Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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I have a Buddy that drives one. I just don’t have the heart to razz him about it.
Could be worse. Could be an AMC Pacer…….
My friends brother helped design the PT
When they were combined with MB
He was removed from the project for proposing a different engine compartment enabling a larger engine.
…guess why the PT never took off..largest complaint..lack of power.
They moved him to the MB CLK conv engineering department
C’mon man. Low angle shots make most any vechicle look good.
Just look at this mid-70s travesty of a Ford Mustang.
Now look at this approximately same model, different angle
This is not a ground-level shot, but it sure looks better to my eye (yeah, it’s in better shape, has a better color & light, but squint at both pics to see what I mean).
Go even lower, like as in the pics you showed, and this POS will look even better.
I get what you are saying, that if they had the time to revisit the design they could’ve made it better-looking. Just look at the wheel well mods on your pics. Much better. But my problem is with what was, not what was possible.
Also re: the Aztek you posted: that large spoiler? On an off-road
I’m not commenting on how the Aztek was created or its reliability or anything. Just on pure design. The thing is a disaster.
You can almost see the delineation where different corp design teams worked on it…rear end, front fascia, wheel wells, ugh. Just completely not pulled together. Overall, it reminds me of a tortoise with two sets of huge nostrils.
In short, the Pacer and PT Cruiser commit to their designs (and I use that last word lightly here lol) but design-wise, the Aztek commits to…nothing.
It’s a hodgepodge of taped-together design themes aimed at different market segments.
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I like this better than the Aztec. Lots.
For those who like hot peppers...........
www.foxnews.com
New Guinness World Record spiciest pepper, 'Pepper X,' is 3 times as spicy as 'Carolina Reaper'
There's a new king of spicy peppers: Pepper X, grown by the same man who developed the Carolina Reaper, was tested and found to have an average heat of 2.693 million Scovilles.
www.foxnews.com what about this one 9,000,000 scoville units???For those who like hot peppers...........
New Guinness World Record spiciest pepper, 'Pepper X,' is 3 times as spicy as 'Carolina Reaper'
There's a new king of spicy peppers: Pepper X, grown by the same man who developed the Carolina Reaper, was tested and found to have an average heat of 2.693 million Scovilles.
That Porsche was such a teenage dream car for me. In my head, it fights with the Ferrari 288GTO and Ford GT40 Mk 1.
Well, Hell, then. Why not go "all the way...." (Pure Capsaicin - 16,000,000 Scoville Units).
I built a model of the GT 40 as a kid and actually prefer the Ferrari in you pictures, but the Porsche car was my favorite for a while. Still a soft spot for ‘70s GT race cars in general. Had I the means, that’s what I would collect.
I once had their hot sauce, 357 magnum or something like that. It was only 357,000 scoville units, but I hadn’t really paid attention.
!!!!!!
Bottom line, I like hot and even enough to make me break a sweat, but only if it actually adds some sort of flavor and I can taste what I’m eating. THAT was not it. I’m out. Not into pain and heat.
My dad had one of those, at one time, but a bit newer model year (i.e early 2000s). This may sound like blasphemy, here, but I'm not big on cars. To me, a car is just "transportation..." not a "statement." I wouldn't want to deal with the insurance and fuel costs for one of these. Besides, I have no place to drive a car like that where I live... well, the way it *should* be driven. If I did have such a place, and I really wanted a car like this, it would be this one:
Now, OTOH, a 1921 Thomson .45 Cal with drum mags... THAT'S A STATEMENT!
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AKMike on pool day
I still don’t know who that is blowing him up?
I still don’t know who that is blowing him up?
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A friend tried to rent a Pacer for his daughter to drive to prom. He said if he had to pay that much for a dress, makeup, hair stylist and shoes that he wanted everyone to see it. Plus there's no way they could fog that much glass
So, just how much of the glass did they fog ?
(not sure why I asked that question. Or, that I really want to know......).
That’s what happens when you design based on ‘focus groups’. It’s the same thing as designing a horse by committee. You end up with a camel.
GM did a lot of that through the nineties and their designs reflect that.
