GTP Cool Wall: 1981-1989 Dodge Aries
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"I think I'll drive this car to my date's house when I pick her up just to impress her!" Said no one ever.
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Of course not. For wooing potential ex wives, you instead need the Chrysler Executive Sedan:
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Some might even call it ultra-luxurious.
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Bland.
Meh.
I don't know . . . it's just . . . bland. Nothing extraordinary.
But, it's unreliable, which makes it SU.
But, I want to show some sympathy for @The87Dodge, which makes it SZ.
Still meh.
Meh.
I don't know . . . it's just . . . bland. Nothing extraordinary.
But, it's unreliable, which makes it SU.
But, I want to show some sympathy for @The87Dodge, which makes it SZ.
Still meh.
Turbo
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Is this some sort of joke?
Anyway, nothing remotely cool about a bland 80's Chrysler sedan (nothing cool about bland sedans in general). It's slow, boring as heck, and probably overheats easily. @The87Dodge , I have no idea why you praise this beater so much, unless you have some sort of weird fetish for 80's Chrysler.
SU.
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You could try, just for formality's sake.
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Yes.
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The87Dodge
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Okay, before I do my explaining, I'm just going to let everyone know that I'm not going to go on a tirade and fight people if they question me, I will handle it properly. And I have worked on my "logic".
I am going to be honest here, I'm quite surprised in the high number of Uncool and even Seriously Uncool votes. I was expecting people to vote at least cool, maybe even SZ.
Remember, this car saved Chrysler from bankruptcy. If the Aries had never been born, that would mean there'd be no Viper, rebirth of Charger or Challenger, such thing as a minivan, Jeep would be extinct, Fiat would never reach America, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost, causing poverty and the rust belt to get worse. The list goes on and on. The Aries is clearly not a fast, showy car, but one of the most influential and important cars of Chrysler history, and the eighties itself.
But the Aries isn't a piece of crap, junk, beater, whatever derogatory term you want to call it. Too many go by the stereotype "all 80's American cars are junk, and FF is junk." The Dodge Aries was a cut above other compact cars of the time (Cavalier, Escort, etc). Chrysler spent three years mastering the design of the K-Car. It was excellent on gas, comfortably seated six, a smooth ride, and so reliable that Plymouth even named their K-Car the Reliant. Under the hood it was nice, too. Some trims had more horsepower than the Ford Mustang, which was considered to be a muscle car, even with it's below-100 horsepower base engine. Aries and Reliant sold incredibly well, helping Chrysler get out of their financial issues. The Aries was stylish too, styling was clean, conservative in a good way, inoffensive, and far less boxy than GM's J-Car.
Sure, the Aries is far from fast (pretty good horsepower numbers for the time, though), and I'll even admit it, the Aries is a slow car. The body style wasn't spectacular either (but the most stylish compact you could purchase in the 80's). One might think it looks kind of average, but it's actually a lot better than average. People who don't know, or appreciate cars, might say the Aries is crap or junk, (because most 80's sedans were junk, however), but an Aries is far from junk and has exceptionally high build quality.
Now you should understand that the Aries isn't a Seriously Uncool car, and it really was important in Chrysler's history.
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And yet it looks like ass.
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I would not be surprised if it isn't, actually.
The latter might be true, the former is not however because even if it saved the company, it still looks like it would not be out of place at all in the driveway of someone whose entire personal income is from benefits. It's like the VN Commodore, the chariot of bogans everywhere.
If Average Joe on the street looked at this car, they would not be thinking "holy crap, this is the car that saved Chrysler! That is so awesome!!!11!!"
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You deserve a medal. That literally happened.
I'm surprised you didn't include "some say it's faster than a BMW" as well.
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At 45mph it's far faster than a BMW driving at 20mph.
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That's the only okay thing about the car.
The87Dodge
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Wait, so reliability, high build quality, and sort-of handsome looks aren't ok?
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No.
Let's take a look at another 80s econobox: The Honda Civic.
An 80s econobox can be done right. The Aries isn't one of them.
Reliability, high build quality? Many cars can achieve that and still be terrible.
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Bingo!
Even if it was the things you believe it is, it still wouldn't be cool. Just look at the thing.
Like =/= cool. Or in your case, obsessed with =/= cool.
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An utterly tragic car. Genuinely depressing. Firmly in the pits of hell, far, far below SU.
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I'm just guessing that you weren't alive between 1981 and 1989. I was. This wasn't "pretty stylish" back then - it was ass.
If I were in film and casting someone to drive this car it would be "extremely elderly man who has a heart attack while driving very slowly indeed". If you pulled up outside my house in this I'd think you were here to take my grandma to bingo - and she's been dead for fourteen years.
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