Cars I Hate
I’m not sure why I felt the need to do a whole blog post about vehicles that I hate. But then again, when you are trying to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY for a year, you start to run short on meaningful content. I’d say I passed that point about three months ago. Plus Helen wrote a post the other day about first cars so maybe that’s what gave me the idea.
Today sitting in the car, I noticed that I’d been seeing a bunch of these cars lately and I really really dislike the look of them.
The Infiniti EX35:
I can’t quite explain why I hate it. In this picture, it doesn’t look so bad. But the rear end of it just reminds me of the Batmobile, but in a far less cool way.
Now this next one, I think everyone hates. I’m not even sure why this car exists, except for people to pretend they are open-minded about car aesthetics because this thing is one not even a mother could love. This is the Scion xB
This will be widely unpopular, but I really hate the new VW Beetles. I know, I know. That’s like saying you hate candy. The old ones were kind of cool and I like to see the old ones that have been cared for that are still on the road. But the new ones just - blech. Completely impractical. It really bugs me (no pun intended) to see them with flowers in the little vase.
But far and away the car I hate more than all others is the PT Cruiser. It annoys me so much that when I see one on the street, I am so annoyed, it puts me in a bad mood. I just think this thing is absolutely ridiculous. I’m not sure what this car says about the person who willingly drives it, but it can’t be good.
Does anyone else out there have such visceral reactions to cars on the street? Which ones do you hate or love?
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The only car I can say that I have an absolutely visceral reaction to is the Pontiac Aztek. That thing is just hideous and makes me nuts.
I’m with you on the PT Cruiser… seriously ugly car. I also hate that Subaru Baja thing - WTF is it supposed to be? A car, a truck?!? Why are they always yellow?? SO UGLY. As for favorites - for me, hands down, a Jeep Wrangler. I miss mine every single day. My one regret in life was selling it. Stupid me.
Hate hate hate the PT Cruiser. I had a new Bug, but the electrical system kept giving up the will to live and would conveniently lock me in the car at random. And a flower in the vase? No. Just no.
But we have you beat. Over here we have hands down the ugliest car I’ve ever seen - the Fiat Multipla.
http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/hologram158.jpg
I’m with you on the Bug (the only one I’ve ridden in was such a horrible ride that I could not believe someone paid that much money for it) and the PT Cruiser (and with Staz about the Aztec). I really hate the Porsche Cayenne, too. It is so freaking ugly. Basically I have a problem with multi-purpose cars - are you a station wagon? an SUV? You can’t be all, just make up your mind.
I hate the Cruiser too. There’s a guy at work who LOVES them. So much so he goes to PT Cruiser meet ups and displays his car to the other PTC owners. He even proudly showed me a photo album full of pics of his PTC. He even had a little Hot Wheels model of the PT Cruiser sitting atop his computer monitor at work. But, as for the Scion, I like the original models, the boxy ones. I find them so different that I like them.