Cars that you have an irrational hatred for....
Cars that you have an irrational hatred for....
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G_T

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16,163 posts

205 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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As per the thread title there's some makes of car I cannot abide for reasons that I don't fully understand...

My top ones are;

  • Any thing with a K-Series engine- Not the car I hate. Just the engine.
  • Jaguar X-types- I don't care what you say. It's a Mondeo.
  • Subaru Imprezas- (But not the new one which I like) Nothing screams "I couldn't afford an EVO", like the burble of a fat can on a tuned scooby.
  • All 4x4s- Except Defenders/ridiculously overperforming ones. They're utterly pointless and for the record your Mrs can't drive/park it and you look like a tart when you take the helm. Also I can't see past your fat ugly car and that irritates me.
  • Older M3s- Don't like it. Sorry. I'd sympathise more with the impending VANOS failure but the older ones are proper chav mobiles these days and the E46 ones just look awful (especially in that tasteless yellow).
  • "Perfomance" diesels. Not as fast most owners think, torque is no substitute for power on a road car. MPG is not as great as almost all owners think it is when you take into consider your massive depreciation and higher costs of fuel.
Anyway it's all taste. I acknowledge that some people will like the above. I also expect abuse for my K-series/M3 comments and my complete lack of mechanical knowledge... But trying to correct me will just result in me putting my fingers in my ears biggrin.

Do any other PHers have cars they hate for spurious reasons?

Does anybody not like Mx5's by the way? biggrin

Edited by G_T on Wednesday 11th March 16:29

patmahe

5,885 posts

219 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Barry'd corsas and saxos, it just makes me feel very tense and I expect to have to take evasive action at any moment.

VxDuncan

2,850 posts

249 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Toyota Pious.
Anything French.

Nobody You Know

8,422 posts

208 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Prius

st cars driven by st people.

btdk5

1,860 posts

205 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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WHAT!

Disagree with most of those especially as i'm on the look out for an E30 m3.

Zoki

382 posts

228 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Black cabs, always cut you up, stop in the middle of the road with no indicators etc... oh and they stink.

julian64

14,317 posts

269 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Anyone who has a smart or a KA. Its not the cars I hate its the people.

They use words like funky when they mean ste.

They use words like pokey, fun, and nippy, when they mean dire.

They play the inverted snob badge to death.

They talk about brabus as if selotaping a firework to the top of a turd somehow makes it less of a turd.

Any abuse gets met with the 'try it before you critisize, you'd be surprised' statement. Well its a hideous car, with truly hideous performance and is just so ste that if I got in one, and every one of its hideous funky coloured seats had a semi clad photo model that wanted me for car sex, I'd still rather throw a match in than sit in.

Edited by julian64 on Wednesday 11th March 16:45

mat205125

17,790 posts

228 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Micras and Jazzes

randomman

2,215 posts

204 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Not a car but I hate buses. Hate em. All of them. Ever.

Them and the Corsa B/C

Oh and anything by Daewoo

eowen

16,699 posts

280 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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anything made here:


G_T

Original Poster:

16,163 posts

205 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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btdk5 said:
WHAT!

Disagree with most of those especially as i'm on the look out for an E30 m3.
Pre-Vanos ones are still cool. Admittedly I am a little vague in places.



bobfrance

1,323 posts

282 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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A Micra tells you all you need to know about the person driving it.

X-types on the other hand are great - well the AWD 2.5L manual one that got me around in the snow was.

matt uk

18,075 posts

215 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Zoki said:
Black cabs, always cut you up, stop in the middle of the road with no indicators etc... oh and they stink.
But good when your in them though isn't it

homerjay

1,249 posts

240 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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anybody stereotyping any car for any reason is a moron.

treat each car as an individual.

G_T

Original Poster:

16,163 posts

205 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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homerjay said:
anybody stereotyping any car for any reason is a moron.

treat each car as an individual.
Are you serious?

Benny Saltstein

716 posts

228 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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I could concur with the M3 comment having been hounded through Kingston town centre on Sunday by one driven by two Eastern European gangster wannabees.

Would disagree with the K series on two grounds... Elise and Caterham.

Don't have a genuine hatred for any cars really, usually just the nuts behind the wheel.

Dick_Phallus

1,155 posts

199 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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The BMW Mini. I accept that it might be a fine car to drive. I know you shouldn't care about image, but I seriously can't get past the estate agents/call centre manager on finance/spoiled rich kid at uni image.

Edited by Dick_Phallus on Wednesday 11th March 16:46

Zoki

382 posts

228 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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matt uk said:
Zoki said:
Black cabs, always cut you up, stop in the middle of the road with no indicators etc... oh and they stink.
But good when your in them though isn't it
Not really, unless you want to get ripped off, in London at least. I try to avoid them at all costs.

xj6executive

117 posts

203 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Run of the mill family cars, with small engines and yet the manufacturer still fits them with 18" alloys and super low profile tyres!! Why ??? other than for marketing and asthetic reasons

109 Bob

3,762 posts

233 months

Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Pretty much most cars built after after about 1980. Not hate, but modern cars just don't seem to appeal to me any more & I can't tell one from another.

I drive for a living & pass thousands of modern cars but if you were to point at one going down the street & ask what car is that? 90% of the time I wouldn't have a clue.