Name That Patina! (Update: Solved!)

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
09/26/2017 at 09:35 • Filed to: Dat patina

Congrats to mkbruin! It’s a 2nd-generation 2003-2009 Prius. And this thing has been neglected. A few more photos below. Down to bare plastic on door handles, the rear wiper is in shambles and of course there is the requisite Toyota dent.

Original post: OK Oppo, you’ve survived another Monday. Let’s play a game. I have a star and 100 Internet points for the first one of you that can tell me what vehicle model this ugly roof belongs to.

DISCUSSION (35)

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/25/2017 at 22:48

Mazda 3?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
09/25/2017 at 23:02

Nope sorry. I’ve seen some ugly Mazda3’s but this isn’t one.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/25/2017 at 23:30

Location of the antenna makes me think passenger car, but the paint makes me think Ford.

Maybe an early 2000s Kia Rio?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/25/2017 at 23:53

Passenger car. Close to the right era, not a Kia or Ford.

I have another burner, try to guess it! > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 00:03

Hyundai Sonata

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > I have another burner, try to guess it!
09/26/2017 at 00:05

Not a Hyundai, though I have seen a few with paint like this.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 00:20

I got nothing.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/26/2017 at 00:36

Come on you gotta have something. Toss out the name of something you don’t like maybe it’ll be it and I’ll post the other pictures of the horrible condition of this car.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 00:58

Well then it must be a Chrysler 200/Sebring.

4kc > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 01:22

Kinda looks like a Honda that doesn’t get washed

Or any car in Houston that doesn’t live in a garage

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 02:30

is the car itself ugly or just the paint?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
09/26/2017 at 06:55

Uhhh... I think it’s kinda ugly and a lot of people here would agree but it’s not overly offensive when the paint is OK.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/26/2017 at 06:57

Haha surprisingly not an FCA product. I actually don’t think I’ve seen a 3rd gen Sebring/200 that bad in the paint department yet oddly enough. Maybe because I don’t really see them period.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > 4kc
09/26/2017 at 06:58

Honda and nissans all get this way pretty quick here in TX. This isn’t either. It’s not uncommon to see cars in rough shape that have been left out but this one was particularly bad plus I liked the pattern and thought it made a neat picture.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:15

I don’t think that issue is limited to TX. I see a ton of them driving around NJ with messed up paint. Not sure what they are doing wrong with their paint process, but its pretty clear it’s systemic.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
09/26/2017 at 09:17

Honda and Nissan seem to be the worst. It happens quick here (the Juke came out in what, 2011? And I’ve already seen several with peeling clearcoat), but even when I’m up north I still see Altimas less than 10 years old down to the primer. I think every manufacturer has some bad batches. When I was growing up in PA in the ‘90's I remember some white and beige Chrysler paints that didn’t last very long at all.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:21

Mazda 6

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:22

I think it’s worse that just a bad batch, I’ve seen several 9th-gen civics missing all their clearcoat on every horizontal-ish surface. I get that neglect can accelerate the decay, but it happens too frequently to just be a bad batch or two. Something is wrong with either their QC or process.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
09/26/2017 at 09:23

No - good guess though a guy I work with has a Mazda 6 with a trunk lid that looks like this. It is a Japanese make though.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
09/26/2017 at 09:26

Yeah - I guess what I meant wasn’t like one batch from a supplier but rather just a bad “generation” some color that has a flaw with either the paint or primer itself or the application process that means that every one out there in that color for that generation of car will go to crap.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:27

It’s probably a 2006 ish Altima

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:27

Any Peugeot from the late 80's-early 90's.
But I doubt it’s that

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:28

Looks just like my Neon

Kinja'd!!!

So my guess would be some kind of Chrysler/Dodge from the early to mid 90s with that same crappy paint.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
09/26/2017 at 09:30

Yeah a lot newer. It’s been solved... updating now.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
09/26/2017 at 09:31

A lot newer which is why it was so interesting to me. Yeah all early 90's Chrysler stuff was bad. I dated a girl in 2001 that had a Neon that couldn’t have been more than 5 years old with chunks of the paint that had just peeled off down to the gray primer.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
09/26/2017 at 09:32

Nah those look even worse. Mkbruin got it. Updating now.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:42

I kind of think the paint is growing on me though. It adds character and certainly makes it feel even more 90s. I gotta fix my radio so that I can blast some Green Day and Blink 182 to really revel in the nostalgia.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:45

2003-2009 Prius? Wow, the Texan sun is terrible for car paint

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
09/26/2017 at 09:50

It is. On the flip side is that as long as you aren’t on the Gulf coast the nothing rusts. In this case, though, it is hard to tell if it is just age/sun or if this thing just has a crapload of miles on it. I haven’t really seen any other Priuses (Prii?) of that era quite like this, but I’ve heard stories of people running up 300-500k miles on them.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
09/26/2017 at 09:51

You need to go on eBay and get an era appropriate Sony X-Plod or Kenwood 1-DIN unit with full blinkenlights.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:53

Dang. Next guess was going to be a Toyota of some sort. Maybe an old Corolla. But congrats mkbruin

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 09:54

Thats pretty much what I have. Its some aftermarket junk that shorts out randomly and 3 speakers that sort of work at low volumes. I think if I fix the grounding issue before it lights on fire and just put in a couple working speakers I have from other cars, then it would be pretty legit.

This stupid radio makes all kinds of flashing and beeping noises, has even stayed on after removing the key so its definitely a piece of work, on par with any hackjob 90s install.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
09/26/2017 at 09:57

Probably put in by BestBuy. I bet you’ll find a shitload of crimp-on pigtail connectors back there when you pull it rather than anything soldered.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 10:07

I know, I am mildly scared about that haha. But I am also glad that I am now worrying about things like the wiper blades falling off and the radio being possessed rather than overheating and smokeshows.

Die-Trying > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/26/2017 at 11:53

drive through car washes are hard on paint in the way that those pics show......