Muricans Did It Better

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 01/18/2018 at 15:44 • Filed to: None

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Lately, Doug Demuro’s been on a tour of 70's European cars, and has made a note of a peculiar quirk in that cars fitted with power windows have PLUGS where the manual window (were it an option) crank would go:

The latest video shows a Maserati Ghibli

Here’s a Lambo Jarama

Espada

Here’s a bad picture of the one in the Ferrari Boxer that Doug somehow failed to mention

So they all have garish plastic plugs. We get it. By why do they have to be such OBVIOUS cost cutting measures? Why not make a door panel for power window’d cars WITHOUT the hole?

Or...

Do what GM did in the 70's:

Power

Manual crank

Put a neat little insignia there in lieu of a blank ugly plug. Now it just looks like the door panel is reminding you of what kind of car you drive, instead of shouting “WE WERE TOO CHEAP TO MAKE A POWER WINDOW SPECIFIC DOOR PANEL”.

Post other cars with fancy crank window delete plugs in the comments.

Textured Soy Protein > Takuro Spirit 01/18/2018 at 16:24

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I’m OCD as hell and yet whenever Doug does a quirks video all I can think is “I don’t give a shit about these quirks, and would it kill you to buy a t-shirt that fits?”

InFierority Complex > Takuro Spirit 01/18/2018 at 16:28

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Fieros with power windows have this neat little storage pocket over where the crank would be, which is a pretty good use of space.

CobraJoe > InFierority Complex 01/18/2018 at 16:30

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That’s the first time I’ve ever seen one of those pockets with the elastic intact.

InFierority Complex > CobraJoe 01/18/2018 at 16:34

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Mine are still hanging in there, although its been months since I’ve actually used one for anything.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Takuro Spirit 01/18/2018 at 16:35

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Not always the case. This is probably not good, probably.

Why did I post this here? It seemed the most relevant recent post.

Takuro Spirit > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/18/2018 at 16:44

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for Michigan > CobraJoe 01/18/2018 at 17:41

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The door pockets on mine were perfectly fine. That stupid dash-strap-thing where the glove box should’ve been was another story though...

CaptDale - is secretly British > CobraJoe 01/18/2018 at 18:10

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My elastic was intact

CaptDale - is secretly British > InFierority Complex 01/18/2018 at 18:10

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I miss my Fiero a lot

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Takuro Spirit 01/18/2018 at 18:14

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Don’t most of these European cars come with the crank to use when the power window system breaks?