Oppo-pinion Time!

"Connqr" (connqr) 04/19/2016 at 23:15 • Filed to: oppopinion time

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Today’s question is as follows. What automotive styling feature should either die or make a comeback? Personally, I think big fins and general spaceshippery should return. While they will never reach the sizes of those back in the heyday of fins, they would be fun touch on a modern car. I believe that they could be nice in moderation. What do you think should die or be reborn?

interstate366, now In The Industry > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:18

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Obvious answer is obvious.

Nauraushaun > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:19

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I think they would seem gaudy and garish. With good reason ;)

Targa tops. All the benefits of a folding hard-top, none of the weight and complexity issues. Surely it can’t be that hard to make them seal properly.

Connqr > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/19/2016 at 23:20

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No! I forgot about popups! Even more crucial than fins.

TheHondaBro > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/19/2016 at 23:22

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Obvious response is obvious: dat ‘Lude.

In case you couldn’t tell before, I’m in love with your Prelude.

El Darto > Nauraushaun 04/19/2016 at 23:23

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Mine doesn’t really leak.

TheOnelectronic > Nauraushaun 04/19/2016 at 23:24

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The Jeep Wrangler Hardtop sort of has one. The panel above the front seats separates and can be stored.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nauraushaun 04/19/2016 at 23:24

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There’s the Porsche targa.

Connqr > Nauraushaun 04/19/2016 at 23:24

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Those lift out panel roofs are similar to that and on the market now. Still a good point though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:24

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Pedestrian safety be dammed. I want fins.

Rainbow > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:25

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Touch screens should die. Buttons should come back.

Also bench seats in the front.

Connqr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/19/2016 at 23:27

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Just don’t hit them while reversing and you are good! ;)

Connqr > Rainbow 04/19/2016 at 23:29

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Touch screens are fine to stay, but bench seats should come back.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:30

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Curb feelers!

Although today they’d probably have to be power retracting or otherwise have technology added where it isn’t needed.

Sam > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/19/2016 at 23:30

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It’s unfortunate that they were terrible. It's like attaching buckets to the front of your car on the highway. Plus, if the motor has an issue, you suddenly have no lights.

Die-Trying > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/19/2016 at 23:31

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they would look awesome as shark fins, in the middle of the roof.

Connqr > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2016 at 23:34

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What does that even do? I have never seen that in my life.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:34

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Two tone paint jobs! Not stripes, not blacked hoods or midnight packages but two colors to choose from and in almost any combination!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Die-Trying 04/19/2016 at 23:34

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Nah.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:35

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Yeah. If they walk into it, that’s their own damn fault.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:35

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lightbars need to die

Connqr > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 04/19/2016 at 23:35

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YASSS!!!

Nauraushaun > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:36

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On which cars? There’s a Jeep with a lifout roof thing, but it’s more of a manual sun roof than a true targa.

I’d say the 918 is still a targa, as well as a few niche supercars. But there was a time when companies built them in spades...

Nauraushaun > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/19/2016 at 23:36

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Oh pfft. It’s an electric folding hardtop in the guise of a targa. Typical Porsche, more interested in tapping heritage than being accurate.

Nauraushaun > TheOnelectronic 04/19/2016 at 23:37

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That’s right. So does the 918, but the 918 is more of a true targa (or t-top).

Connqr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/19/2016 at 23:37

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I feel like the death by texting rate would increase significantly.

Nauraushaun > El Darto 04/19/2016 at 23:38

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You just haven’t had it in heavy enough weather ;) Time and time again I’ve been told that a certain car won’t leak. I always eventually find a leak somewhere, if subjected to enough rain.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:38

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As the name sort-of implies, it scrapes along the curb when you’re parking so that you don’t touch the wheel on the curb; you hear it inside the car when it touches (metal on concrete/rock) so you know that you’re within x inches of the curb.

They were quite popular when wide whitewalls were all the rage; if you touched those to the curb you could scrape some of the white off and your tire would look like crap.

My bird IS the word > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:39

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as for what should die, I am worried all these nav touchscreens will be impossible to replace in 15-20 years.

Connqr > Nauraushaun 04/19/2016 at 23:39

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I meant the Jeep renegade, yeah. It’s kid of a Targa but not really.

Birddog > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:40

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Cheap base model cars with the highest performance engines that can be stuffed under the hood. I’m talking Chevy Biscayne style crank Windows, manual seats, vinyl “rubber” floors.. Nothing but the bare minimum until you pop the hood.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Rainbow 04/19/2016 at 23:41

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I bought a fancy stereo to replace the stocker in my Mazda5, but after using it for a week I went back to the factory unit with its 700 buttons and three big round knobs.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:41

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Especially now that there are so many creases and angles on modern cars, there’s plenty of potential for some color variations

Connqr > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 04/19/2016 at 23:43

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If you need it to see while offroading or something, It’s ok. It needs do die as a brodozer fashion accessory though.

Connqr > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 04/19/2016 at 23:44

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Never even thought of that. Very good point.

JGrabowMSt > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:46

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Wedges

Don’t even get me started on steelies.

Connqr > My bird IS the word 04/19/2016 at 23:46

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That’s what saws are for silly!

Die-Trying > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:49

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be interesting to try and build a car with as many of the items as possible. probably end up looking like the homer. car with fins, t tops gull wing doors, continental tire in the back, pop up headlights, shaker/air grabber hood scoop, fender skirts, hand crank starter.wooden wheels...runble seats...............good stuff

El Rivinado > Connqr 04/19/2016 at 23:57

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Headlight covers and whitewall tires. I want a Rolls Royce Phantom or a Navigator with Whitewalls and Headlight covers consarn it!

As for what needs to die. Twenty inch rims as standard for most upscale vehicles. I don't care what you do to them, they're uncomfortable and will pop like a kid's balloon in a cactus field if they go over something at a wrong angle.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Connqr 04/20/2016 at 00:11

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More interior colors. The basic black, gray, or tan is getting old. And I don’t mean just offer red too for a sport model or something. I mean a near rainbow of colors. There was a time when you could get a black, tan, red, white, blue, or green (and others) interior on the same model for all trims for that model year.

CTSenVy > Connqr 04/20/2016 at 00:20

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PatBateman > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 04/20/2016 at 00:27

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WHAT? SORRY, I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE LUMENS THIS BAD ASS JEEP IS GIVING OFF.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Connqr 04/20/2016 at 02:17

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For the nav or the t-tops?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > JGrabowMSt 04/20/2016 at 04:53

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The wedge never left us.

Look at damn near every car made today. They’re all swept up at the back in a wedge shape (some more than others).

The swage line that runs the length of the body tends to start touching the front wheelarch and then rises as it goes back til it’s about 6" or more above the rear wheelarch.

What's really missing is low front ends. Everything style-wise could be sorted by not giving a toss if they cut up pedestrians when you hit them...

Connqr > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/20/2016 at 06:36

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Nav.

JGrabowMSt > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/20/2016 at 07:50

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The rears are too round. Cars no longer resemble their doorstop bretheren.

We need the true wedge to come back and dethrone the faux wedge.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > JGrabowMSt 04/20/2016 at 07:58

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Good point. It’s like cars today have vestigial wedges like an animal has vestigial traits that point towards its ancestry.

We want dinosaurs not chickens!

JGrabowMSt > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/20/2016 at 08:02

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Hell of a lot more meat to go around.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > JGrabowMSt 04/20/2016 at 08:06

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Whether we're the ones at the top of the food chain eating it or not...

interstate366, now In The Industry > TheHondaBro 04/20/2016 at 09:02

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I’ll have an Oppo review of it up next week. I’m giving it a light cleaning this morning and then I’ll start taking pictures. The written portion is 95% done.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Sam 04/20/2016 at 09:04

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That’s true. Mine don’t automatically open when I turn the headlights on, as they’re supposed to do. I have to use the up-down switch and then turn the lights on.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PatBateman 04/22/2016 at 20:28

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“dude how else am I supposed to see through all the poorly applied TAPOUT stickers?”

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Connqr 04/22/2016 at 20:30

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in my suburban area its the brodozer with a 6" lift and more chrome than a 60s Cadillac.

If you’ve seen this you get a pass

JGrabowMSt > Connqr 06/11/2016 at 00:15

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Louvers need to come back. Cars are for louvers.

Also wagons. Wagons need to be a thing again.

And angles. 80's, where did you go?

JGrabowMSt > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 06/11/2016 at 00:17

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Cute little bear. I went for a walk around the lake with the lady and dear fucking lord we walked up behind a big son of a bitch. I’m sure it knew we were there, but it didn’t react. We just turned around and went back the way we came. Motherfucker looked like it was 600+ pounds.

xyzabc > Connqr 06/11/2016 at 07:36

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“Stop-Start” makes little sense. Engine shuts off while you’re waiting / idling at an intersection to save gas.