Dear anyone calling the 200 "derivative"

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker) 01/13/2014 at 15:01 • Filed to: None

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Or suggesting it looks like X car or ripped off Y car:

DIE.

Mattbob > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:02

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I'd say more of a differential, than a simple derivative.

For Sweden > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:03

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Seems harsh Bro

Textured Soy Protein > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:04

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Nyah nyah nyah.

(But I do actually think it looks good.)

Gamecat235 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:04

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But it has four wheels, and windows and pedals and it's painted a color.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:04

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What if I just call it a pile of crap?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Gamecat235 01/13/2014 at 15:05

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But no one would ever think of posting it on a color theme day.

#AtLeastThereIsSomethingGoodAboutIt

PS9 > Gamecat235 01/13/2014 at 15:08

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Clearly all that just proves how badly the 200 ripped off [CAR].

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:09

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Unless there is a Chrysler 200x + C which is built, it does not satisfy the equation:

dy/dx = Chrysler 200

Therefore it cannot be a derivative.

#YesIMadeABadCalculusJoke

PS9 > Textured Soy Protein 01/13/2014 at 15:10

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Awww....Now I want a 200 fastback. :(

dogisbadob > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 01/13/2014 at 15:13

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Yeah, but can they integrate it into the Fiat Chrysler portfolio?

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > dogisbadob 01/13/2014 at 15:18

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It uses the chassis from Fiat. Maybe it can be integrated by parts.

Parts bins that is.

#ididathing

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/13/2014 at 15:20

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You'd have to find the anti-derivative of Chrysler then.

I don't think that's possible, even by parts. It was already crazy back in the 1930s (Airflow, etc) and just continued.

TheBaron2112 > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 01/13/2014 at 15:21

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Engineer here. I hate all of you.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:22

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So frickin sick of the "I think it looks like this" comments.

Hooker > Textured Soy Protein 01/13/2014 at 15:23

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The Fusion and 200 greenhouses do look awfully similar. Can't imagine that's not by design.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/13/2014 at 15:28

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It's a fucking pandemic, man. Car (and most other) design is, was, and always will be mildly derivative, if you want to call it that.

It's honestly gotten to the point that if a car has large, rounded hunches and doesn't have a trunk that's as well-defined and squared off as a Fox-body Mustang's that someone is going to say it's ripping off something else. It's insane.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:33

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Yeah.

Cars/trucks have to have at least relatively similar designs in shape. That's how it gets into its class, compact, mid-size, large sedan, pickup, etc.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/13/2014 at 15:44

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You mean about how all new cars are designed aerodynamically and comply with safety standards?

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/13/2014 at 16:28

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It's a travesty, man. Where are the isosceles triangle-shaped cars I was promised?!