I'm A Freak Magnet

[EvilEmpryss]

Oh DAMN, Sarcastro, now I've got to refill my drink!

[blas]

Bah. I was the demon sperm, so I've been crazy since I was a wiggle in the sack.

[wagegoth]

Blas, you need to learn to say, "I don't speak English" in Russian or Croatian or Greek. I suggest: http://intertran.tranexp.com/Translate/result.shtml

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Q: How have you changed in 20 years?
A: Uh, lemme see I was about 10... so that's about the time I started hearing voices that told me to start cutting people and burn things. Also I discovered that if you put peanutbutter on your junk you could get the dog to lick it off and not have to bribe my priest to do it... what else...

Stolen Permanently borrowed.

[protege]

Damn, and I thought *I* had it bad at the oil-change place! Usually, when I take the Toyota in, there's nobody around on weekends. No idiots in the waiting room, no people bitching about prices, etc. Just me, the TV, and my pile of magazines.

But, the last time I had the MG at the garage (yeah, I know how to change my own oil...but by the time you factor in buying a case, the time required to fill it, the disposal fees etc., it's easier to let them do it.) I had some old fool busting my balls about the car. He was going on about how "British cars are unreliable shit," the orange on it was "ugly," at which point I tuned him out. Anyone want to guess what car he got into? As I was pulling out in my MG, I saw him get into a Pontiac Aztek. The "Asstec," which was widely derided because it was so damn ugly. Ugly enough, that GM was not only smoking some *serious* crack, lost money on every one of those things, and didn't come anywhere near meeting their sales figures. When I pulled out, it was hard not to give him the "Pittsburgh Salute"

[Geek King]

And yet, I liked the Aztec.

It had good leg room (for me--6'5"), and nice clearance--handy for driving in the snow on poorly-cleared roads. It doesn't help that I also kind of like ugly cars*.

Not sure of the actual handling or any maintenance problems. I wasn't actively shopping for a new car during its run. I never heard anyone complain about anything but the looks, though.


*Just body style-ugly. Garish, eye-burning coloration, or "art-cars" don't count.

[TheSHAD0W]

The Aztek was ugly as sin, which is why few people bought it and it didn't last very long - but it was very well engineered.

[blas]

The Vibe and the Aztek are equally ugly, but nothing is as ugly as a Prius, or worse, a Honda Element. The mobile microwave!

[Andara Bledin]

I swear the Prius and CRX look nearly identical. *shrug*

And the Element looks an awful lot like a Scion xB.

Oddly enough, in both cases, it's Honda vs Toyota.

^-.-^

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

or worse, a Honda Element. The mobile microwave!

Hey now, I kinda want one of those! Or the Scion xB. Or (get your bag ready) the Nissan Cube

But it will be several years before I'm in the market for a different vehicle. But vehicles like that I think I would like. A little more cargo room, and sitting up higher in the driver's seat, but not too overly big.

[Shalom]

The Vibe and the Aztek are equally ugly, but nothing is as ugly as a Prius, or worse, a Honda Element. The mobile microwave!

You haven't seen ugly until you've seen a 1999 FIAT Multipla. As someone I know put it, that one is so far out the other side of ugly that we need a new word for it. Thank $DEITY they don't sell them here, so I don't have to look at them in person.

Warning: only click here if you have a strong stomach, and put down your coffee first...

[Ironclad Alibi]

I think the ugliest car I ever seen is the 1948 Dolo.

[protege]

You haven't seen ugly until you've seen a 1999 FIAT Multipla. As someone I know put it, that one is so far out the other side of ugly that we need a new word for it. Thank $DEITY they don't sell them here, so I don't have to look at them in person.

Pardon my French...but that thing is fucking nasty The entire front end looks like a damn tumor! At least the 'bulge' was toned down on the later version, but still. Even that has its problems--the proportions are a bit odd. The glass house (window area) is too tall, and the windshield tipped back a bit too sharply. Both of those items make the wheels look too small...meaning the car looks like something you'd find on the rack at Toys R Us

But, speaking of the French, take a look at this beastie from Citroen. Not to be left out, American Motors (remember them?) had several ugly cars in the 1970s--the Gremlin, Pacer, Matador....

[Amethyst Hunter]

Blas, you need to learn to say, "I don't speak English" in Russian or Croatian or Greek.

Better yet, insult them AND fob them off at the same time, all with a smile. Witness:

"Va fatte una caminata, gallino." (Italian for "go take a walk, chicken.")

[Amethyst Hunter]

Warning: only click here if you have a strong stomach, and put down your coffee first...

It looks like the Nissan Cube humped a dog turd and they had an assbaby.