worst automotive trend ever?

[fatguyzinc]

I mean I don't care if your car/truck/whatever LOOKS weird to me--hey, each to his own,
your car/your money. the problem I have is when somethings...

[fatguyzinc]

yep. this, right here....

[fatguyzinc]

even when that SEVERLY overtaxed rim comes apart when hitting a pothole at 50mph,
which rolls said truck right into the car your child is riding...

[fatguyzinc]

hey! I resemble that remark... I mean...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat….....

[fatguyzinc]

or how about a $12k paintjob and $10k worth of stereo equipment
in a 4 door 1984 Malibu/ 99 sentra/2002 camry/etc....

[fatguyzinc]

theres a few that stand out for me--- airjackers & sidepipes,
trying to "fast/furious" a 4 door econo [email protected] honda/sentra/other,...

[fatguyzinc]

swapped the solid rear side glass (the ones in the 'camper shell')
for a set of brand used sliders. what a P.I.T.A. that was! hands and
fingers...

[fatguyzinc]

to quote my 9yr old niece naiome….

#1, eew.
#2, eeeew!
and #3, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW...…..

[fatguyzinc]

in a 117hp corolla, yes. in anything making 300+hp--
and as this *IS* superbuick we are talking about here,
so i expect double if not triple...

[fatguyzinc]

yeah..... its been kinda ridiculous. the rollbar idea was originally pitched by the wife
to ensure kiddies back there were safe, THEN it became...

[fatguyzinc]

luckily for us, both ours are doing good so far.
my oldest (hes 23...) just got into pearlharbor
...

[fatguyzinc]

to quote monty python, " I fart in your general direction!!! " ...

[fatguyzinc]

oh i totally do, and badly--but all I got is wire feed flux core. I console myself with
the fact that "SMAW" stands for 'shielded metal...

[fatguyzinc]

that certainly isn't a low-cost and/or simple fix...
but it sure will fix it!

ps my brother did a keisler (now defunct I think)...

[fatguyzinc]

alright, its been a few minutes, but...

popped the side glass out and started tack welding bars together.
theres matching steel backup...

[fatguyzinc]

maybe not for long....guess who has a set of manual guts for both sides...
I got everything but the glass (reuse yours) and the actual winder crank...