[Lurch]

QUOTE (Triple Penetration @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 11:48)

Come on, it's Lurch. He's just jealous he can't afford such beauties. Outcast knows.

Oh man. You got me!




Have you made a legitimate dollar your whole life or are you just living off of daddy?

[Triple Penetration]

Wow, you sure take me seriously. I'm just pointing out a sarcastic reason why you would not like a perfect, well-rounded car.

The design is there for a reason and it appeals different people - germans were like this since, forever? Your BMW was quite round for it's time anyway.

And to answer your question - no, I haven't made a dollar, but quite a lot pounds for my age while working in a cafe for £6 a hour in Tesco which I still do, but I plan to look for a different job.

[Pat]

QUOTE (Triple Penetration @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 15:36)

a perfect, well-rounded car

No car is perfect. Especially not the Bangle-era bimmers.

[*MURDOC*]

QUOTE (Triple Penetration @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 15:36)

Wow, you sure take me seriously. I'm just pointing out a sarcastic reason why you would not like a perfect, well-rounded car.

Nobody takes you seriously.


You are an idiot.

[Outcast]

QUOTE (Lurch @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 20:31)

Have you made a legitimate dollar your whole life or are you just living off of daddy?

Is that a dig at me, lurchey old boy?

[Piperka]

Pretty sure that was a hit at Triple Penetration.

[Outcast]

doesnt matter I get it now, was drunk when I posted at 4:19am.

[Ronnyboy]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Tuesday, Aug 7 2012, 01:33)

doesnt matter I get it now, was drunk when I posted at 4:19am.

Did you PM him love notes and apologies?

My new favorite fugly car:

[Sup3rman]

QUOTE (Ronnyboy @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 05:40)

Sry but LOLWUT ???
If thats ugly then i'm a princess.

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (Sup3rman @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 12:15)

QUOTE (Ronnyboy @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 05:40) Sry but LOLWUT ??? If thats ugly then i'm a princess.

It looks like a Spaniel taking a sh*t. Who would you like to be, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella or Jasmine?

[Sup3rman]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:15)

QUOTE (Sup3rman @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 12:15) QUOTE (Ronnyboy @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 05:40) Sry but LOLWUT ??? If thats ugly then i'm a princess. It looks like a Spaniel taking a sh*t. Who would you like to be, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella or Jasmine?

Sry but i almost never take your opinion for granted because you like cars that others don't and think most beautifully designed cars are crap.
This car is not ugly, the shape of it and the profile is just excellent.

The lines on the side make it look powerful and sleek.

[chris]

Yeah i deffo see the hunched sh*tting animal similarity, what a horror, i reckon it'd be a twat to reverse aswell.

I quite like the current 3 series BMW, especially in M3 form but I'd love a Le Mans Blue 330i.

[Piperka]

QUOTE (chris @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 23:10)

I quite like the current 3 series BMW, especially in M3 form but I'd love a Le Mans Blue 330i.

I used to think it was pretty ugly (judging by pictures) until I saw one in real life. God damn it is nice.

[sivispacem]

The short rear overhang and the sloping roof look like a dog crouches on it's hind legs, which is an image amplified by the fact the rear wheel arch looks like a hip. It's a dog squatting, plain and simple. Now, you might like a car that looks like a dog taking a dump- quite literally- but I can't say I do.

Quite aside from that:

1) A well-styled car does not need an entirely pointless angular crease line down the doors.

2) The ratio of glass to bodywork above the rearmost window is all kinds of wrong. I know they've done it to keep a smooth, flowing curve to the rear window, but to me that just looks like the side profile and roof were designed by different people, in different offices, who never actually communicated their design to each other.

3) That rear arch. For the love of god, why? I agree that flared wheel arches can go a long way to making a car look muscular. That's what sets the E46 M3 apart from the lesser models, as do the arches on the likes of the RS4. But what on earth were Mercedes thinking when they decided that the profile of the front and rear arches would be so markedly different? It looks almost as if it was designed like a half-track tank before someone had the bright idea of fitting wheels to the rear.

4) The mirrors are huge, ungainly and look like an afterthought.

5) It has a shark-fin antennae. If it wasn't bad enough that they'd decided to copy parts of designs from other marques, it's positioning looks like an afterthought. It should be to the near-extreme-rear of the car- it looks like they forgot to move it when they converted it from saloon/hatch hybrid to estate.

[Original Light]

The Chevrolet Caprice: A Durable, reliable, and a great police car for its time, but ugly. They looked much better once they removed the wheel skirt a few years later.



Looks like an upside-down bathtub.

The 70s Dodge Chargers were pretty ugly too:



Don't even get me started on the Dodge Challengers from the 80s:




Does anyone agree/disagree on my choices?

This post has been edited by Original Light on Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 23:14

[Outcast]

QUOTE (Sup3rman @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:33)

I like it. Also this thread is pointless as f*ck, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and although sivis makes some good points. It doesn't change the fact that some like it and some don't. Design isn't something that can be won or lost through debate or well thought out arguments, its an emotion, and it evokes something different in each of us.

[epoxi]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 17:23)

Design isn't something that can be won or lost through debate or well thought out arguments, its an emotion, and it evokes something different in each of us.

But a Vehicle Talk topic must have an argument in it, it's part of the universe's order.

[Pat]

Even as an avid fan of both station wagons and Mercs, I have to agree wholeheartedly with sivis. That thing just should not exist.

[Lurch]

Some things I like about it. Most things I don't.

Shame as I think Merc used to make some of the best looking wagons out there.

[Carlover325]

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