Irony in the AS world

[Snipes]

On 3/19/2020 at 8:46 PM, MorrisItalSLX said:

Toyota Camry Executive: Base model with automatic gearbox, air conditioning and power steering. You didn’t even get hubcaps on your “executive” car.

Meanwhile, the UK Executive was the fancy pants trim on Carina II, Corolla and Camry.

I prefer "your" taillights though. "Ours" look a but half arsed. Why did they change them?

[MorrisItalSLX]

10 minutes ago, Sir Snipes said:

I prefer "your" taillights though. "Ours" look a but half arsed. Why did they change them?

UK/European cars required a redesigned taillight arrangement to fit a rear fog lamp and to accommodate your very long number plates. Australian and American cars use the original Japanese design.

[Snipes]

Oh yeah of course! 

[Skut]

Ford Aspire. 

Message received and understood. 

[bunglebus]

40 minutes ago, Skut said:

Ford Aspire. 

We have a winner

[Timewaster]

Oh boy that's ugly. 

Not deliberately challenging like a Ssangyong,  just utterly half arsed. 

It looks like some sort of scrap yard skip lash up made of bits of old Daewoo. 

[vulgalour]

It probably is.  Every 90s hatchback ever made is a Daewoo.  FAKT.

[Snipes]

Saw a few of them in Malta. Looks a bit Mazda-esque to me.

[Skut]

Kia was the guilty party. Rehashed Pride. 

[loserone]

1 hour ago, Skut said:

Kia was the guilty party. Rehashed Pride. 

323 surely?

[AndyW201]

The Nissan Sunny and Bluebird 'Premium', boggo spec with added pop up sunroof.

[nomiST]

On 3/19/2020 at 8:46 AM, Timewaster said:

Almost every caravan and camper van ever produced. 

Pioneer, adventurer, Swift, Ace, Diplomat, Sahara.... 

 

Should be : Damp, Mildew, Layby, Piss bucket, Cleethorpes, deckchair, powdered milk. 

I think the accepted protocol is to prefix every caravan name with the word "anal".

Anal Pioneer, Anal Ace, Anal Swift, Anal Sahara, oh...

[lesapandre]

On 3/18/2020 at 11:32 PM, Crackers said:

Skoda Superb, and Skoda Rapid. Both name for irony really...

 

In the same vein, Proton Savvy. Ford Popular. Ford Probe (snigger). Mazda Friendee (wtf?!). List goes on.

The pre-WWII Skoda was Superb.

And the Rapid pretty funky. 

[Cord Fourteener]

On 3/18/2020 at 7:13 PM, martc said:

Come on, lets get it over with before we move onto some original suggestions...

I loved my Carisma, just a shame that the Renault diesel engine kept having the attacks of the random (and ultimately un-fathomable) limp mode.

It was a very well designed and ergonomic family and kit hauler.

I'd have another. Plus I love the curvy lines of the face lift, pictured.

[Cord Fourteener]

On 3/21/2020 at 2:03 PM, Skut said:

Ford Aspire. 

Message received and understood. 

More like Ford Sigh

[bunglebus]

9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

And the Rapid pretty funky. 

110R wasn't ever designated as a Rapid was it?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 3/21/2020 at 2:03 PM, Skut said:

Ford Aspire. 

Message received and understood. 

Message for anyone hankering after a Ford Aspire:

 

 

Raise your ambitions....

[Noel Tidybeard]

frod escrote bonus?

 

[anonymous user]

7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Message for anyone hankering after a Ford Aspire:

 

 

Raise your ambitions....

Perhaps it was a misspelling and they really meant Expire

[Wack]

On 3/18/2020 at 7:47 PM, Asimo said:

Renault Scenic

 

If ever there was a Renault "Blot on the landscape", this would be it

 

I had one of those in a really odd shade of green , the kids called it the mushy pea , it's the only car they remember form being small kids

[Wack]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

110R wasn't ever designated as a Rapid was it?

is the green one electric or have they favoured style over cooling

[TataBobu]

None of them were electric. Radiator at the back for the green one, at the front for the red one.

[dozeydustman]

3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

frod escrote bonus?

 

I never understood what to Bonus was in that particular model. Bonus misery? 60bhp and a 4-speed box was really outdated in 1989/90

[dozeydustman]

On 3/18/2020 at 8:31 PM, Timewaster said:

Peugeot 309 style. 

Even better "Style" was a leftover from the Talbot range. I had a Samba Style.

 

I think it eventually became the base model for the 205 309, 405 as opposed to a GE with an optional pop-up sunroof.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

is the green one electric or have they favoured style over cooling

Off topic but I really like the 110, but the rear wheels are in the wrong place. Needs a bigger arch 6" further forward

 

 

In fact now I look again, the whole body is 6" too far forward compared to the "chassis"

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, Wack said:

is the green one electric or have they favoured style over cooling

badge.

HAND BACK IN. NOW.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Wack said:

is the green one electric or have they favoured style over cooling

Rear engined? Where's the radiator? 

[Steve79]

K11 Nissan Micra Wave.

You've got to wonder if whoever signed off on that special edition knew that the piss would be ripped out of it!

[bunglebus]

Let's not forget the microdot Micra Dot then

 

[sierraman]

On 3/21/2020 at 2:03 PM, Skut said:

Ford Aspire. 

Message received and understood. 

First time I saw a picture of one of those I thought I was having a stroke. Why’s it so bloody ugly?