What renting a car will look like in the future

"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired) 08/24/2017 at 23:49 • Filed to: I'll take the full insurance

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Photo: Newcastle Airport

Answer: a lot like the 1980s. Newcastle airport rental car desks. Guessing late 80s based on hair, briefcases and logos.

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fintail > someassemblyrequired 08/25/2017 at 00:08

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Not bad, kind of a new wave style with a touch of late brutalist thrown in.

Typical Sixt location, present day (source on watermark):

I hope you like orange.

InFierority Complex > fintail 08/25/2017 at 04:08

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I fear for the employee’s eyesight.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > fintail 08/25/2017 at 08:15

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I went to th University of Tennessee and not even I could like orange that much.

someassemblyrequired > fintail 08/25/2017 at 09:50

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Yeah it’s distinctive, yet simple, and the materials are pretty inexpensive. I have to admit a bit of a weakness for brutalism though. As for the Sixt, I’m guessing this is what you get when you book a compact:

From Wikipedia, user Les Chatfield, CC 2.0.

fintail > someassemblyrequired 08/25/2017 at 10:15

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Is that orange car Mini-based? I swear I remember seeing something like that at BMW Welt a year or two ago.

I have a similar weakness, but for preserved time capsule custom post-mid century residential houses, from the late 60s through the 80s. Like this gem:

https://www.arthurerickson.com/wood-houses/catton-house/1/

Or this wacky thing:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/492-Mcnary-St-Independence-OR-97351/48513428_zpid/

BritishLeyland™ > someassemblyrequired 08/25/2017 at 12:24

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Ah, the eighties. Anyone feel like renting a Montego?

someassemblyrequired > fintail 08/25/2017 at 14:08

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Yep, the Outspan Oranges use Mini running gear. Both of those are pretty neat, but I’d take the second, in all its wacky.

someassemblyrequired > BritishLeyland™ 08/25/2017 at 14:09

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Only if it has an MG logo on it.

fintail > someassemblyrequired 08/25/2017 at 14:32

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Some of the carpet in the second one gets to me, but otherwise, I’d leave it pretty much as-is. Much more daring times in terms of design and residential architecture.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > someassemblyrequired 09/03/2017 at 20:00

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Renting a car is one of my favorite things.