Shite You CAN'T STAND!

[Richard_FM]

I've noticed since the lock down the amount of loud exhausts around, especially late at night.

[Agila]

I'll add pop and bang maps, saw a Fiesta ST doing 5mph in first in a car park. Sounded moronic everytime they lifted off. 

Those lame DSG fart things.

[maxxo]

Range rover sport's

often driven rather foolishly by people with tiny penises

i get the idea of them, and yes they are enough of a liability to interest me but they are completely ruined by the drivers

therefore i don't like them

[big_al_granvia]

Renault modus, fucking horrible to drive, diesel was painfully slow and it reminds me of the worst time in my life. 

[dozeydustman]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:36 PM, EssDeeWon said:

Any car with a fckin stupid loud exhaust system. I now live on a fairly busy road which I don’t mind until some twat boots it past in some heap of crap with a completely unnecessarily loud exhaust.  Often bolted to something about 10 years old and under 1300cc

Agree. If you’re gonna have a fart cannon exhaust, do so on a car with a nice sounding engine to start with. In other words 5 or more cylinders.

[Cheggers]

I wonder how many of these hated cars will be fawned over by the 'shiters of 2040?

I've always thought dissing other people's choice of car was a bit against the spirit of Autoshite.

[Jazoli]

I have a pathological hate of anything 'scene' especially 'scene' VW's

Its fucking tragic, trying desperately to be like every other 'scene' dude, passed a 'scened' new beetle on the m6 on Sunday, complete with camouflage netting on the roof rack, driven by a 50 year old bloke, how fucking original.

Its not very AS I agree but still....

[Split_Pin]

29 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

I've always thought dissing other people's choice of car was a bit against the spirit of Autoshite.

I find being ignored is the more usual response if I have a car that isn't on the AS approval list.

[loserone]

2 hours ago, Cheggers said:

I wonder how many of these hated cars will be fawned over by the 'shiters of 2040?

Well, I can remember the equivalent thread ten years ago mentioned new beetles, BINIS and LEAVes.  And whilst my LEAF seemed to stir up some derision, beetles and minis are most certainly AS material now.

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

I find being ignored is the more usual response if I have a car that isn't on the AS approval list.

This!

If you don’t have some old French heap, your nothing and nobody and get ignored for the most part.

[Tamworthbay]

Can’t agree there, look at the interest we get in our Capri’s, or Eddy’s yank tank, or the Lanchester. We are a broad church on here and long may that continue. But we can’t all like everything, no harm in that either as long as people are polite.

[LoftyvRS]

I'll second the hatred for anything with a "pop and bang" map on it, but add to that modern performance cars that start from cold with such an enormous loud flourish of noise, that it leads everyone to think the driver is an arsehole. Totally uncalled for.

Another twat bugbear is removing front number plates because it's trendy, that and heavily tinted number plates all scream monumental bell end.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

This!

If you don’t have some old French heap, your nothing and nobody and get ignored for the most part.

I'm pretty much done with posting on here as a result, even the Miniature tat thread is suffering from a narrowing viewpoint. I'll have a bash at the News 24 thread from time to time but my actual threads are pointless.

[danthecapriman]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm pretty much done with posting on here as a result, even the Miniature tat thread is suffering from a narrowing viewpoint. I'll have a bash at the News 24 thread from time to time but my actual threads are pointless.

I don’t bother posting much anymore either, I used to come on here a lot and post in loads of threads. Trouble is, I decided to stop posting often and just stick to updating my own threads but even then, they just drop off the page un noticed!

I think people’s usernames have a lot to do with it too tbh. There seems to be a pecking order where some people are ignored and of little interest and the golden boys are held up as autoshite gods! Oh well!

[Split_Pin]

Just now, danthecapriman said:

I don’t bother posting much anymore either, I used to come on here a lot and post in loads of threads. Trouble is, I decided to stop posting often and just stick to updating my own threads but even then, they just drop off the page un noticed!

I think people’s usernames have a lot to do with it too tbh. There seems to be a pecking order where some people are ignored and of little interest and the golden boys are held up as autoshite gods! Oh well!

Indeed. Others may disagree but I've just been looking at replies, including my own, on MK2 Craig's Channel Island chod thread back in 2008 and the spectrum of cars photographed and commented upon was wide and varied.

[loserone]

oh, here we go again.

[Split_Pin]

Sorry, yes, as you were.

[lesapandre]

Any newish Range Rover. They look like an old stage coach just missing the horses. I actually feel sorry for the drivers of what is a big shed - as I know they will break down soon and probably did . Just awful silly things. 

[Split_Pin]

I think any large 'premium' and newish 4x4 in black or white just looks like a drug lords car, based on actual drug lords I have seen in my own estate.

It's a shame about Range Rover as I really like the original, even if white ones remind me of Jimmy Savile.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm pretty much done with posting on here as a result, even the Miniature tat thread is suffering from a narrowing viewpoint. 

I'll still be posting terrible off brand die casts on the Shite in Miniature thread! I only put a few bits on the eBay miniatures thread if I think they'll be interesting to lots of people, I know not many people care about Zylmex or MC Toys 

[big_al_granvia]

i just tend to laugh at the barryboys with their pop and bang maps, the scoob would leave them for dead anyway, come to think of it the civic would too

[Timewaster]

This was always going to be a divisive thread. 

Cars tend to change profile as they get older, take Mk2 Cavaliers as a random example.. 

New,  reps car,  common as muck but generally respected. 

5 - 10 years old. Family car, fond memories 

10 - 15 years old, cheap banger. 

15 - 20 years old, scruffy scrap, lowering the tone. 

20+ years, Ooh, lush, not seen one of those for ages, my dad had one etc etc. 

[vaughant]

15 hours ago, Cheggers said:

I've always thought dissing other people's choice of car was a bit against the spirit of Autoshite.

I think that's more retrorides or the blue forum where "everything has potential" when in fact everyone's encouraged on there to paint their cat matte black and cut the springs then finds when it comes to selling time those same people are criticising them for doing it!!! 

I love this forum and never feel ignored, had loads of help from here as well and hopefully given some good advice as well ???. 

[PaykanHunter]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:11 PM, Skut said:

What is that? It looks like something you'd nick from Sandy Shores in GTA.

3rd generation Nissan Junior Pick-Up, still in production! They are absolutely horrid, I hate them. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Junior

[eddyramrod]

On 8/25/2020 at 7:11 PM, Timewaster said:

This was always going to be a divisive thread. 

Cars tend to change profile as they get older, take Mk2 Cavaliers as a random example.. 

New,  reps car,  common as muck but generally respected. 

5 - 10 years old. Family car, fond memories 

10 - 15 years old, cheap banger. 

15 - 20 years old, scruffy scrap, lowering the tone. 

20+ years, Ooh, lush, not seen one of those for ages, my dad had one etc etc. 

Most cars go through those stages in exactly that order, don't they?

[Timewaster]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

Most cars go through those stages in exactly that order, don't they?

Well the ages and stages may differ for different cars but I believe so. 

Range Rover? 

New, Air of conspicuous wealth for captains of industry, well to do types, rich farmers wives, footballers. Out of my way peasant. 

5 - 10 years old, Drug dealer, Pub landlords image. Run without the deep pockets required for upkeep. 

10 - 20 years old.. Sat in a corner turning green, one flat tyre. Suspension sagged. Grass growing past the sills. 

 

Small Citroën or Peugeot 

New,  Old couple or housewifes transport to the shops, kept neat and tidy. 

5 to 10 years.  Mum's runaround full of car seats, Mcdonald's chips and sweet wrappers. Pogweasel pink. 

10 years plus,  Big wheels, big speakers and big exhaust.  Wheels spins in Asda car park

20 years plus. Rare 1 owner gem, Lacquer Peel but nice to see survive. 

 

 

This is of course all stereotyping nonsense but shows why our opinion of cars change over time. 

 

As a kid I had posters of Ferraris in my bedroom, I saw one the other day and didn't know what it was and frankly didn't care.

As a young man I hated 2CVs with a passion. I might give one a home now, although I wouldn't pay what they fetch. 

[Yoss]

On 8/21/2020 at 8:56 AM, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Have to agree , so many Fast and Furious looking Mk1s with ugly rims and bodywork out there

 

Those wheels are awful and too big. But put a set of original RS alloys on and it looks just like the original C052 Scalextric version. The best Scalextric car ever, though of course the bumpers and spotlights would fall off inside a fortnight. They could be made to handle beautifully, just the right amount of tail out slide before they rolled. I still have several in the loft but no track any more. More interesting than the real thing to me. 

The classic version. 

But the one above reminds me of this mid 80s revamp. 

[Split_Pin]

You're absolutely spot on with the Range Rover.

I do still like an older X5 particularly one in a non-bombsite estate drug baron colour scheme like Kiltox's.

What I  can't stand the majority of mid range SUVs. I think they are mostly expensive, contrived and purposeless which give crappy fuel mileage. Kia Sportage, Ford Kuga and that sort of thing.

I loved our Duster because it was reliable,  inexpensive, unassuming, huge inside, gave good MPG, had great ground clearance and had all weather tyres as standard which had a proper sidewall and gripped very well in the snow.

[Split_Pin]

6 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Those wheels are awful and too big. But put a set of original RS alloys on and it looks just like the original C052 Scalextric version. The best Scalextric car ever, though of course the bumpers and spotlights would fall off inside a fortnight. They could be made to handle beautifully, just the right amount of tail out slide before they rolled. I still have several in the loft but no track any more. More interesting than the real thing to me. 

The classic version. 

But the one above reminds me of this mid 80s revamp. 

I always wanted those as a kid but they were long out of production and I got the XR3i set instead.

[Yoss]

Yep, I had a couple of those too but the mk1 just had a nicer feel. Hard to explain, you'd think at that scale and running essentially the same underpan they'd be the same but they're really not.