Automotive design cues that drive you nuts

"" (bignslow) 11/13/2014 at 20:44 • Filed to: None

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Does anyone else get annoyed by the way certain cars were designed with little to no care for aesthetics? For example Ford Escape rear lower control arms. Who in the world thought this looked good from the back? Every time I drive behind one of these on the road I want to throw up.

Focus mufflers drive me nuts too.

AlmostJalop >  11/13/2014 at 20:46

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I HATE THAT!! IT DRIVES ME CRAZY AND UNFORTUNATELY IVE SEEN IT ON SOME NEW CARS TOO!!

ly2v8-Brian >  11/13/2014 at 20:46

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To save myself time. Toyota's entire lineup. Those cars all have something I just hate.

jkm7680 >  11/13/2014 at 20:46

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Find what drives me fucking insane.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire >  11/13/2014 at 20:47

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It's an SUV, why are you bothered by the suspension being visible?

BrownMiataDieselWagon >  11/13/2014 at 20:49

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THIS. Especially if it doesn't have a rear diff.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jkm7680 11/13/2014 at 20:50

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Couple of things to pick from, really. The "my muffler is a styling detail", the vertical crease (awkward), the pipes-through-the-bumper fakery and dumbness, the styling line across the back "popping out", the wide hips that make it look like a half-carved pear...

Funktheduck >  11/13/2014 at 20:50

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CR-Vs are the same way

 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/13/2014 at 20:51

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Because, one - it's unappealing and two - look at the ground clearance of those things. Don't you think those things need to be higher up for an SUV? Also, there are plenty of other SUVs that don't have those hideous things sticking down like that.

Escape was just one of the cars. There re plenty of others. Not just suspension either. I hate cars that have mufflers stuck horizontally right behind the rear bumper and it's visible. New Focus is guilty of that. Give it a few years and those things will be piles of rusty mess sitting under there.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/13/2014 at 20:51

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I have to admit, aside from the nausea I'm in agreement. Is the Escape useful off-road? Because they look quite low too, I'm not even sure I'd tackle an obstacle anyway other way but dead-centre.

jkm7680 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/13/2014 at 20:51

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The gas tank. NNNGFGGFGFGFGF.

Also the fact the exhaust pipes only really fill up half of the hole that is designated for them.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/13/2014 at 20:52

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Because rightly or wrongly, rather than looking like the "GRR, ARGH" of a beefy axle, it looks like the metal toothpicks of an erector set project gone wrong, and isn't parallel to anything - making angular lines where everything else is cohesive?

GeorgeyBoy >  11/13/2014 at 20:52

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I find aluminium lower control arms sexy. It's better than looking at some live axle/beam shit.

ranwhenparked >  11/13/2014 at 20:53

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I dislike cars with really terrible fender to wheel ratios, like their front fenders are basically just the wheel with a thin, thin, band of body colored plastic wrapped around it and the whole distance between the bumper and A-pillar is like 4 inches. What the hell happened to proper proportions?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > AlmostJalop 11/13/2014 at 20:53

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no need to shout

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jkm7680 11/13/2014 at 20:53

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They could have made that valance a little lower, or more tightly trimmed. "Ha ha, fuck you", however. I could also not that the little reflectors look like ass too.

CB >  11/13/2014 at 20:54

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I saw some sort of hood ornament on a Hyundai today. That really threw me for a loop.

Milky >  11/13/2014 at 20:54

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Dont blame a designer, blame an engineer.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? >  11/13/2014 at 20:55

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The muffler hanging out under the bumper. Namely on my mom's Vue.

You couldn't have tucked that shit 3 inches more upward so I couldn't see it?

Cars that have a brake light on the spoiler and in the rear window piss me off too.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) >  11/13/2014 at 20:55

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Yeah, I'm with you on this one.

First of all, this looks so much better (ignoring the fact that the car itself looks better) and it looks like it could actually drive over a small rck without something breaking.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 11/13/2014 at 20:56

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They can do light off roading

 > jkm7680 11/13/2014 at 20:57

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Maybe one day manufacturers will paint the undercarriage parts black so they don't stand out like a sore thumb.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy >  11/13/2014 at 20:57

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The control arms on the Escape I get, It's an SUV after all, it's not meant to be pretty. Granted, I owned one.

I agree entirely on the Focus though, I hate seeing mufflers exposed underneath.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/13/2014 at 20:58

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So you'd hate the Impreza since it's right at the base of the rear window.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 11/13/2014 at 21:00

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I'm fine with it if it doesn't have a rear spoiler that has one too. If there's a spoiler that has one, take the one out of the back window.

whoarder is tellurium >  11/13/2014 at 21:01

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This thing and its related oddities. Most notably the headlights. I dont need to even point them out. However, Lexus nailed the rear design, despite the double stack fake exhaust tips (again).

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/13/2014 at 21:02

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They look better on the AWD versions where the axles help fill the void.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius >  11/13/2014 at 21:02

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Lexus and Camry twin have an exhaust pipe that hangs 4 inches lower than anything else under the car. Made worse with the trailer hitch that has to change to a bent flat bar to clear the muffler.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius >  11/13/2014 at 21:04

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But aluminum! race car!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/13/2014 at 21:07

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Ah, no it's just in the window. It doesn't have a spoiler because unfortunately it's not a WRX hatch... just a regular old Impreza.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/13/2014 at 21:13

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That was a healthy sounding crunch! Bet he's glad he splashed out the auto-bend steering guard option

Tibbitt94 >  11/13/2014 at 21:16

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This. Imagine how bad this will look on a white, base model Camry. Really, on any car other than a black one this is a major eyesore.

Alex from Toronto >  11/13/2014 at 21:26

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That little fill in piece on the venza for the extra exhaust tip that you don't have. Either put two exhaust tips or don't have one, make up your mind toyota.

Funktheduck > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/13/2014 at 21:37

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You can see my muffler from behind. I don't mind but I have thought about aftermarket ones that are smaller and less noticeable. I like how quiet my car is though and I don't want to annoy clients when I pull up in a loud car.

Funktheduck > Alex from Toronto 11/13/2014 at 21:37

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This is on a lot of cars and it bothers me too.

Alex from Toronto > Funktheduck 11/13/2014 at 21:39

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The fact that it's still a thing bothers me.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast >  11/13/2014 at 21:45

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YES!! Always had a problem with this!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Funktheduck 11/13/2014 at 21:45

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Of course. You need more sophisticated ways to annoy clients than that.

Funktheduck > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/13/2014 at 21:56

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The worst/funniest was pulling up in my truck when my car at the time was out of commission. 302 with headers, true dual exhaust (originally it went to one pipe and split at the axel), and flow masters. No cats or resonators. Sounds awesome. A lot of my clients own nissan leafs and prii. Fortunately they're not judgemental and didn't give me crap about killing the planet.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Funktheduck 11/13/2014 at 21:59

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Not even any stinkeye? Almost seems like a waste.

No, the best ways to annoy your clients would be something like... find a common vowel sound to mispronounce on purpose, or, if they're going places with you in your car, find a way to adjust all the seats so they're lower than yours. *Imagination*.

not for canada - australian in disguise >  11/13/2014 at 22:05

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Altezza lights

No Prius Needed > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 11/13/2014 at 22:13

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stahp hating my ES300

Dusty Ventures > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 11/13/2014 at 22:16

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The early ones were pretty good for their size category.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > No Prius Needed 11/13/2014 at 22:16

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Tuck your wang back up under your kilt and I'll stop hating

No Prius Needed > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 11/13/2014 at 22:17

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;_;

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Dusty Ventures 11/13/2014 at 22:20

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Love the top one. A chopped bumper and whacking great steering guard always means business :)

Dusty Ventures > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 11/13/2014 at 22:41

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Yeah, that's one of the cars up at Team O'Neil. It used to be for rent, but I haven't seen it run in a while.

DetroitIron > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/15/2014 at 03:11

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The vertical crease is from 1969's Sedan Deville, which even rendered it in rear glass.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DetroitIron 11/15/2014 at 17:35

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I'm not wild about it on the DeVille either, but it looks like it belongs. I think it's mostly just awkward anywhere there's no trunk lid to decorate - its purpose is to dress up a horizontal more than a vertical, so copying over just the vertical and dead-ending it into the rear glass with that weird lip is...eh.