Cars You're Tired of Seeing

[meteor smash]

Minivans and SUVs. I always thought it was overkill buying a big, gas guzzling car with the potential to haul 2 generations of family when you only have one kid. The drivers always seem to have brains the size of keyboard switches.

 

[Clark]

Merc A-Class

 

[ToyGTone]

Here's some more cars that i didn't mention:
Land Cruiser J200 and Nissan Patrol Y62: Owned by your average SUV stereotype and they really like to tailgate everyone on the road. It doesn't matter on which lane you're, they will always overtake you from anywhere and going to speed way above the speed limit. They have this EGO that i didn't even see with luxury German Car owners.

Land Cruiser J100 and Nissan Patrol Y61: As much as i love the Y61, i tend to hate how douche the owners are. I don't think i ever seen anywhere else where some 2000's made SUV's owned by late 20's dudes who fitted his Patrol/Land Cruiser with:
1. loud exhausts
2. ecu systems
3. turbo's
4. and other engine mods...etc.

You would see them brag on how they beated Ferrari's, Vipers and AMG's or Aventador's... On Social Media. Mind you, When you think of these well known SUV's you would think those are used for offroad, right?




NOPE. They are driven only on Highways and such, i sometimes even hear loud turbo whistles passing by home from time to time.

okay, if it were a us-spec TRD. just keep it between us though. don't tell the fellas.

US Markets got a TRD edition? That's the first time i ever heard of that. Sadly all of our middle eastern spec Camry's are simply Aussie made ones.

 

[Heldenzeit]

959s.

Nah, just kidding.

In all seriousness, any Toyota Tacoma made in the last 15 years or the typical Prius driver stuck in the left lane on highway 17.

 

[Populuxe]

Anything in silver, black or white. What ever happened to cars with color?

 

[SPhilli911]

959s.
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Nah, just kidding.

Canepa? I've never seen one in my life, must be crazy to see four (or more?).

 

[ToyGTone]

Anything in silver, black or white. What ever happened to cars with color?

Add Beige to the list as well.

I can't speak about other countries but here, dealerships tend to have much bigger stock of their cars in those 4 dull colors than something like Red or blue. That and replacements for car parts are mostly available in those colours.

 

[JrDarknes]

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God that P1, you lucky bastard.

I'm so sick of seeing these Escalade/Yukon/Suburbans on the road. They're everywhere here.

 

[Turbo]

Anything in silver, black or white. What ever happened to cars with color?

Most bright colors don't work very well on modern car designs. Also, American buyers want their cars not to be noticed when driven/

Think of it this way. Back in the 1960s, the standard American mid-size sedan could be offered in at least thirty different colors. Some of them even had ten different variations of beige.

By the 1990s, the number dwindled down to about 12-18 colors. The same basic colors that were offered in the 1960s could still be had on a 90s mid-size car, just less variants of them. For example, there were 8 shades of beige in 1965, but only 2-3 available in 1995.

Now it's 2018, where mid-size sedans only have about 6-8 colors. These colors are usually white, silver, grey, black, a dark blue, maroon, and occasionally beige or a pearl white. Gone is gold, brown, tan, green, yellow, orange, bright red, bright blue, teal, dark purple, etc.

Unfortunately, some of those colors worked on vintage cars just fine, but they don't work very well on modern body styles. For example, a teal Ford Taurus from 1995 passes down the road. It looks completely normal.



But could you imagine teal on a current Taurus?


It just doesn't work.

 

[Northstar]

PT Cruisers, the owners obviously have no taste. Especially when they buy them in that weird orange color.



Honestly, there aren’t any cars I’m sick of seeing. Drive whatever you want to drive, it’s not my money after all.

 

[Pupik]

Patrol cars for the express intent of writing speeding tickets.

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[Populuxe]

But could you imagine teal on a current Taurus?

Yes. Easily. I wish I had photoshop skills so I could paint that white Taurus in all of the 30+ colors the 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 came in to show you that it would work. The reason there are so few colors these days has nothing to do with the colors themselves or the design of modern cars. It's a cost saving measure. It's cheaper to offer six color options then 36 options. Especially as modern paints are more complex and require more stages to apply. So colors that were marginal sellers get dropped until only the small handful of big sellers are left. And unfortunately, they are almost always white, dark grey, bright silver, black, and the most inoffensive red and blue possible.

PT Cruisers, the owners obviously have no taste.

I own a PT Cruiser. So actually your point is proven. (It's not orange, though. The color is called Bright Seamist Green Metallic. I actually get complimented on the color at least a couple times a month.)

 

[Northstar]

I own a PT Cruiser. So actually your point is proven. (It's not orange, though. The color is called Bright Seamist Green Metallic. I actually get complimented on the color at least a couple times a month.)

I own one as well, and it’s orange, which is why I mentioned that color. It’s more of a burnt orange though which looks rather good.

 

[Turbo]

I own one as well, and it’s orange, which is why I mentioned that color. It’s more of a burnt orange though which looks rather good.

I would have never expected that from you. I could see you as the type who would call them PT-Losers, not own one.

 

[Populuxe]

I would have never expected that from you. I could see you as the type who would call them PT-Losers, not own one.

We PT Cruiser owners are the Deep State of racing video game fandom.

 

[Heldenzeit]

God that P1, you lucky bastard.

There's a P1 GTR here too.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Chevy Equinoxes. They're just so blah, and I see them absolutely everywhere.


And I'm glad I'm not alone in loathing current pickup trucks. The lifted ones, loud diesels and huge dually's are bad enough, but even the standard ones are massive now.

 

[TheNuvolari]

THESE SHOOTBOXES:
every second car is an Astra Classic...

Every fourth is a Swift (Of course not a newer version)...

And every sixth is a Corsa...

I see these cars daily, in the possiby worst condition. People buy it for 800$, and they don't care that it almost blows up. And just look at the styling. A Lada is more attractive looking than these.

I would bet out of the 3 million Astra Classics there are 2800000 here in Hungary.

 

[TVR27]

Just why would you buy it?

Boring

Why have a car just get a bus!

Always doing 80km/h in a 100km/h on freeway don't know why it has mirrors.

Don't come to my house for dinner.

 

[Blood Eagle]

I own one as well, and it’s orange, which is why I mentioned that color. It’s more of a burnt orange though which looks rather good.

Looking good while making 3 point u-turns. I did an experiment in my lot here at work comparing other car's turn radius to PT Cruisers. Results: Anything has a better turn radius than a PT cruiser including full size trucks like a Toyota Tundra.

 

[lbpomg95]

As a Corsa owner, I disagree with @TheNuvolari about styling, I love the way they (especially 2000 onwards models) look. What I do agree with is that people don't care for them at all. No wonder people complain that they're not reliable because nobody every bloody well services them in the UK!

For me, I'm sick of seeing VAG cars. I simply don't understand why people are so obsessed with Volkswagens and their stablemates. Plus the sheer amount of Mk 4 Golfs I've seen on cut springs with stretched tyres, a straight-pipe exhaust and blinding blue xenon light bulbs is sad.

Oh, and 4-cylinder diesel cars. They're just so lacking in any personality. I get the idea of lowering running costs but most people I know who own them drive short distances which causes more harm than good to a modern diesel.

 

[TheNuvolari]

As a Corsa owner, I disagree with @TheNuvolari about styling, I love the way they (especially 2000 onwards models) look. What I do agree with is that people don't care for them at all. No wonder people complain that they're not reliable because nobody every bloody well services them in the UK!

Okay maybe I wasn't so gently, but I respect if you like the design. I'm just hungry to see other cars, you know.

 

[lbpomg95]

Okay maybe I wasn't so gently, but I respect if you like the design. I'm just hungry to see other cars, you know.

It's weird because they sold really well in this country but the Corsa B that you pictured is now really rare, because nobody took care of them. Funny how cars disappear in one country and not another...

The Corsa C that I own is just starting to go that way now. You see them still, but a decent one is becoming hard to find. Meanwhile every other car is a Ford Fiesta Ecoboost

 

[Northstar]

Looking good while making 3 point u-turns.

Damn straight!

I did an experiment in my lot here at work comparing other car's turn radius to PT Cruisers. Results: Anything has a better turn radius than a PT cruiser including full size trucks like a Toyota Tundra.

Pretty sure my full-size work van has a better turning radius.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Any old car with a broken headlight/taillight/turn signals. Don’t know if this counts but it annoys me. Why can’t you see that your lights are out?

 

[Kurichan_1]

...mmmh...kind of a sad hater thread.

 

[Cowboy]

Lifted trucks.

 

[Turbo]

Lifted trucks.

As someone who lives in an inner-ring suburb of NYC, I hardly ever see those around. I actually would like to see a heavily lifted "bro truck" in person actually, even though they do look horrible.

 

[All Your Base]

These:

I swear, I see about 5 of these every day.

 

[TVR27]