"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
02/16/2020 at 21:08 • Filed to: None
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"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
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...what a gorgeous sight.
The rental Rio, seen on the right, served us fine for five days and 1200+ miles. Even in rental spec, it was mostly soulless. A true stripper - you know, crank windows, manual tranny, no A/C - those car have a special kind of soul. I know, because I drove a base model Geo Metro for some years, and that car made me truly appreciate it for what it was. It was made to be a tool, but revealed itself to be so much more, simply because it never TRIED to be more . It simply WAS, and it was enough. Today’s strippers feel confused. Big screens, cruise control, power windows, A/C...cheap plastic, terrible headlights, and definitely not really fun in even a slow-car-fast sense.
Maybe I'm just old and grouchy, and modern car culture has passed me by. But it felt so nice to see the Six again. Even better to drive her.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
02/16/2020 at 22:36 |
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“A true stripper - you know, crank windows, manual tranny, no A/C - those car have a special kind of soul. I know, because I drove a base model Geo Metro for some years, and that car made me truly appreciate it for what it was. It was made to be a tool, but revealed itself to be so much more, simply because it never TRIED to be more. It simply WAS, and it was enough.”
That is exactly what my 2009 Hyundai Accent hatch is. No modern touchscreens or big LED screens in the dash, no backup camera or parking sensors, or self-parking or any nonsense.
Crank windows, manual trans, no cruise, no ABS, no A/C, no power locks/mirrors/anything and I love it all the more for it. It doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. It’s just good, reliable basic transportation....not fast, no, not the most amazing in the corners, no, but it’s peppier and more fun than most people think if they give it a chance and I love it for what it is. :)
Nibby
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
02/16/2020 at 22:58 |
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well duh it’s got no soul cause it’s a kia rio, not a kia soul