacks, the LED rear taillight clusters mounted on the boot lid do not line up with those mounted on the rear 1/4 panels. It is not immediately obvious in the daytime, but once that red LED strip illuminates, it makes the alignment really quite obvious and just looks awful.
As I say, I think it was limited to the earlier cars, and probably a result of poor factory adjustment of the boot 'stops', but something that (as a geek always looking for this sort of thing), makes me twitch.
As I say, I think it was limited to the earlier cars, and probably a result of poor factory adjustment of the boot 'stops', but something that (as a geek always looking for this sort of thing), makes me twitch.
I already thought that the lack of a continous screen panel on the new Astra interior was terrible but I didn't realise that it was two separate bits stuck together where the part next to the steering wheel curves towards the driver and there's a visible rise/seam that even appears in the current adverts.
Awful.
Awful.
Nickbrapp said:
I’ve seen loads of these MG HS as the estate, that all have this weird thing under the numberplate, what is it? I don’t think it’s a holder as the ones I’ve seen have screws in the plates?
F1GTRUeno said:
I already thought that the lack of a continous screen panel on the new Astra interior was terrible but I didn't realise that it was two separate bits stuck together where the part next to the steering wheel curves towards the driver and there's a visible rise/seam that even appears in the current adverts.
Awful.
And that revolting steering wheel. Awful.
The Surveyor said:
Can I put the Tesla 3 rear into this thread, the way the boot shut-line misses the end of the quarter light does my nut in… would it have been so hard to allow the sweep of the rear window run through with the boot shut-line!
Same photo, the rear door shut line and the join in the glass.SteBrown91 said:
Nickbrapp said:
Dont understand why some transits have this as in-laws have a 20 plate one and its integrated into the plastic trim above the numberplateThe small ones over the number plate are the reverse cameras.
The robot above reminded me of the Seat Altea XL (above), any time I was behind one I remember thinking I couldn't have one of those walking up to it in a car park it'd make me depressed. How that got signed off by Seat (whose cars I normally like) I'll never know. Not an awkward detail really but its hardly the best they could have come up with.
Edited by patmahe on Friday 9th June 17:30
Nickbrapp said:
i thought this was odd, my pal has just got a transit mrst all bells and whistles and this stonking great black eyesore in the recessed panel on the rear nowhere near centred to anything, it wound me up and its not even my van Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff