New cars are so Ugly

[VinniE30]

If I could afford even a cheap new car, say 20k, I would much rather use it to give my two cars complete restorations and have two brand new incredible cars, for the price of one piece of plastic crap.

Fuck it. I need to go for a late night cruise :)

+1:up:

[JasonC]

This thread makes my head hurt....

[M3Philipp]

This thread is just a way for people who can't afford new cars to make themselves feel better for it.

I'm poor, love my E30, but would love a new car to drive around, hell, even an E46 sedan or touring, I just can't afford it.

That is not correct.

Second line, speak for yourself.

[Threehz]

I mean as much as I'm against new cars in general, this thread was started because new cars are so butt ugly and all look identical for the most part.

Also @Bill, I will never own an iPhone, in fact the only Apple product I own and will ever own, is an iPod touch, the rest of their products are over-priced, over-hyped bologna like most new cars.

Some people like to take their car into the shop/dealer to get their work done. Those same people probably like talking on their phones in their cars, and think in-car Bluetooth is quite handy. They probably love using the microwave, and watching tv, and think shit, if I had to work on my car today I would've missed my favourite show.

Personally I think working on cars is an art form, and relaxing, zen as someone on here called it (gorgeous build). Then again, I haven't watched cable since I was 10 years old, and if I had a choice between doing a job on my car and watching an episode of yada-yada, I'd take my car any day.

THEN AGAIN, if I owned a new car, shit, I'd be scared to work on the thing. It's like Indiana Jones digging through the wiring and the insanely cramped layout of most new cars. I see my sister-in-laws '06 Grand Prix's engine bay and shudder.. Talk about snake-pits.

But to bring it back to the thread, I think the interior of new cars are god awful! I feel lost in a sea of plastic shit. If there is anything I hate in this world, it's god damned plastic. I mean if I'm paying 40k-60k for a car, I want a fucking metal car, with very nice hard-wood trim, would that be so hard? Oh yeah, it'd actually mean people being employed and having real skills, not some machine pumping out molded plastic 50cent armrests... Can't sacrifice profit margin for quality, workmanship and a real product.

This thread is just a way for people who can't afford new cars to make themselves feel better for it.

I'm poor, love my E30, but would love a new car to drive around, hell, even an E46 sedan or touring, I just can't afford it.

If I could afford even a cheap new car, say 20k, I would much rather use it to give my two cars complete restorations and have two brand new incredible cars, for the price of one piece of plastic crap.

The only way I'd ever be caught buying a new car is if I had more money then sense, and in that case I wouldn't buy a new car for any practical reason. I'd buy something like a GTR, and have it as one hell of a fun track car, then again, there are so many old cars that I would much rather get and play with.

Fuck it. I need to go for a late night cruise :)

[Roysneon]

This thread is just a way for people who can't afford new cars to make themselves feel better for it.

I'm poor, love my E30, but would love a new car to drive around, hell, even an E46 sedan or touring, I just can't afford it.

[ALYKZANDYR]

(@KenC) No, i just find it funny how many people these days act like its the end of the world when they don't have full bars on their phone, their car dosent have 10 zone climate control, and they think 1 inch of snow makes a road undrivable.

Its really funny watching people who take "first world problems" to an extreme, freak out over such trivial things.

[Bill 84 318i]

Bill, I think we're just getting older... and wiser.

Haha I dunno about wiser. I hate it in principle about as much as I enjoy it in reality. But (with expensive and/or tasty beer), cheers!

You guys seem to think that e30's were like the shit, the enthusiast cars of the 80's. People that bought them back then weren't Senna wannabes - they did blow. They were the exact same people buying 3ers today. The guy that bought my first 318 imported animals from Africa so he could charge people to hunt them. I assure you he's never heard the word oversteer.

This thread is just absolutely hilarious. The condemnation of humanity combined with the disappointment in technology, probably posted by people with iPhones...well it's just good stuff.

[KenC]

Of course the average family with 60K to drop on a big SUV they think they need, wouldn't consider the 1985 version for a second. they go for the brand new one with blueteeth, nav, 50 airbags, and every anti fun acronym so they can drive it while petting their dog, curling their hair sipping their coffee, and keeping the kids entertained.

If it dosent do 70% of the driving for you, it is considered too primitive for the average car buyer of today.

You sound jealous.

[ALYKZANDYR]

Of course the average family with 60K to drop on a big SUV they think they need, wouldn't consider the 1985 version for a second. they go for the brand new one with blueteeth, nav, 50 airbags, and every anti fun acronym so they can drive it while petting their dog, curling their hair sipping their coffee, and keeping the kids entertained.

If it dosent do 70% of the driving for you, it is considered too primitive for the average car buyer of today.

[5ickride]

Appliances, these new cars are fucking appliances!

E39 last great BMW made. Audi is quietly beating BMW in ext/int design...really!

[KenC]

Same thing that happened to the 4runner happened to the land cruiser. what once was a very nice looking rugged truck perfect for UN trips into africa:



Was then melted in a microwave and pumped full of fat, to morph it into the perfect SUV for surburban housewife Susanne to go get her double latte and the groceries.

You're making my exact point. Sell to the market.

If I plan on traversing the DRC, I'll get an old 80s Cruiser. If I want to haul the family to the ski resort with gear in comfort, I'll get the new one.

[KenC]

My e46 had some CPO left. Dropped it off for an inspection and headlight/rearview issues, drove a rental Charger (nice highway barge, btw) for free for a couple days, picked it up with a random set of brand new brakes all around, profited.

I love turning wrenches, but I'm sayin'. They washed it and everything.

Bill, I think we're just getting older... and wiser.

[ALYKZANDYR]

Same thing that happened to the 4runner happened to the land cruiser. what once was a very nice looking rugged truck perfect for UN trips into africa:



Was then melted in a microwave and pumped full of fat, to morph it into the perfect SUV for surburban housewife Susanne to go get her double latte and the groceries.

[Bill 84 318i]

I have several friends with brand new BMWs, and none of them turn a wrench on them. Why waste a Saturday when you can have it done for you? You're buying the warranty with the new car. You're a moron if you don't use it.

My e46 had some CPO left. Dropped it off for an inspection and headlight/rearview issues, drove a rental Charger (nice highway barge, btw) for free for a couple days, picked it up with a random set of brand new brakes all around, profited.

I love turning wrenches, but I'm sayin'. They washed it and everything.

[325ix]

2002 people probably had this same argument when the e30 came out.

Oh and in the 50's you could get build in shaving kits and the likes.