What’s Missing From Vehicles Today? Colour
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Dr.Jass
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Color is the least of what's lacking among today's cars. Style, affordability, the ability to order just the options you want, serviceability, rarely anything unique or different from the next cookie-cutter sedan or lookalike pickup... the list is long. Colors are neutral and boring because we've been trained to view cars as safety-laden appliances rather than the objects of lust they were 50+ years ago.
restoman
The paint fumes have cleared so I'm
Yup, I agree 100% Doc.
Cars are arguably better then they've ever been before, but they're just so frigging boring nowadays.
Case in point: my wife's Nissan Qashqai SUV is a lovely little car, great on gas, kind of peppy, fair amount of room and versatility for it's size, reliable, etc... but if I still drove, I'd be sick of it by now. It's just another car. Close your eyes and you can't tell it apart from anything else on the lot today.
It IS bright orange pearl, though... so it's got that going for it, which is nice.
On the other hand, I daily drove our VW Beetle for 8 years, and while it's horribly slow and underpowered, lacks room (and heat), is only marginally reliable compared to the maintenance free cars of today, isn't great on gas even though it's engine is smaller than the Nissan's and has no room or versatility to speak of, I'd MUCH rather ride in it.
That old Beetle has a soul, something that just about every new car lacks
Cars are arguably better then they've ever been before, but they're just so frigging boring nowadays.
Case in point: my wife's Nissan Qashqai SUV is a lovely little car, great on gas, kind of peppy, fair amount of room and versatility for it's size, reliable, etc... but if I still drove, I'd be sick of it by now. It's just another car. Close your eyes and you can't tell it apart from anything else on the lot today.
It IS bright orange pearl, though... so it's got that going for it, which is nice.
On the other hand, I daily drove our VW Beetle for 8 years, and while it's horribly slow and underpowered, lacks room (and heat), is only marginally reliable compared to the maintenance free cars of today, isn't great on gas even though it's engine is smaller than the Nissan's and has no room or versatility to speak of, I'd MUCH rather ride in it.
That old Beetle has a soul, something that just about every new car lacks
68R/T
I got drunk and swallowed my teeth, now
Older cars were distinct and had character. The bold colors only added to the character. Today's cars lack that character and are indistinct. The drab colors fit the lack of character. Would you buy a new car that came in sublime, go-mango, top banana, or panther pink?