The video of the guy from Vehicle Virgins who listed why he disliked the 2005-era Ford GT drew some sharp fire. While I wanted to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, the rest of you went straight for the throat with all the restraint of a starved jaguar that smelled a hint of blood. Here’s the thing: I completely agree with you all. If you were lucky enough to get hands on a GT, you should understand that there are compromises that are made from a more mundane vehicle, even one like a Mustang. You aren’t there for quiet, soft driver. The GT suffers no fools, and if you aren’t 100% into the experience, well, there’s four letters for that: GTFO.
But there are plenty of excuses for not liking a certain car that can be chalked up to farm-fresh 100% natural BS. I’ve heard them all and I’m guilty of using a few of them. I’ll confess to mine: I hate “traditional” VW products like the Beetle and Karmann Ghia because they sound like an asthmatic cricket and couldn’t pull a greased string out of you-know-where. I loathe most Honda products because their owners think that they have the best car on the market and that everybody else drives lower-quality crap. And don’t get me started on trucks. One my wife has, she hates the thought of station wagons. Not even a tricked-out 1990s GM wagon can overcome her aversion to them.
So what kind of things have you heard? Is it a certain brand, model, or type? Or is what you have so loud and obnoxious that someone actually called a taxi instead of riding with you? Let’s hear them!
A VOLVO. Why? Because their most outstanding, most promoted feature is the ability to crash into sh**!
LOL! True!
SUV’s. They aren’t sporty, and with a covered rear they aren’t utilitarian. So they are neither “S” nor “U”, they are only “V.” They are just less practical minivans with bad handling and lousy economy. I’d rather have a minivan.
Time to wake up and enter into the 21st century there Mr Clueless Cooper ! Fact is todays SUV’s run circles around Mommy Vans , have twice the utility over todays Fashion over Function wagons and get equal or better mileage than above across the board . And , the fact is I’ve got a Mercedes SUV that’ll kick the crap out of anything street legal sitting in your driveway on the road or the track . Any track . Oh . And did I mention that in reality SUV’s are what wagons used to be before the stylists/designers removed all the utility out of wagons back in the 60’s ?
Talk about unfounded , uninformed , ignorant bias and prejudice in action .
Brian has the right to his own opinion about SUVs TJ Martin / GuitarSlinger / ColoradoKid aka Jimmy Kendrick.
Most people buy SUVs in hopes of coming out on the better end of collisions. Too big, too heavy, not being used in a utility or off road environment as designed for but an urban one crashing into sh**, like a damn Volvo, but with even worse fuel economy.
I loved my mini van when I had it. It was low, slow and reliable. LMAO
Welcome back GuitarSlinger. Your bellicose words and abrasive, arrogant nature have been missed.
nor wanting to disagree with you Tedly but no, his bullshit has not been missed. GS, you would have HAD to have been one of those dickless bullies at school that had to pick on the weakest kid… you cretinous bastard, why cant you just let others have their opinion and be done with it? And your thing for hiding behind endless acronyms and name changes… you know what? Fuck you and the horse you rode in on….
Hmmm, where do you live? I got a Ram truck that I think could take your Mercedes in several events. Let me know when your coming so I can crank up the boost.
I don’t have much of a filter. Whatever comes to mind is usually what comes out of my mouth. A buddy at work had a TDI Jetta that he’s spent some coin on with lowering springs and some other mods I’ve forgotten, hotted up tune, decent stereo. It handled great and pulled amusingly well for a 1.9 diesel. My comment to him was “This thing is like a fat chick. Fun to ride but you don’t want anyone to see you…”
If I can’t find anything at all to say nice about the ride, I’ll usually revert to “Looks like you’ve put a lot of work in it” … instant deflection. Everyone wants to talk about the stuff they’ve done to make it theirs. 🙂
No I don’t. I can handle a station wagon much better than a minivan. If I didn’t prefer taller vehicles I’d gladly roll around in a Magnum or Woody (if money was no object).
Any Cummins powered Dodge truck. They sound like a long fart, mixed with a dump truck, and those ridiculous 4′ long mirrors that the owners have to have folded out even without a trailer bother me to no end….
And stacks. You forgot about the stacks. Everyone should go drop 50K on a new truck and race to the muffler shop to have a 5 inch hole cut into the bed a have a big set of chrome angle cut stacks mounted in the bed so they can blow black nasty ass soot everywhere after the truck has sat out in the rain.
A Prius or in fact any hybrid as well as E/V’s . Why ? Because they are automotive inherit evil personified and at their very foundation are a lie created to separate the general public from their hard earned money thru invalid fear tactics and a sense a superiority over your fellow man ; when in fact their hybrid/EV’s doing more damage than good
I understand Hitler also loved his Mercedes SUV Panzerwagen………
Dumbest one I ever heard –
A friend of my wife wouldn’t buy any car without a rear wiper. She went from a Acura to some minivan thing, both selected JUST because they had a rear wiper. No clue what the fascination was.
As far as TDIs and minivans – they are appliances and preform that function really well. I’d have either one IF that was a job that I needed done. Right now the HHR and Dodge/Cummins are doing the DD job with the S-10 doing the racecar work. The ‘Stang is doing the Shop Art function but I hope to get off my fanny and actually drive it some this year.
Dan
Worst excuse I ever heard was: It’s made out of aluminum. It’ll crumple like a beer can in an accident. That thing is a death trap.
Some people hear aluminum and think it only comes in the thickness that cans are.
Worst was “It’s old.” As if anything older than five minutes was bad. Of course, this guy leased a new car every two years and always had the latest cell phone.
A guy I used to know hated anything he couldn’t afford.
My name says it all!
I’d rather sh#t my pants than drive a Chevy!
ok, my irrational hate (besides GS) is BMW’s. I get that some of them look good , some might even be powerful, but I HATE them. Truth be told, I hate the drivers… you know, those wankers that drive a clapped out 318 that couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding yet their drivers still have a superiority streak a mile wide….oh, and any Mercedes with a kompressor badge… they should be a good thing but every one of them I’ve ever seen is sitting on 20 mph below the speed limit… why?? Euro crap, all of it. And GS, before you respond, nobody cares what you think, you SUV (or Kombi) driving fool…
Everyone knows slushboxes are for women. And everyone knows anyone who argues against that is a feminist. Just like everyone knows FWD is for fools, and anyone who argues against that is a fool.
My response to this whole issue is this:
If you like or dislike something, why do you need to explain why to anyone?
That’s all horseshit, nobody should have to justify their opinions to anyone.
Chevy/GMC trucks.
90% of their owners are complete dicks who tailgate so close you can count the louvers in their radiator. Never use their signals, stop at stop signs and think that they’re driving the hottest shit on the planet.
My excuse for hating them when people ask? “It’s because my parents aren’t related enough.”
I’ll never own another Honda. The one I owned constantly broke down on me. For that reason, I also refuse to work on them. Most over rated piles of shit to drive the earth.