Car fashion fads
Discussion
Nickbrapp said:
Black on black on black, so boring
Black interiors need to die
Black wheels need to die
I like my black cars with black interiors. Black interiors need to die
Black wheels need to die
Diamond cut or silver alloys though, never black. And I detail the paintwork, so metallic flake or colours like carbon black BMW paint really shine through. Looks fantastic.
For me, its red interiors. Absolutely vile.
Miserablegit said:
There was a new Stinger GT at the station today and I noticed it had bronze door mirror caps and vent trims - it reminded me of the recent article on the new Seat Cupra wotsit with bronze bits and I wondered if all car stylists holidayed together and that is how we end up with new fads/tat that appear at the same time.
You can buy whole Peugeots in a s
tty brown colour now.Why would you?
Enormous wheels with low profile tyres.
They were once the preserve of touring cars and the Max Power scene, most cars requiring serious arch modifications to accommodate 18" wheels. Now you can choose any number of unremarkable hatchbacks/saloons/pretend 4x4 things with 19" wheels.
I'd like to see this particular trend run its course and die out, but doubt it ever will. (Same goes for the pretend 4x4 things, come to think of it.)
They were once the preserve of touring cars and the Max Power scene, most cars requiring serious arch modifications to accommodate 18" wheels. Now you can choose any number of unremarkable hatchbacks/saloons/pretend 4x4 things with 19" wheels.
I'd like to see this particular trend run its course and die out, but doubt it ever will. (Same goes for the pretend 4x4 things, come to think of it.)
Jonny_ said:
Enormous wheels with low profile tyres.
They were once the preserve of touring cars and the Max Power scene, most cars requiring serious arch modifications to accommodate 18" wheels. Now you can choose any number of unremarkable hatchbacks/saloons/pretend 4x4 things with 19" wheels.
I'd like to see this particular trend run its course and die out, but doubt it ever will. (Same goes for the pretend 4x4 things, come to think of it.)
The thing is that modern cars are physically bigger and heavier cars coupled with advances in brakes mean that bigger wheels are inevitable.They were once the preserve of touring cars and the Max Power scene, most cars requiring serious arch modifications to accommodate 18" wheels. Now you can choose any number of unremarkable hatchbacks/saloons/pretend 4x4 things with 19" wheels.
I'd like to see this particular trend run its course and die out, but doubt it ever will. (Same goes for the pretend 4x4 things, come to think of it.)
The stylists therefore design cars to have big wheels and the Insignia SRi 200 I recently bought has black diamond cut 20" alloys with 235/35s on it (that was the width I had on my old Corvette) and, to be frank, they "make" the car compared to the standard SRi wheels. Probably would not have bought it, without them and they actually ride well, even on potholed country lanes as the suspension isn't rock hard. This is compounded by shrinking glass areas and larger slabs of metal along the flanks.
One thing I like to do is watch the Gerry Anderson UFO re-runs just to hoot with laughter at the lack of imagination it had about the "21st Century" - huge standard landline phones attached with wires, massive computer tapes, massive buttons and lights, still using cassettes, women still mainly secretaries or admin, hilarious.
However, it is Ed Straker's car that truly blows your argument. This "lash-up" of a "futuristic car" (smoky petrol engine, no head restraints, it's not even an SUV) shows how bad a big car with small wheels really looks...
What I dislike is fussy big wheels with criss-crosses and so forth that make them a sod to clean. Fiat 500 springs to mind.
Blakewater said:
Pressed metal number plates were a thing in the 90s. The cars in Ford's PR pictures often used to have them.
I've suddenly noticed over the last few weeks every Asian with a German car has plastic plates with raised lettering.
Those are called "4D number plates" apparently (or could be a brand name I guess). They've become pretty popular with the young car youtube sort of folk. I've suddenly noticed over the last few weeks every Asian with a German car has plastic plates with raised lettering.
Blakewater said:
Pressed metal number plates were a thing in the 90s. The cars in Ford's PR pictures often used to have them.
I've suddenly noticed over the last few weeks every Asian with a German car has plastic plates with raised lettering.
Very common in Hackney and Newham, usually a white or wrapped de-badged 420d, the darker the plate tint, the better. Usually on a C124PPY plate as wellI've suddenly noticed over the last few weeks every Asian with a German car has plastic plates with raised lettering.
BigGingerBob said:
diamond cut with black wheels.
I am still surprised by the diamond cut wheel trend. Almost every mainstream manufacturer has them so they must be quite popular. In my opinion they make almost every car look cheap and a lot worse, like a very cheap toy car where the wheels are just printed on so that it looks a bit like rims:
The Li-ion King said:
Very common in Hackney and Newham, usually a white or wrapped de-badged 420d, the darker the plate tint, the better. Usually on a C124PPY plate as well
Pressed metal plates are still common amongst the classic Vw crowd, all the chavs nowadays have ‘4d’ plates.The name ‘4d plate’ automatically makes me want to disembowel and incinerate anyone whose car has them. It’s the lack of basic understanding that does it.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff