Front-pagers hate Reattas

"Jagvar" (Jagvar) 07/14/2014 at 10:38 • Filed to: None

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This is my biggest takeaway from the reaction I'm getting to my KW photos. No one's talking about the Alvis or the MG or the Bel Air, but I am getting called some very unsavory things for sharing a picture of the Reatta I saw. I don't get it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:39

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< Front page Lion King joke goes here >

Wacko > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:42

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yeah but you hate shoes. but what bothered me the most of your pic's is that you are touching someone elses car!!(If it's not yours)

Dude, you don't ever touch someones car... no shoes no touch...

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:44

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I don't blame them. I share the opinion.....

mazda616 > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:45

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I'd love to have a Reatta. The 3800 is bulletproof and what a cool cruiser it'd be. I'm a weird car enthusiast, though. I get way more excited about weird cars like Reattas and such than I do Lambos and Ferraris and blah blah blah.

Jagvar > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 07/14/2014 at 10:46

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So you'd be an asshole to me too? I thought you were better than that. Seriously, I just lost respect for you, Snap.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:46

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...I love reattas, if I could just figure out how to pronounce it.

spanfucker retire bitch > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:46

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My dad owned a Reatta up until about 2 years ago. Beyond being quite impressed and surprised at the fact that it used a touchscreen in its center dash when even my 2013 vehicle doesn't have one - I have no strong feelings about the Reatta one way or another.

RazoE > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:49

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Too expensive and complicated when new, but I think it's held up nicely in the power/design department. Interior though......phew...talk about outdated..

Audi-os, Amigos! > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:51

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Looks like a baleen whale.

.jdb. > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:54

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Haters gonna hate. I always thought the Reatta had lovely lines. For me, the Reatta is a series of "Oooh!....oh." moments — as in "ooh! It's a two-seater! Oh. It only comes in auto" "ooh, it's a convertible with flip-up headlamps! Oh. It's a front-drive"

The bottom line: It's not a screaming performance car, but I don't think that a Jalop car necessarily is. It's a rare-ish, unusual car that has weird technology crammed into it, it's something that a lot of people haven't heard of, it looks good, and a lot of it was hand-assembled.

I say it's pretty damn Jalop.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:54

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oh no, you're reading a bit much into my response. I do not like the Reatta, but I wouldn't be one to shit on the man's car. I would simply not comment on it.

You've seen me around for a very long time and I hold myself to some high standards. I won't bash someone for their love of something in particular.

Sorry for the confusion

alan > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:56

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it was a interesting car. something i would not mind buying as a project and put a 3800 supercharged engine in. but it was not a spectacular car in no way. it was overpriced and subpar to many other cars on the market. the styling was interesting. but performance did not meet the styling.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:57

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I've had experience with one of those "Gentlemen" before. If you click on his page, half his comments are just rude stuff on people's posts. He also seems to hold Oppo in a low regard. Just ignore him, I guess.

BTW the Reatta is awesome.

Also, I plan on sharing a picture of an Allante I saw a few days ago shortly, and now I'm a bit concerned.

Burt > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:57

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You'll have that. I've posted about fwd GM stuff on the front page before, and gotten gunned down for it. I think it's a cool car, and the other cars you posted were cool, too. I wouldn't worry about it.

BigBlock440 > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 10:59

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Did you dismiss a lot of the comments? I just read it and didn't see any noteworthy comments.

Jagvar > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 07/14/2014 at 10:59

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Ah, gotcha, OK. Didn't understand your meaning the first time around; I thought you were saying something else. Totally cool that you're not into Reattas. Not everyone's into Phaetons either, but everyone is entitled to their opinions, especially car people. ;)

CalzoneGolem > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:01

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Posting Reatta pictures makes you less than human. You should probably sell your car and get off this site.

Carl (@stuffcarlsays) > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:03

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I always thought these were kind of neat. Would I ever drive one? I doubt it.

HillStaffer > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:09

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The Reatta was the top of the technological heap when it was introduced. It deserves far more respect than folks give it. Styling is kind of plain today, but still looks better than many of what the Japanese luxury brands give us.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:13

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But Phaetons are complete shit though. They're no Suzuki Every Joy Pop Turbo, you know? Now there's a fine automobile!

#trollsohard

pauljones > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:16

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Jag, old buddy, all I can say is this -

The front page has long since been ruled by morons and troglodytes that enact a sad, yet somehow comic internet iteration of the principles found in Lord of the Flies. They are children, pure and simple, with little depth and knowledge or intelligence, and a place where they are given nearly free reign to demonstrate just how moronic they are, applauding themselves each other in a giant circle-jerk the entire time.

This sad truth is a lasting remnant of the Wert days, where volume was king, and quality was sometimes sacrificed. It won't be going away anytime soon.

Knowing that, don't let it bother you. Just watch in subtle amusement as the morons demonstrate just childish and moronic they actually are.

ly2v8-Brian > mazda616 07/14/2014 at 11:17

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Agreed

ly2v8-Brian > .jdb. 07/14/2014 at 11:19

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the Jalop dream car is supposedly a brown diesel manual wagon. So the obscure is what is loved here. I say reatta fits.

ly2v8-Brian > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:20

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I like them...

pauljones > alan 07/14/2014 at 11:28

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You know, putting a 3800 supercharged into a Reatta is actually a fun idea. It still wouldn't be a rocket ship by today's standard, but combined with a little suspension upgrade, it might just make a quirky fun runabout.

afughaoidksjfokijdofkj > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:30

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They hate Allante's too. =(

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:32

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I kind of have a soft spot for both it and the Cadillac Allante, neither was ever particularly popular, but I think they are neat looking cars.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pauljones 07/14/2014 at 11:32

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On the topic of front page weirdos of this or that stripe, it's a very weird day when I find myself agreeing without reservation with tobythesandwich. Very, very weird.

just me > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:51

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I just didn't think that a few of the cars deserved the label "Amazing"

The Reatta was the first one I noticed and so I commented. I don't think I was rude.

To each their own. 80's American cars, for the most part, don't do it for me.

alan > pauljones 07/14/2014 at 11:51

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i have been thinking about doing that for years. but cant find a decent car in the northeast to do it with

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 11:52

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I always hope my posts don't get FP'd for reasons like this. Especially because most of my posts are about GM cars, something they don't like lately.

Jagvar > pauljones 07/14/2014 at 12:16

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Wise words, Mr. Jones.

Jagvar > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 07/14/2014 at 12:18

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Man, I'd love one, but I just don't make Every Joy Pop Turbo money.

Jagvar > CalzoneGolem 07/14/2014 at 12:20

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Jagvar > Audi-os, Amigos! 07/14/2014 at 12:27

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Not as much as a Lincoln MKT does!

Audi-os, Amigos! > Jagvar 07/14/2014 at 12:31

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I for one welcome our new whale overlords.

ZiptieMcBumper > Jagvar 07/16/2014 at 21:16

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I have to say that I have a soft spot for the late '80s-early '90s American realtor-bait luxury coupes (Reattas and Allantes).

I'm not sure why; I'll never own one, but they always make me look twice.

Stef Schrader > Jagvar 07/16/2014 at 22:57

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ZiptieMcBumper > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/17/2014 at 03:48

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I didn't look through the comments before I posted, but I literally said the exact same thing you did... Allante and all.