Automotive Guilty Pleasures

[MisterWaffles]

Volkswagen Golf Country (MK2)

It's a tiny hatchback turned into a crossover before it was cool.​

 

[Sp3edst3r]

Mitsubishi Magna, specifically the 2000-2002 versions.
My dad owned an Advance V6 much like this one

It was gonna be my first car until it got rear ended while stopped at lights.. Coincidently the same fate as our previous magna

I enjoy the look of the car, it's very... smooth in my eyes, and performance I don't really care about
The ralliart version though? I'd get one, I really want one.

 

[JTB10000]

The new Kia Soul is pretty nice. I was surprise at how good it looked when I saw one in person.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ I like the Kia Soul very much, especially the Exclaim/! model. I'd buy one for ride-sharing!

 

[axletramp]

Honda City Turbo II, completely stock with the digital dash option. If one came up for offer in A1 condition I'd take it without thinking, in all it's retro 80s glory! Looks like the dwarf love child of an Integrale and Mini Metro. Beautiful.

 

[McLaren]

Civic coupes up to this point, in my eyes, have just been two-door sedans, as I feel a coupe ought to have proper haunches. It's not enough for me to want one, but it's actually quite handsome.

Starting to see more & more of these. Still surprises me that it's a Civic.

 

[R5]

Honda City Turbo II, completely stock with the digital dash option. If one came up for offer in A1 condition I'd take it without thinking, in all it's retro 80s glory! Looks like the dwarf love child of an Integrale and Mini Metro. Beautiful.

How is that guilty? It's so cute and comes with a little bike thing in the trunk... never mind I get it.

 

[Obelisk]

The new Kia Soul is pretty nice. I was surprise at how good it looked when I saw one in person.

All of them are good except the Soul Searcher and Diva. Especially the Diva.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Thread bump time! The 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Turbo ECI is my favourite Mitsubishi, and maybe my favourite from the 80's. It's not particularly fast, but it looks very nice, and I just learned that it's FF too. It did 0-60 in 7.1 seconds, so maybe it's not that slow.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ 7.1 sec in 1985 is like 5.6 sec in todays standards. I'd say it's pretty good if you ask me! Especially this 7.1sec Galant quicker than many of the brand-new Daihatsu, Dacia, Smart, & Proton of today!

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-> Am I wrong liking these vehicles?

Honda Ridgeline '17

Cadillac EXT / Escalade EXT / XT7 '13

Mercedes-Benz V-Class / Vito / Viano / Marco Polo / Metris '17

Mercedes-Benz / Freightliner Sprinter Crew 4x4 '17

Honda Mobilio '16

 

[Aerocoupe]

I'd take one just like this with a stick.

A Caprice Coupe with the funky fast back glass shown here. Interestingly, they applied this same exact glass to the Monte Carlo Aerocoupe and Grand Prix 2+2.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> ...

Mercedes-Benz / Freightliner Sprinter Crew 4x4 '17

^ If the Benz is a little out of reach...

Ford Transit T-150 Van XL w/ Quigley or Quadvan or Sportsmobile 4x4 '17

 

[homeforsummer]

The new Kia Soul is pretty nice. I was surprise at how good it looked when I saw one in person.

I'm a fan of both generations of Soul. They drive well too.

All those boxy-bodied cars are guilty pleasures of mine - the Nissan Cube, the Daihatsu Materia, the Toyota bB etc. Something slightly cartoonish about them but the real benefit is just how much interior space you get when you make the cabin a box.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ Don't forget my other favorites too!

- Honda Element EX
- Ford Flex Ecoboost

 

[homeforsummer]

Slipped my mind as we got neither in the UK, though they do have their own appeal. I'd tend to go towards the smaller options though (I also like boxy kei cars) and both the Flex and Element are quite sizeable.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Utterly hideous, redundant and stupid. But I like it.

 

[Com Fox]

Race Cars.

I don't get the whole SUCBRC fad, always thought Race cars look far better than their road going counterparts, sound better and go at intense speeds through corners.

Though if you are a casual driver going through streets then yeah, Race Cars are 🤬 at that but I'm not that kind of guy .

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I don't get the whole SUCBRC fad, always thought Race cars look far better than their road going counterparts, sound better and go at intense speeds through corners.

I'm pretty sure when people vote on the cool wall, that they're just voting for how "cool" a car is and not how "good" it is. You got to remember that cool and good might seem like the same thing, but they're simply not. You can have a stupid car that is considered cool and have an amazing car that is considered uncool.

 

[AlvaroF]

Race Cars.

I don't get the whole SUCBRC fad, always thought Race cars look far better than their road going counterparts, sound better and go at intense speeds through corners.

Though if you are a casual driver going through streets then yeah, Race Cars are 🤬 at that but I'm not that kind of guy .

Race cars are stupidly cool on the track, but they are stupidly uncool on the road.

 

[Com Fox]

I'm pretty sure when people vote on the cool wall, that they're just voting for how "cool" a car is and not how "good" it is. You got to remember that cool and good might seem like the same thing, but they're simply not. You can have a stupid car that is considered cool and have an amazing car that is considered uncool.

True though I always thought Race Cars were amazing in a "cool" way. Even their design with their aerodynamics.

 

[Heldenzeit]

The Veilside Fortune FD. Totally transforms the RX7 into a spaceship.

Yeah I know it's super ricey.

 

[catamount39]

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Utterly hideous, redundant and stupid. But I like it.

Put the V12 in it.

 

[Obelisk]

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Utterly hideous, redundant and stupid. But I like it.

Ah, the rebadged iQ...Whatever did happen to the US-spec ones?

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> ...

The Veilside Fortune FD. Totally transforms the RX7 into a spaceship.

Yeah I know it's super ricey.

^ When it comes to FD RX-7's, I prefer the Scoot 4RE better:

Ah, the rebadged iQ...Whatever did happen to the US-spec ones?

-> Believe it or not, the Scion had a different styling too!

Toyota iQ & Aston Martin Cygnet

Aston Martin Cygnet & Scion iQ

^ At least, the Toyota version had the best configuration:

1.33L Engine & 6-Speed Manual Transmission

 

[ScottPuss20]

The Veilside Fortune FD. Totally transforms the RX7 into a spaceship.

Yeah I know it's super ricey.

I think it's fantastic, nothing ricey about it - maybe because the kit doesn't look tacky.

 

[Heldenzeit]

I think it's maybe the colors that are tacky. F&F doesn't help its reputation either.

Brown is ok.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Peugeot 206 SW
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The thought of making a mini performance wagon via a 206 GTI 180 engine swap has always appealed to me..

 

[MisterWaffles]

Renault Twizy F1

It's the most useless car in the world, but it looks like a blast.

 

[JTB10000]

2016 Honda Accord

So nice.

 

[MisterWaffles]

2016 Honda Accord

So nice.

I don't see that as a guilty pleasure, that's a very popular car there and it's award winning too. Probably one of the most popular mid sized cars in North America.