Saw a C7 Vette in the flesh this weekend...

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 09/09/2013 at 13:29 • Filed to: None

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Meh. It looks like crap. The designers obviously went through the vent aisle at Pep Boys and said "This looks cool, add one. Oh, those are awesome, we'll take two. Neat, we could use a few more exhaust tips." Its a busy non-cohesive mess that looks like it was designed by middle school students.

I'm ready. See, I've even tested it out.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:32

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You an sti owner?

Leadbull > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:33

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I think it looks good (at least in photos).

But you're so right about it being incohesive. It's really not a great design.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:34

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I've seen a bunch of them driving around with M plates.

I think they look great.

ncasolowork2 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:34

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When was the last time you visited your optometrist?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/09/2013 at 13:39

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Yeah. I've got an '07 in dark grey.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:42

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Pep Boys vents you say, non-cohesive mess that looks like it was designed by middle school students.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ncasolowork2 09/09/2013 at 13:47

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Couple years ago. I've got 20/15 vision.

Maybe it would look better in a dark color instead of PMY. The black vents sprinkled everywhere were just too much. I will admit that I've never been a huge Vette fan, but at least the previous generations had a clean coherent design. The C7 looks like they had a different designer on each panel and then tried to fit everything together later. The C6's look like the whole car was designed by one person.

Just GIS'ed the C6 Z06 and it is worlds better looking than the C7. This looks good:

This is an aesthetic mess:

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/09/2013 at 13:49

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At some point it gets so ugly it actually works. Unfortunately the Vette hasn't made it that far yet.

ncasolowork2 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:49

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A solid yellow C7 pictured below is ugly as hell. If that's the color you saw your vision is just fine. If it was pretty much anything else you might be due for a checkup.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 13:53

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Just keep telling yourself that...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ncasolowork2 09/09/2013 at 13:56

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It was definitely solid yellow. And the color wasn't doing it any favors, but I'm not sure outside of black that there is much you could do for it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 14:02

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Hell yes!!! I completely agree

feather-throttle-not-hair > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/09/2013 at 14:12

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Nobody buys a rally car to look good. Look cool maybe, but the entire point of rallying is basically "fuck looks, this thing goes down a dirt road fast"

People buy corvettes to look good. Not all of them, but a lot of them.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/09/2013 at 14:14

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feather-throttle-not-hair > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 14:14

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They've been doing whatever the opposite of "Growing on me" is.

At first I liked their shape, but the "alice cooper" rear end looked bad to me. Now I see the black vents more and more and the shape less and less. Really not a fan of all that venting.

The C6 is still a beautiful car though.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/09/2013 at 14:38

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I was. For Halloween a couple of years ago. I had two blue towels hanging down over my body (i used hangars to make them flat at the top, like towlie.) I cut a hole for my face, and then I made a hidden pocket between the two towels from which i could produce a bong, seemingly from nowhere (Wanna get high?)

I have NEVER in my life had the kind of reaction I got from that costume. A man driving by, pulled his car over to get out and tell me he loved me.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/09/2013 at 14:44

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That's Fucking Awesome.

tifosi3317 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 14:48

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I can live with the rest but I hate the roofline. That quarter window, bleh! It the type of car that looks better in dark colors and to me at least, convertible form. Simplifies the design a bit.

BrtStlnd > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 15:10

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Pot, meet kettle. The real beauty of cars like STis and Corvettes is in their functionality. Your car is just as ugly as a C7.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > BrtStlnd 09/09/2013 at 15:54

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Probably uglier. But IMO the STI is a more coherent and better proportioned design than the C7. There isn't as much busy detailing on the STI. Yeah, the wing is ridiculous and the hood scoop is a bit much, but other than those two things it is actually a very clean design. The C7 designers stuck a vent on every body panel could see.

BrtStlnd > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 16:31

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Mmm... sure I guess. Still seems like throwing stones while driving a glass car.

Bakkster, touring car driver > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/09/2013 at 18:02

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Meh, I liked it when I saw it in Baltimore.

At least the vents are functional rather than aesthetic, true go-fast bits.