GTP Cool Wall: 1981-1989 Dodge Aries

[Grandea GTR]

Will you still be waiting patiently after a year, because realistically, it would probably take that long. AKA: I don't know what I'm saying

 

[Cowboy]

It may not be in the top 200 on your list, but it would on mine. But everyone has their own opinions, so that's understandable. I doubt it's the most forgettable Cool Wall car. Pyeonghwa Hwiparam? Toyota Prius? Olds Delta 88? Ford Aspire? The list goes on.

The Prius only isn't forgotten because it's hated on so much, and the fact that it's doing very well in the hybrid industry.

 

[Blitz24]

As the former owner of a 1982 Oldsmobile Omega (an almost carbon copy of the Aries):



I can assure you that 1) everything in that video is wrong and B) it was the worst pile of steaming horse 🤬 I've ever driven. The absolute only good thing about it was it was my first car and wad given to me by my parents and it provided me freedom to drive.

Anyone who doesn't vote SU needs their head examined.

Will you give me a lobotomy for only voting for uncool without knowing the backstory?

 

[Bo]

I try really hard to keep my bias in when explaining, which most of the times i can do that. It just gets hard sometimes when you know about, and favor, more about Chrysler than any other brand.

I'm an absolutely huge Honda fan. I would consider a Civic Type-R over pretty much any car, let alone hot hatch on the market today.

The Civic Type-R is as chav-tastic as the Aries is crap-tastic.

It doesn't stop me wanting one, and it certainly doesn't stop me from liking them. I just know that I'd look like a pillock if I drove one down the street.

Will you still be waiting patiently after a year

Don't worry, we will.

 

[The87Dodge]

As the former owner of a 1982 Oldsmobile Omega (an almost carbon copy of the Aries):



I can assure you that 1) everything in that video is wrong and B) it was the worst pile of steaming horse 🤬 I've ever driven. The absolute only good thing about it was it was my first car and wad given to me by my parents and it provided me freedom to drive.

Anyone who doesn't vote SU needs their head examined.

That's a bold statement. Myself, and probably every else who did not vote SU, has good mental health.

I'm sure the task is doable for any of us. It's just a matter of how factual it would be, since, you know, it's an encyclopedia.

It might take less time to make the encyclopedia for me, since some people would need to look at the inter webs to get info.

 

[1241Penguin]

I doubt it's the most forgettable Cool Wall car ... Toyota Prius?

Best selling hybrid in the world?


Doubt it'll be forgotten anytime soon really.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

In fact I know more about the Dodge Aries than probably all active members on the site.

There. That's much better.

 

[Famine]

It may not be in the top 200 on your list, but it would on mine. But everyone has their own opinions, so that's understandable.

I think you need to experience some more cars.

I doubt it's the most forgettable Cool Wall car. Pyeonghwa Hwiparam? Toyota Prius? Olds Delta 88? Ford Aspire? The list goes on.

Each of at least them has something memorable about them.

The only thing that the Aries has as a memorable feature is... well... I guess at least now it has an extremely zealous and amusing supporter.

 

[Grandea GTR]

It might take less time to make the encyclopedia for me, since some people would need to look at the inter webs to get info.

Oh?

Give me information about, say an Isuzu Piazza.

No cheating.

 

[The87Dodge]

I'm an absolutely huge Honda fan. I would consider a Civic Type-R over pretty much any car, let alone hot hatch on the market today.

The Civic Type-R is as chav-tastic as the Aries is crap-tastic.

It doesn't stop me wanting one, and it certainly doesn't stop me from liking them. I just know that I'd look like a pillock if I drove one down the street.

Don't worry, we will.

I find it annoying (not you) how some people pick on Civics because "people rice them". Stock, they are cool cars. I guess since everyone is patiently waiting, in March 2017, search Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com for The Complete Encyclopedia and Visual History of 1980's American Automobiles.

Best selling hybrid in the world?


Doubt it'll be forgotten anytime soon really.

A second gen one is kind of forgotten already.

 

[CSLACR]

Will you still be waiting patiently after a year, because realistically, it would probably take that long.

Please make a thread so we can test that. I imagine a few of us would love to hear some things.

 

[1241Penguin]

A second gen one is kind of forgotten already.

To whom exactly? And more so than an Aries?

 

[TB]

Will you give me a lobotomy for only voting for uncool without knowing the backstory?

Care to change your vote?

That's a bold statement.

Bold? No.

Spot-on accurate? Yes.

Myself, and probably every else who did not vote SU, has good mental health.

 

[Famine]

It might take less time to make the encyclopedia for me, since some people would need to look at the inter webs to get info.

Bahahahahahaha.

I know two people who I consider to be at the sharper end of extreme expertise in single vehicles and with a broader knowledge of cars at least equal to mine who have written books about cars. Both of them wrote books about a single vehicle range which was at least partially produced in the 1980s. Both of them took a year to write their books. One of them is a member of this site.

 

[Blitz24]

Care to change your vote?

The lobotomy worked

 

[The87Dodge]

I think you need to experience some more cars.
Each of at least them has something memorable about them.

The only thing that the Aries has as a memorable feature is... well... I guess at least now it has an extremely zealous and amusing supporter.

I may not have driven a wide variation of cars, but that doesn't stop me from knowing about a wide variation of cars. What's memorable about the Aries (besides myself) is the comfortable, quiet ride, technological (for the time), interior, low price, high fuel economy, and higher build quality than other 80's sedans.

Oh?

Give me information about, say an Isuzu Piazza.

No cheating.

You'll have to wait a year for that.

 

[TS050]

Last I checked, nope.

Can you please explain what this is, then?

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...en-existed-thread.342871/page-4#post-11270843

 

[-Fred-]

I just know that I'd look like a pillock if I drove one down the street.

It certainly depends which generation we're talking about. The new one certainly, but the ones before that were certainly more... sedate.

 

[huskeR32]

Aries isn't as typical as the other 80's compacts, and I think you know why.

There's literally only one person in the entire world who knows why.

 

[Bo]

I guess since everyone is patiently waiting, in March 2017, search Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com for The Complete Encyclopedia and Visual History of 1980's American Automobiles.

Here we have it peeps.

Exactly a year from now, @The87Dodge will have a fully-fledged published automotive encyclopedia.

I eagerly await the end result. I'm sure everyone else does too.

 

[The87Dodge]

Bahahahahahaha.

I know two people who I consider to be at the sharper end of extreme expertise in single vehicles and with a broader knowledge of cars at least equal to mine who have written books about cars. Both of them wrote books about a single vehicle range which was at least partially produced in the 1980s. Both of them took a year to write their books. One of them is a member of this site.

Who is the member on this site? I'm curious to know, (maybe I know who it is already).

Can you please explain what this is, then?

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...en-existed-thread.342871/page-4#post-11270843

Please don't bring that up.

 

[Liquid]

The Complete Encyclopedia and Visual History of 1980's American Automobiles.

Don't publish it under that title. 1980's is a typo; 1980s is correct. But I suspect you'll be needing a proof reader for lots of things in this book, not just the title.

 

[Grandea GTR]

I guess since everyone is patiently waiting, in March 2017, search Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com for The Complete Encyclopedia and Visual History of 1980's American Automobiles.

Ok.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

You'll have to wait a year for that.

So in other words, you have to do your research before you can brief us on a particular car? Even though you already know it? Gotcha.

 

[The87Dodge]

There's literally only one person in the entire world who knows why.

More than just me. People of Chrysler, and other avid Mopar enthusiasts.

Don't publish it under that title. 1980's is a typo; 1980s is correct. But I suspect you'll be needing a proof reader for lots of things in this book.

Needing proofreading is normal for 1,000s of pages of words. I'm sure there are plenty of grammatical errors.

 

[Famine]

What's memorable about the Aries (besides myself) is the comfortable, quiet ride, technological (for the time), interior, low price, high fuel economy, and higher build quality than other 80's sedans.

You're confusing "memorable" with "press release". Many cars are comfortable, have a quiet ride, are 'technological (for the time)' - whatever that means - have an interior, a low price and a high fuel economy. You are not well-placed to judge the comparative build quality of 1980s cars as you were not around when they were actually built - though it is lightly amusing that you've again forgotten that Volkswagen and BMW are things that existed.

There's nothing actually memorable about it. It's bland to look at, has a bland name, has bland engines with bland performance. Nothing stands out. At all.

 

[TB]

The lobotomy worked

Who's a good boy? YOU ARE!

 

[Grandea GTR]

Needing proofreading is normal for 1,000s of pages of words. I'm sure there are plenty of grammatical errors.

Tell me, did the Dictionary need proofreading?

 

[The87Dodge]

So in other words, you have to do your research before you can brief us on a particular car? Even though you already know it? Gotcha.

No, you guys just need to wait a year.

You're confusing "memorable" with "press release". Many cars are comfortable, have a quiet ride, are 'technological (for the time)' - whatever that means - have an interior, a low price and a high fuel economy. You are not well-placed to judge the comparative build quality of 1980s cars as you were not around when they were actually built - though it is lightly amusing that you've again forgotten that Volkswagen and BMW are things that existed.

There's nothing actually memorable about it. It's bland to look at, has a bland name, has bland engines with bland performance. Nothing stands out. At all.

That may be your view, but my view is different. Everyone has their own opinions.

 

[Blitz24]

Who's a good boy? YOU ARE!

Now the FIAT is the greatest car in the world. Shouldn't have agreed to it.

The Aries may be somewhat important in the history of Chrysler, but that doesn't mean that it's cool.