GTP Cool Wall: 1989-1998 Mazda Miata/MX-5/Eunos Roadster

[Famine]

IMO, being gay isn't even uncool. It's a decision

Really? Really?

 

[Azure Flare]

IMO, being gay isn't even uncool. It's a decision, not a curse.

I seriously hope you're joking...

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This is going to escalate quickly...

 

[Aquarelle]

IMO, being gay isn't even uncool. It's a decision, not a curse.

You what? Did you also decide to be straight? (Presumably, given this blatant disregard for reality)

 

[homeforsummer]

I think it was just a poor choice of words on the part of GT916, rather than anything deliberately negative. It seemed like the gist was more "even if the Miata was a 'gay' car that wouldn't make it uncool".

 

[Roger the Horse]

*bigoted comment.*

I'm guessing you decided to be born?

Wait... No...

 

[GranTurismo916]

I think it was just a poor choice of words on the part of GT916, rather than anything deliberately negative. It seemed like the gist was more "even if the Miata was a 'gay' car that wouldn't make it uncool".

Yes, sorry for confusing everyone. I didn't mean it like that.

 

[White & Nerdy]

0.754. That rating would be just about correct... if it had a - in front of it.

 

[Azure Flare]

0.754. That rating is just about correct.

Fixed, and made it look like you have an open mind when it comes to cars.

 

[White & Nerdy]

Like I said, I almost had one once. But it's not cool. Coolness is about attitude, fury, and general over-the-top-ness, and this vehicle has none of any of those things.

 

[Azure Flare]

Attitude, fury, and general over-the-topness does not make a cool car.

 

[CarBastard]

Like I said, I almost had one once. But it's not cool. Coolness is about attitude, fury, and general over-the-top-ness, and this vehicle has none of any of those things.

I'm not even gonna bother...

 

[White & Nerdy]

Yes it does, just look at the Dodge Viper. One of the coolest cars ever. Early models weren't even that good in a straight line, but... it uses a V10 because eight massive cylinders just aren't enough. It's loud. It's fast. It's not sophisticated, refined, or technologically advanced in any way, nor does it pretend to be. It makes eco-hippies cry and tech snobs rage... and that's exactly why it's cool.

 

[Azure Flare]

Honda NSX, Mazda RX-7 (FD3S), Toyota 2000GT, Alpine A110S (we know you loved that one), Ford Lotus Cortina, Datsun 510. All cars that are rated Sub-Zero that have none of what you describe as cool.

The Hennessey Venom GT has what you think is cool, but has a -.046 rating, making it Uncool.

The Viper is cool because (in my mind) it's a modern interpretation of the Shelby Cobra 427, one of the coolest cars in the world.

 

[homeforsummer]

Oh look. More drivel from a butthurt White & Nerdy. Wasn't at all expecting that!

 

[MrUnknown]

@White & Nerdy

 

[Famine]

Coolness

... to you ...

is about attitude, fury, and general over-the-top-ness

Here's some fury and some over-the-top-ness for you:

Coooool.

 

[White & Nerdy]

The heck is that?

 

[Slash]

Attitude, fury, and general over-the-topness does not make a cool car.

Does for me. But that depends on the car in question as well. Some cars it just doesn't work for.

 

[Azure Flare]

I still stand by that quote.

 

[Eric Demory]

​

Coooool.

The heck is that?

Oh Elton John, how you've outdone yourself this time.

The Miata is rather stylish in its on way. It makes a nice car to take along the oceanside on a sunny afternoon. The headlights always remind me of Tiny Tank.

 

[White & Nerdy]

Well of of course there's a bad way of going about "attitude, fury, and general over-the-topness". It's just that the manufacturers themselves almost never do it. That part is left to the people with more money than aesthetic sensebility - see gold-plated Camaro ZL1 vert, puke green Civic with ten foot spoiler and obnoxious blue headlights, etc.

 

[Azure Flare]

Coolness is about attitude, fury, and general over-the-top-ness,

Well of of course there's a bad way of going about "attitude, fury, and general over-the-topness".

The ole' flip-flop.

 

[Roger the Horse]

The heck is that?

Fury, over the topness. What you defined as cool.

Don't you feel the passion emanating from that image, @White & Nerdy?

 

[The Stig Farmer]

gold-plated Camaro ZL1 vert

This one?

We love it in the questionable modifications thread

 

[White & Nerdy]

Yes, that one. Exactly what I'm talking about. The way it looked from the factory is a positive example of what I was talking about, but that's just horrible, like that pic of Elton John.

 

[Roger the Horse]

I would like to extend my sympathies to every single person involved in the construction of the original Camaro that was ruined there.

 

[Famine]

Coolness

... to you ...

is about attitude, fury, and general over-the-top-ness

... unless it's ...

a bad way of going about "attitude, fury, and general over-the-topness"

... and then it isn't.

Got it.

Incidentally, what part of this:

It's loud. It's fast. It's not sophisticated, refined, or technologically advanced in any way, nor does it pretend to be. It makes eco-hippies cry and tech snobs rage... and that's exactly why it's cool.

... does the gold-plated Camaro fail on?

Sounds like a double-surefire winner on the W&N Scale of Cool to me.

 

[Azure Flare]

Incidentally, what part of this: ... does the gold-plated Camaro fail on?

To be fair, he was talking about the Dodge Viper in that one.

 

[Famine]

I know. I want to know why the gold-plated Camarodonk doesn't merit a cool despite hitting every base the Viper does.