Car you (probably irrationally) hate!
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vsonix said:
I think the problem with Lamborghini now is they are a little too ubiquitous and attainable.
Yeah there's 3 Hurracan Performantes on my road.Muck. Common as
I blame easy pcps. Anyone can get one these days. Even underclass Council scrotes.
Edited by av185 on Tuesday 23 January 09:39
Lamborghinis. All of them.
No matter how technically competent they are, I can't shake this mental attachment between 'a Lamborghini' and 'an annoying illiterate on YouTube'. That misplaced association is now so strong that every time I see an Aventador or Huracan, I imagine the driver is in the process of making a video about his new hair cut.
No matter how technically competent they are, I can't shake this mental attachment between 'a Lamborghini' and 'an annoying illiterate on YouTube'. That misplaced association is now so strong that every time I see an Aventador or Huracan, I imagine the driver is in the process of making a video about his new hair cut.
Another one for Jukes here.
I've actually owned one, not because I wanted one but because it was a quick solution to a problem. Lasted less than 4 months with it.
They're hateful to drive, they're hateful to look at, and in my experience, the majority of owners have some sort of point to prove. In addition to this, the North East of England has a higher proportion of the hateful monstrosities than most places due to the factory being in Washington and they're freely available on NEVOS.
"I have to go everywhere at a million miles an hour..."
I've actually owned one, not because I wanted one but because it was a quick solution to a problem. Lasted less than 4 months with it.
They're hateful to drive, they're hateful to look at, and in my experience, the majority of owners have some sort of point to prove. In addition to this, the North East of England has a higher proportion of the hateful monstrosities than most places due to the factory being in Washington and they're freely available on NEVOS.
"I have to go everywhere at a million miles an hour..."
Any car that's in front of me, I hate them, really hate them - and their drivers - and the drivers of all other vehicles in front of me and the vehicles they drive, buses in particular, especially green ones. In fact I've a special dislike of green - and brown; both nasty colurs, too much 'nature' in them.
AppleJuice said:
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.
Audi, fed up of the implication that people don't use the indicators, have made the indicators REALLY OBVIOUS so you can't miss that they are being used, and they are so fun to use that more people use them that might not have done. WIN. Audi Q2, BMW X2, Range Rover Evoque, Nissan Juke, Renault Kadjar, Citroen C4 Cactus, Merc GLC...pretty much any compact SUV/crossover. To me they're the worst value cars on the road, barely more space inside than a regular hatchback but heaps more expensive and far worse to drive. And pretty much every single one is offensively ugly
AppleJuice said:
Who's the man in the photo?
Guy called Ronnie Pickering, made "famous" in a dash cam clip for raging at a biker. Clip can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNwGluggy said:
Guy called Ronnie Pickering, made "famous" in a dash cam clip for raging at a biker. Clip can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw
Who?RONNIE F*****G PICKERING!
I have an intense dislike for any cars that are supposedly sporty but share their entire running gear with a more mainstream model. For example, Audi TT is essentially an A3 or S3, a Vauxhall Calibra was no better to drive than it’s equivalent Cavalier, I rate the 5 series but have nothing but disdain for its 6 series brethren. You compromise on space or doors but gain little dynamically over their more staid stablemates.
Boobonman said:
I have an intense dislike for any cars that are supposedly sporty but share their entire running gear with a more mainstream model. For example, Audi TT is essentially an A3 or S3, a Vauxhall Calibra was no better to drive than it’s equivalent Cavalier, I rate the 5 series but have nothing but disdain for its 6 series brethren. You compromise on space or doors but gain little dynamically over their more staid stablemates.
Arguably a Z3 is just an E36 Compact in a posh frock with a ragtop, that doesn't stop it being a great car though. Which according to your principle then makes the Z3M coupe lame as it's the same E36 compact with better suspension and a bigger engine. Compromise on space and doors isn't always a bad thing. I don't need a 4-door car as a daily as I rarely carry more than a single passenger. I still like a generously sized boot. I like the aesthetics of a coupe. I love 'shooting brake' style cars i.e. small estates with two rather than four doors but unfortunately they are a rare thing indeed.
Gluggy said:
Guy called Ronnie Pickering, made "famous" in a dash cam clip for raging at a biker. Clip can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw
Ta! 
Any Audi, their drivers have this sickly degree of entitlement. Audi drivers often refer to their car as 'the Audi' too. As opposed to referring to the car as, 'the car'. This makes me cringe.
Perhaps the hatred I have isn't irrational after all.
Perhaps the hatred I have isn't irrational after all.
Edited by lee_erm on Tuesday 23 January 22:37
Too many to list
Not to repeat the plethora of silly modern SUVs, I'd say:
Mercedes Vaneo, it's just visually offensive
Mercedes ML first gen, see above, uncomfortable
Triumph Stag, the roof, the shape, I don't know
AMC Gremlin
All LeBarons
All Polonez
All Zaporozec
Most Hummers apart from the H1
Trabant 601
All trikes
Some bikes too
That awful looking Velocette thing
Aprilia Moto 6.5
Baggers
Choppers
Goldwings up to the latest model
Most classic cars /bikes that are bought just because every magazine and hipster says so
For example: I kind of like the VW T1 for it's looks and simplicistic styling, but hate
what it stands for. "It's an investment Sir, just look at the potantial gains."
Same goes for most aircooled Porsches, silly expensive Fords, Lancias etc.
No offense, they probably are great, but once their values surpass the price of brand new successors,
I just start disliking them.
Not to repeat the plethora of silly modern SUVs, I'd say:
Mercedes Vaneo, it's just visually offensive
Mercedes ML first gen, see above, uncomfortable
Triumph Stag, the roof, the shape, I don't know
AMC Gremlin
All LeBarons
All Polonez
All Zaporozec
Most Hummers apart from the H1
Trabant 601
All trikes
Some bikes too
That awful looking Velocette thing
Aprilia Moto 6.5
Baggers
Choppers
Goldwings up to the latest model
Most classic cars /bikes that are bought just because every magazine and hipster says so
For example: I kind of like the VW T1 for it's looks and simplicistic styling, but hate
what it stands for. "It's an investment Sir, just look at the potantial gains."
Same goes for most aircooled Porsches, silly expensive Fords, Lancias etc.
No offense, they probably are great, but once their values surpass the price of brand new successors,
I just start disliking them.
MagnaJeep said:
Same goes for most aircooled Porsches, silly expensive Fords, Lancias etc.
No offense, they probably are great, but once their values surpass the price of brand new successors,
I just start disliking them.
The main reason why I fell out of love with the E-Type. Prices went through the roof as more and more collectors pushed the humble enthusiast out the budget. Nowadays they all seem to be garage queens, with owners refusing to sell without making a healthy profit first. Anyway back to the thread...No offense, they probably are great, but once their values surpass the price of brand new successors,
I just start disliking them.
Spent this evening's drive/queue home from work behind one of these, after 10 minutes and feeling quite sick, I developed a strong hatred for it. Small bonus though, the driver seemed to be the only driver on the road who understood how indicators work and the correct time to use them.
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