tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6539584077897691312..comments2024-03-28T13:37:02.650-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Cookie-cutter cars...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25073148359742198322022-12-02T19:00:10.732-06:002022-12-02T19:00:10.732-06:00+1 to 1chota.
We saw this coming with what they d...+1 to 1chota.<br /><br />We saw this coming with what they did to NASCAR.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51503255703768775612022-12-02T16:05:17.674-06:002022-12-02T16:05:17.674-06:00Man I miss the 50's; when you could durn sure ...Man I miss the 50's; when you could durn sure tell what make car it was.1chotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447809553993449672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5733560675832433772022-12-02T15:40:37.993-06:002022-12-02T15:40:37.993-06:00SiG is correct, bean counters and wind tunnels now...SiG is correct, bean counters and wind tunnels now dominate 'style'... if there's any 'style' left...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57076411855634642962022-12-02T12:37:43.396-06:002022-12-02T12:37:43.396-06:00The LAW forces it. Smaller back windows, side im...The LAW forces it. Smaller back windows, side impact standards, fuel mileage, almost every aspect of the vehicle is regulated and the designs converge to the same "best" solution.<br /><br />And the designers almost all went to ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. There they are taught the same design techniques and style, so most of what results (within the reality of meeting the standards and required features) looks very similar.<br /><br />Have you noticed too that the colors are all drab and muted? Look on the road, or in any parking lot. White, black, silver/grey, red, dark blue rarely, sometimes brown, occasionally on older cars, champagne. Any other color is likely to be an older car, or a re-paint. It's like the Simpsons episode where the kids were put in black and white uniforms. Drab cars for drab times. New housing has a similar palette. Almost everything going up around here is white/black/grey. There are still individuals making other choices but all the corporate and big developer stuff is very limited.<br /><br /> nicknick flandreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481936223334437463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82874203741726056452022-12-02T12:21:31.669-06:002022-12-02T12:21:31.669-06:00As someone over at Phil's place (I think!) sai...As someone over at Phil's place (I think!) said, if you put a lump of clay in a wind chamber and mold it for the required drag to meet highway mileage, those lumps all around the world coming out looking pretty much the same. Especially when you figure in all those things that have to be on that model: number of doors, hood, headlights and on and on. <br /><br />The standards force it. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86387873504758942012022-12-02T11:54:45.993-06:002022-12-02T11:54:45.993-06:00America lost its sense of style in the 1960s and n...America lost its sense of style in the 1960s and never recovered it.Amahl_Shukuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522256911675376141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23598692202664084202022-12-02T11:31:07.633-06:002022-12-02T11:31:07.633-06:00I'd rather drive the Chevy. I bought a Doge I...I'd rather drive the Chevy. I bought a Doge Intrepid with the Mercedes V6 in it. The engine started leaking oil from the rear main at 48K miles, and started burning oil soon after that!<br /><br />...Remember when Mercedes cars lasted FOREVER? Those days a re LONG GONE! Sam goes for Volvo!Peteforesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702888855868877243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83297516691544685672022-12-02T11:28:29.745-06:002022-12-02T11:28:29.745-06:00I thought it was just that I getting too old and s...I thought it was just that I getting too old and senile to discern the difference between vehicles. Now I know better. <br /><br />LEO to John: "Describe the vehicle the 7-ll robber left in."<br /><br />John to LEO: "It had four wheels."John Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951083312592226900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43915829555969995172022-12-02T10:50:17.596-06:002022-12-02T10:50:17.596-06:00I see they all look like. Are they all equally dur...I see they all look like. Are they all equally durable?ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45291234292262907462022-12-02T10:17:43.532-06:002022-12-02T10:17:43.532-06:00The 2020 Explorer is a near-duplicate of the lower...The 2020 Explorer is a near-duplicate of the lower Mercedes..<br />Rick Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748076795783834112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56094971776968722732022-12-02T09:38:28.866-06:002022-12-02T09:38:28.866-06:00If you remove the manufacturer's emblems, you ...If you remove the manufacturer's emblems, you can drive a Mercedes at the price of a Chevrolet.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.com