Very funny thread, rat look!

[Beefmeister]

Steamer said:

I quite like the Rat Look - on the whole, and I was really enjoying that thread until...



...then I got a bit confused and walked away from it.

[schmalex]

Why do they carry all that st around on their roof? Can't they afford a home with a garage (or at least a shed)?

[EDLT]

Is it my imagination, or have all of those cars been built to a very strict specification?

Its like they've made a list of "should haves" and then picked five of their favourites to do to their car.

[tylerama]

schmalex said:

Why do they carry all that st around on their roof? Can't they afford a home with a garage (or at least a shed)?

It's just part of the look. Much like bugs and buses having surfboards on the roof I guess. Anything german or from 'ze fatherland' is good to go up top.

[Jag-D]

I quite like some of the rat stuff and I can't deny I have thought about doing it to some of my motors (the MX5 was gonna get it)

[aka_kerrly]

OMNIO said:

aka_kerrly said:

DanGPR said:

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t...

Best execution I have seen. Won't be to everyones taste, but what is?

FFFIn awful is the answer, it is not a car that people with taste will like.

Ignore the expensive wheels and air ride and it is a chopped/ruined bmw shell. At one stage the car looked mint, now it looks like a mess and gets even more praise.

To me this is the perfect example of a car that so many people will say they love on forums but the guy could never sell that for a fraction of what a decent stock bmw would go for.

dave

Edited by aka_kerrly on Wednesday 8th December 15:18

Of course people will love it on a Rat look forum - everyone on there likes the rat look.

I'm pretty sure they dont do it with a mind on what the re-sale would be either. Its a hobby to these people so I say leave them to it.

Yes i realise that people on the RAT LOOK forum will say they like the car.

A friend of mine had a VW Vento that was rat look, he managed to get it into a variety of car shows where plenty of people say they love it yet when he put it up for sale no one would touch it not even for £200 with T&T. That BWM is the same, lots of people say they love it but would anyone hand over their own hard earned for it - VERY doubtful hence why I really struggle with the forced rat look that people go for.


dave

[pestman77]

Anything RAT needs to be destroyed.... LOL..

[B3njamin]

EDLT said:

Is it my imagination, or have all of those cars been built to a very strict specification?

Its like they've made a list of "should haves" and then picked five of their favourites to do to their car.

You have to admire the irony of justifying the alterations as being intended to make the car individual.

[Doniger]

danyeates said:

So, I wanted to show my girlfriend what the "Rat Look" was

Just show her this:





Everything else in that thread is just fanboyism. I don't understand where this thing of carrying junk on the roof came from, that's not Rat, it's just taking the piss!

[nicky.mattsson]

Have to admire the dedication of this guy......



'Rat Look' the next step

[BenMk3]

schmalex said:

Why do they carry all that st around on their roof? Can't they afford a home with a garage (or at least a shed)?

It's part of the trend, I don't understand it personally, but apparently having loads of stuff you don't use on the roof is cool in this scene

[B3njamin]

nicky.mattsson said:

Have to admire the dedication of this guy......



'Rat Look' the next step

You have to respect getting both Swampy and tree-hugging themes into a static object.

[Flintstone]

Link 1

Link 2

[Westy Pre-Lit]

schmalex said:

Why do they carry all that st around on their roof? Can't they afford a home with a garage (or at least a shed)?

Clue is in the picture.

On a beetle, If you want to go away on ya travels and carry stuff it needs to go on the roof. Modern stuff would look stupid, so aged stuff is used to be in keeping with the way the car has aged. It then becomes a fashion statement at shows.

Quite simple really.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Wednesday 8th December 18:29

[BDR529]

I hate the "Rat Look" and everything about it.
Ruining cars that otherwise could have gone to somebody who actually has decent taste and will look after them properly.

[BDR529]

Jag-D said:

I quite like some of the rat stuff and I can't deny I have thought about doing it to some of my motors (the MX5 was gonna get it)

RAT LOOK MX5!?!? You can't ruin the PH flagship!

[schmalex]

Westy Pre-Lit said:

schmalex said:

Why do they carry all that st around on their roof? Can't they afford a home with a garage (or at least a shed)?

Clue is in the picture.

On a beetle, If you want to go away and carry stuff it needs to go on the roof. Modern stuff would look stupid, so aged stuff is used to be in keeping with the way the car has aged. It then becomes a fashion statement at shows.

Quite simple really.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Wednesday 8th December 18:27

Oh. The pikey look is in then?

How very odd

[Westy Pre-Lit]

BDR529 said:

I hate the "Rat Look" and everything about it.
Ruining cars that otherwise could have gone to somebody who actually has decent taste and will look after them properly.

Try looking after one

[Rouleur]

I'm curious about the person that thread was started by - he's called Ry, lives in the Midlands, and drives a Honda Type-R (although it's an Integra rather than a Civic, but he could just be pretending...)

[v8will]

Doniger said:

danyeates said:

So, I wanted to show my girlfriend what the "Rat Look" was

Just show her this:





Everything else in that thread is just fanboyism. I don't understand where this thing of carrying junk on the roof came from, that's not Rat, it's just taking the piss!

This is cool


The rest is utter ste.