Car you (probably irrationally) hate!
Discussion
MrBrightSi said:
Skylines and Supras. I read about them and give proper owners the chance to argue their case but it's just the fast and furious fad that was big when i was getting into cars has forever stained their appeal to me, yes they have a great straight 6 engine, the skyline was the tip top of an era and leveled so many other amazing cars, the supra is supposed to be amazing jap GT'ing but i just can't get above my petty dislike and now looking for a memorable special car all i seem to get is "Skyline or Supra you can TOON them m8" when i don't want to mess with something that has to be a b road blaster.
Also, this is a full on joke and im not meaning to upset anyone beyond slightly bad humor that man kind of feeling. Paul Walker was a better mixed grill than memorable actor and all stickers of "Do not cry...am smiling" are cringe worthy in the maximum and sum up why i dislike the two cars so much.
Edit: Juke is just a no brainer.
A well reasoned comment, agree on the Paul Walker stickers just awful. If you can get past your dislike and find a stock one they are still lovely machines. I love my Skyline but it's only a GTS-T and is bone stock. Also, this is a full on joke and im not meaning to upset anyone beyond slightly bad humor that man kind of feeling. Paul Walker was a better mixed grill than memorable actor and all stickers of "Do not cry...am smiling" are cringe worthy in the maximum and sum up why i dislike the two cars so much.
Edit: Juke is just a no brainer.
911's and Vauxhall for me. The 911 is because I never like things that just win all the time. Everyone spooges over them but I just can't get past the clinical way they do it. I like my cars to have character which usually means some sort of flaw.
Vauxhall, before anyone jumps on me for joining the bandwagon I dislike them because they are built by marketers and accountants, I've driven almost all of the latest range through Enterprise, even had a couple of SRI's so covering all trim levels and they are just plain awful in many ways.
They are also usually driven by chumps who shouldn't be behind the wheel, I know that this is because they are in the top 3 or 4 selling brands in the UK so that the chances of a chump owning one is far higher than other cars.
lockhart flawse said:
Audi Q7 and BMW X6. Especially in white. Ugly, anti-social, charmless and dangerous for anyone unlucky enough to be involved in an accident with one. No history or brand equity in the segment - just a F*** you heap of disposable junk. Who will want a 10 year old Q7?
Todays '10 year old Range Rover Sport' hooligans no doubt.lockhart flawse said:
Audi Q7 and BMW X6. Especially in white. Ugly, anti-social, charmless and dangerous for anyone unlucky enough to be involved in an accident with one. No history or brand equity in the segment - just a F*** you heap of disposable junk. Who will want a 10 year old Q7?
Depends if it has a V12 or not...Don't irrationally hate any car....jukes make me chuckle micras too...... as do any cars you come across ..either in appearance or how they're being driven and think 'i bet I can describe the driver' .. ...
Any modern 'mini' makes me fume as they're increasingly bigger and uglier at each iteration... About time they were called Maxi's...
Parked my '79 mini next to one of the paceman monstrosities the other day and went out in the new thing..... ..original...unreliable, uncomfortable, noisy and endless fun...modern thing unreliable (apparently) uncomfortable, noisy (yes really)....and a rolling embarrassment .....
The real piss boiler that does drive me nuts are the 'knight rider / cylon' indicators much favoured by current German offerings....why???? Aaargh...
Any modern 'mini' makes me fume as they're increasingly bigger and uglier at each iteration... About time they were called Maxi's...
Parked my '79 mini next to one of the paceman monstrosities the other day and went out in the new thing..... ..original...unreliable, uncomfortable, noisy and endless fun...modern thing unreliable (apparently) uncomfortable, noisy (yes really)....and a rolling embarrassment .....
The real piss boiler that does drive me nuts are the 'knight rider / cylon' indicators much favoured by current German offerings....why???? Aaargh...
Tim-D said:
The real piss boiler that does drive me nuts are the 'knight rider / cylon' indicators much favoured by current German offerings....why???? Aaargh...
Surprise and delight? Makes people go "ooh, isn't that nice?". Perhaps Audi are trying to make up for the rest of the styling by dragging attention away from it.Mr2Mike said:
AndrewCrown said:
The Nissan Micra
When single I once met a delightful bit of totty in Stockbridge, the date was going well until she outlined her love for her Micra and its 'nippiness' .Needless to say this changed the direction of the evening, it would always, always be an issue, so no second date.
Quite honestly it sounds like she had a bloody lucky escape ftom a clearly mentally disturbed individual. That micra probably saved her life.When single I once met a delightful bit of totty in Stockbridge, the date was going well until she outlined her love for her Micra and its 'nippiness' .Needless to say this changed the direction of the evening, it would always, always be an issue, so no second date.
I was recently seeing a woman who drove a Seat something. No idea what it was (such was it's completely unremarkable nature) but was Fiesta sized, and plated 58 reg, or thereabouts.
She kept on about how fast it was, would max out at over 150 easily (she had done it several times), how "nippy" it was... Really put me off her.
And for clarification of doubt, she drove me in it, was completely frantic getting (what felt very much like) air over speed bumps, at least 20% faster than the posted speed signs...
Not a car per sé, but people who lie about their cars. Really irritated me, about an otherwise attractive woman.
TobyLerone said:
Actually... I kinda get it (not the hatred for the Micra - I had one and it was fun, if glacially slow)
I was recently seeing a woman who drove a Seat something. No idea what it was (such was it's completely unremarkable nature) but was Fiesta sized, and plated 58 reg, or thereabouts.
She kept on about how fast it was, would max out at over 150 easily (she had done it several times), how "nippy" it was... Really put me off her.
And for clarification of doubt, she drove me in it, was completely frantic getting (what felt very much like) air over speed bumps, at least 20% faster than the posted speed signs...
Not a car per sé, but people who lie about their cars. Really irritated me, about an otherwise attractive woman.
Related to the Micra, I once got into a blazing argument with a friend's neighbour, drink having been taken, because I vouchsafed that the Figaro was indeed outstanding in that it had taken a sI was recently seeing a woman who drove a Seat something. No idea what it was (such was it's completely unremarkable nature) but was Fiesta sized, and plated 58 reg, or thereabouts.
She kept on about how fast it was, would max out at over 150 easily (she had done it several times), how "nippy" it was... Really put me off her.
And for clarification of doubt, she drove me in it, was completely frantic getting (what felt very much like) air over speed bumps, at least 20% faster than the posted speed signs...
Not a car per sé, but people who lie about their cars. Really irritated me, about an otherwise attractive woman.
t car and made it even worse. She had asked my opinion, in fairness, but I could have been slightly more circumspect, I imagine. 
Any 4x4 really. I have lots of respect for the current range rovers (wouldn't own one though), but I can't stand all these other 4x4s that have popped up in the last 10-15 years. Most of them are st off road, and even worse, it seems that the majority of those who buy 4x4s today don't ever go off-road at all.
t off road, and even worse, it seems that the majority of those who buy 4x4s today don't ever go off-road at all.QuartzDad said:
C63.
Guy across the road has one, exhaust note is fingers down a blackboard for me. Don't know why, all manner of exotics go past and sound wonderful but this just sounds crap.
Admittedly I was at a car show, but there was someone in one of these constantly revving the tits off it... and well, it made my son cry, so that says it all really.Guy across the road has one, exhaust note is fingers down a blackboard for me. Don't know why, all manner of exotics go past and sound wonderful but this just sounds crap.
kayzee said:
QuartzDad said:
C63.
Guy across the road has one, exhaust note is fingers down a blackboard for me. Don't know why, all manner of exotics go past and sound wonderful but this just sounds crap.
Admittedly I was at a car show, but there was someone in one of these constantly revving the tits off it... and well, it made my son cry, so that says it all really.Guy across the road has one, exhaust note is fingers down a blackboard for me. Don't know why, all manner of exotics go past and sound wonderful but this just sounds crap.
Nissan Puke and Cashcow, BMW 2AT (and any other FWD aberration they are throwing away decades of heritage by selling). the MINI SUV thing. I am also not partial to Evoque Cabrio or Bentayga in the least. Most Peugeots and Renaults post 2000 - more for aesthetic reasons than anything else. Chevroletwoo Matiz - the Matiz isn't that much more horrible than most shopping cars, but WTF were the bods at GM smoking when they came up with the idea of branding it as a Chevy to improve sales - in a country where Chevrolet have close to 0% share of the market. Oh, and though I don't mind older twin-cab pickup trucks I cannot stand the sight of most modern ones. Some very ugly design happening there.
Otherwise that's about it. Even really hideous carbuncles like the Odious Rodius pictured above don't annoy me that much, in fact I am actually slightly impressed that they managed to become reality and that nobody who worked for Ssangyong said "actually guys wait up a sec, has anyone thought about how horrible this looks" before it was too late.
Otherwise that's about it. Even really hideous carbuncles like the Odious Rodius pictured above don't annoy me that much, in fact I am actually slightly impressed that they managed to become reality and that nobody who worked for Ssangyong said "actually guys wait up a sec, has anyone thought about how horrible this looks" before it was too late.
psi310398 said:
TobyLerone said:
Actually... I kinda get it (not the hatred for the Micra - I had one and it was fun, if glacially slow)
I was recently seeing a woman who drove a Seat something. No idea what it was (such was it's completely unremarkable nature) but was Fiesta sized, and plated 58 reg, or thereabouts.
She kept on about how fast it was, would max out at over 150 easily (she had done it several times), how "nippy" it was... Really put me off her.
And for clarification of doubt, she drove me in it, was completely frantic getting (what felt very much like) air over speed bumps, at least 20% faster than the posted speed signs...
Not a car per sé, but people who lie about their cars. Really irritated me, about an otherwise attractive woman.
Related to the Micra, I once got into a blazing argument with a friend's neighbour, drink having been taken, because I vouchsafed that the Figaro was indeed outstanding in that it had taken a sI was recently seeing a woman who drove a Seat something. No idea what it was (such was it's completely unremarkable nature) but was Fiesta sized, and plated 58 reg, or thereabouts.
She kept on about how fast it was, would max out at over 150 easily (she had done it several times), how "nippy" it was... Really put me off her.
And for clarification of doubt, she drove me in it, was completely frantic getting (what felt very much like) air over speed bumps, at least 20% faster than the posted speed signs...
Not a car per sé, but people who lie about their cars. Really irritated me, about an otherwise attractive woman.
t car and made it even worse. She had asked my opinion, in fairness, but I could have been slightly more circumspect, I imagine. te car. I once had a customer wanting a job on one, he understeered it in to a ditch before I had the chance to do it!Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff