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When did cars get so ugly

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Those have have 2 (or more) cars. What’s your primary and secondary?

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06 sv650n daily if there's not ice on the ground >10 g37s 6mt if I don't feel like putting on shoes > 65 tbird for moving furniture or construction materials 

When did cars get so ugly

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that seems like one of the most in-reach projects possible. literally any of the shitty econohatches of that era would be hilarious. for the irony. just like the glh. i want to build a tight, well-balanced corner-carver out of a gen3 iroc-z and let a four-foot mullet just rock out the window with lynyrd skynyrd cranked on some blown, tinny tweeters

When did cars get so ugly

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lol, yes, literally the most "recent" rocco was what i was talking about... you know, with two models that spanned fifty years. it's not like the golf has had any dramatic design changes since then either. or 2000🙄 yeah, and the point of the rocco was to replace the ghia. a Type 1 VW wanted to make better looking.

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

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it too was based on the golf's A1 platform but purposefully made to look better/sportier. and even the most recent models it had significantly more style in its curves than "slightly rounded plymouth horizon"

When did cars get so ugly

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you don't have to tell me about the golf's history lol i was there. and no one's talking about build quality anywhere in this thread. no shit it's better than the yugo dude. i told you why i mentioned it and that's partially the reason >it was the saddest car i could think of in this shape. why the fuck would you think i was trolling in thinking the golf is ugly as shit. has always been ugly as shit. and hasn't improved its aesthetic at all since it resembled the dodge omni? are you trolling? this wasn't a hard thought to follow. and it's kinda weird to be this invested in the looks of the golf lol. they're proud of keeping that shape. that's why they made the scirocco

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

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lol that's clearly what i'm referring to. they've rounded the golf's corners but it's the same exact shape as every sad, just-getting-by econo-hatch. ever. roll in a dodge omni next and round the hard, rusted-out window frames and it'll match up.

When did cars get so ugly

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lol can't say i've ever had a civic preference but the golf has remained the most uninspired looking car in their entire lineup. Want a sexy vw hatch? bring in the sirocco

When did cars get so ugly

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what? it hasn't changed its basic shape since the mk1 and still resembles every generic 70s/80s compact hatch. yugo included. maybe now stretched with 4 doors but it's done literally nothing else. especially compared to every other hatch in the segment

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

When did cars get so ugly

Posted by pwsparky55@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 614 comments

Windows XP still running strong in the machines.

Posted by buyinbill@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 283 comments

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i'm sure my car's tuning software has an update but the license is on an old tinyXP laptop that i still have in the bottom of a moving box. there's no need to change anything if they're not on the network, everything still works as intended

20 years in on this and still not on the road, lol. Who else can relate ?

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if we count all the projects that got half of the way through where you've gotten and never finished then that clock is just continuing to tick. looks fantastic man, good luck pulling it home

My wife refuses to attend any event that "conflicts" with her religion. Is she a bigot?

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Nissan boss (CPO and SVP): Next Gen GT-R and Z Confirmed

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Nissan boss (CPO and SVP): Next Gen GT-R and Z Confirmed

Posted by Secret_Company@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 328 comments

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cool. but man i really don't even care about car announcements anymore. thankfully i don't mind working on them and now that i finally need a four door the for the upcomming kiddo i'm thinking an e28 m5 is the perfect almost mid-life adult car. no subscriptions, no IoT or annoyances locked behind some proprietary CAN bus module. i'm happy not having to spend my evenings hacking tech together too lol

Where do you browse for your next project car?

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1st time wrapping my dash.

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> flocking yo that's interesting. hadn't heard of that approach before! i'd only thought about wrapping with alcantara or the like but i haven't looked around in a number of years

I have put serious time into this car. Today she made her debut!

Posted by Whizzleteets@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 52 comments

I have put serious time into this car. Today she made her debut!

Posted by Whizzleteets@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 52 comments

Got let go and it has completely shattered my confidence. Should I even be in this field?

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yo! keep your head-up, that's absolutely not a reason to get fired, from any company, let-alone a good company to work for. Little secret is we all have felt like we didnt belong in the industry at many points along the path. i deleted a config out of our production database on a friday at 5pm and took down every customer-facing site of a fortune500 media company. we all still laugh about it fifteen years later. we also learned a valuable lesson in IAM. they don't have to provide real reasons and if it really bothers you i'd reach out to anyone you feel you trust to try and get answers but they were probably just having to axe employees and your card came up. Keep doing exactly what you describe here. make sure you do as much research on your own before you ask questions but get in the nitty-gritty and make yourself available learning as much as you can in your positions and you'll have the confidence to go get any job you want.

Being on-call isn’t worth the money for most people

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Lol I don't think I've ever missed anything on my fifteen years on call. Did have to fix something while at the opera one day but didn't miss it.  And  if I do get woken up I just take the next day or a Friday or something to make up for it.

Why aren't DRLs front AND back? If we're talking safety, isn't leaving the back ends of cars dark dangerous?

Posted by Irishspringtime@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 433 comments

Bought my daughter’s Buick Lesabre back after wreck and fixed it in 4 weeks

Posted by bohica_cu@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 49 comments

Bought my daughter’s Buick Lesabre back after wreck and fixed it in 4 weeks

Posted by bohica_cu@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 49 comments

How do you even fix rusted floors this bad? It’s on an E30

Posted by qazikGameDev@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 79 comments

Don’t buy a rental car.

Posted by Snowwpea3@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 263 comments

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I was up in Boston the week after the bombing for work.  Had a trainee with me and the week went great taking our rental Focus off sweet jumps. We have to get full coverage, why not? I always put everything on my card for the miles.   Night before we left we were doing cafeteria tray donuts in a parking deck in Cambridge and we're wondering why the fuck everything was so quiet on a Thursday night.   Turns out the terrorists had just shot the guy at MIT and the cops had more important things to do.  As we were heading to the airport the next morning lines of blacked out SUVs were zooming around the highways. For the first time that week we just casually drove over to Logan and found out about the rest when we got home

Small project cars in a giant SUV world?

Posted by will_code_4_beer@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 64 comments

Small project cars in a giant SUV world?

Posted by will_code_4_beer@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 64 comments

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Fuck no. I'm actually looking for an e28 m5 for my next project. Also around forty and my first kid is about die.  Little dude is gonna have some fun in the carpool

The 718 is dead [in Europe] [German]

Posted by caschta@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 109 comments

Non-american car fans, what models do you wish you got in your country?

Posted by Thomas_633_Mk2@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 292 comments

What are these called and what are common uses?

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The 718 is dead [in Europe] [German]

Posted by caschta@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 109 comments

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uh because the vendors feel they can improve profit with them? "Why" is not the conversation. they're here. and they 100% need to be held to security and personal privacy standards beyond that of the cheapest IoT combo toaster/pet water fountain. but that's not this conversation. yes, the reason is forcing emission standards on the population

What started the trend of having the car model in BIG LETTERS on the back of a car?

Posted by Koraboros@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 116 comments

Cars are one of the few purchases Gen Z is reluctant to make online.

Posted by Dazzling-Rooster2103@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 294 comments

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I mean you'll just be waiting months to years longer. They literally do not have cars sitting around,they are all immediately gone and the line is around the block for the next that arrives. It has nothing to do with afford. It's the limit of time and space

2025 BMW M4 Looks Slightly Sharper and Makes Even More Power

Posted by Intrepid-Working-731@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 248 comments

What’s a car that just doesn’t make any sense?

Posted by 123mitchg@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 946 comments

What’s a car that just doesn’t make any sense?

Posted by 123mitchg@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 946 comments

My car is “done."

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Toyota Will Now Sell You A Certified Pre-Owned Car With 125,000 Miles

Posted by colorfulnina@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 236 comments

Pontiac fiero, hate it or love it?

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Pontiac fiero, hate it or love it?

Posted by LostTard@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 75 comments

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fucking love them. coming up in the aircooled VW circles - with a ton of kit cars built from them, we always had a bunch of fiero kits at shows too another car i want to build into an absolute monster with a 3rd gen camaro and my karmann ghia

Easily the craziest things I've driven recently. 1400+whp, factory fade PAINT Lamborghini Huracan STO. [OC]

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US have LS, Japan have 2JZ/K20. What does Europe have?

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Honda Will Retrofit 2018-2022 Accords With Wireless Apple CarPlay

Posted by DentedBowl@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 374 comments

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yeah i guess i can get it. i get the majority population has more utilitarian factors in car shopping but it's always wild to hear it on what's typically enthusiast communities... but i do understand and i'm _crazily_ sensitive to irritating annoyances so i get the underlying thing... like irritating "infotainment" would probably be a dealbreaker for me. so far just having to read "infotainment" as a feature has been a dealbreaker lol

Honda Will Retrofit 2018-2022 Accords With Wireless Apple CarPlay

Posted by DentedBowl@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 374 comments

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Nah, rephrased and it could be a completely different outcome. Votes, especially downvoted, are just an emotional reaction to how a comment feels, they're absolutely not a representation of some specific point without a lot more to go on. Do not downvote a comment you don't agree with, that's not what they're for

Honda Will Retrofit 2018-2022 Accords With Wireless Apple CarPlay

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