What car should you like, but you don't?

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
10/28/2014 at 10:40 • Filed to: None

I don't mean "What is a car other enthusiasts like that you don't?" I'm talking here about you. What's a car that meets all your criteria for a great car, and is very similar to/in the spirit of cars you love, but for some reason, you don't? My example: I like high-end luxury SUVs. I really like fast luxury SUVs like the various AMG tanks and supercharged Range Rovers. I should absolutely love the Porsche Cayenne. But I don't. It has nothing to do with complaining about the sacrilege nature of a Porsche SUV. Frankly, people who whine about that irritate me a little. I like the Cayenne okay, but for what it is, I should adore it, and want one in a painful sort of way. It's the long-reigning king of fast sports "utility" vehicles, and it is also no longer tragically ugly. And I love the new Macan, and the Touareg, and even the Q7. But for some reason, the Cayenne doesn't create any desire in me. What about you? What's a car that people who know you would think you'd like, but that you actually don't care for?

DISCUSSION (76)

505Turbeaux > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:43

And the answer is, as always, Miata

Leon711 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:43

GT-R

fast, idiot-proof, stable, cheaper than competition.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:43

WRX - Fast, Subaru, rally, hatchback, etc. I was going to buy one about a year ago, but drove it and hated the way it handled. I bought a BRZ instead.

PS9 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:44

Kinja'd!!!

Never got what the big deal was supposed to be behind these, and the hype behind them was waaaaaay overblown.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 10:45

I agree.

Milky > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:46

Its cheap, it has a V8 so its fast, finally has IRS, looks good for once imo, and I could actually afford one. But I don't want it at all.

Kinja'd!!!

Leon711 > PS9
10/28/2014 at 10:46

I see it as a miata with some of the fun sucked out. The rear is lardy, The front writes checks the engine cant cash.

PRBot II > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:48

Kinja'd!!!

I should like the 911, but I don't.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:51

I guess new 911's. I was crazy about them in the late 80's early 90's. Posters on the wall and all that. But now they don't do much for me and I'm not sure why.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 10:51

Well, there it is, my answer. I'll just see myself out then...

Milky > 505Turbeaux
10/28/2014 at 10:52

But ….

Kinja'd!!!

titsinmymitts > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/28/2014 at 10:53

Apparently a couple of choice suspension mods makes a big difference (as always).

I've read even just a rear sway bar tightens things up nicely.

Milky > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/28/2014 at 10:54

Was that the new model? I can't remember how long a year ago was. But I remember in the MT video of the new WRX vs FoST he loved the way the Subaru handled.

titsinmymitts > PS9
10/28/2014 at 10:54

These are priced right where they need to be on the used market with like 20-30,000 miles. $20,000.

It should be a $22,000 car new. If it was that cheap, the hype would be justified.

spanfucker retire bitch > Milky
10/28/2014 at 10:55

No, a year ago was the last-gen WRX.

Sam > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:55

E30 M3. I like BMW's a lot (my DD is the E34 Wagon I've posted many pictures of) and I have the blipshift shirt with the E30 on it. I like them, I just don't love them. They have an obscenely good chassis, but they just seem to lack in the power department. I guess I'm just spoiled by the high-power, low-displacement engines in modern M cars.

Gratuitous picture of my Bimmer (clamshell hoods are best hoods)

Kinja'd!!!

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:56

The Porsche 911. Especially new ones. I just think they're like the Camry of sportscars.

titsinmymitts > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:56

Kinja'd!!!

Drove a Mk 6. Was thoroughly disappointed.

Turbocharged hot hatch that's German. I should love it. I don't. The car doesn't come alive until you tune it, apparently. It's also crazy expensive now.

Racescort666 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:56

Performance/luxury wagons. I can identify the logic for my dislike though. Basically all of the "utility" of said wagon is nullified by the fact that I don't want to use my nice car the way I use a wagon.

Despite the fact that I have hauled around tires in my Audi, they are always in bags and I would never stack it ceiling high with racecar parts like I did with my old Subaru.

Edit pics:

Kinja'd!!!

Imirrelephant > Milky
10/28/2014 at 10:57

It has a chance of changing my mind, but for now, Miata is still my answer.

Sam > Leon711
10/28/2014 at 10:58

You mean the R35? Because the others are far from idiot-proof

R34

Kinja'd!!!

Yes, that is two halves of the same car.

mcseanerson > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 10:58

The C7 Z06. It will probably be faster around a track than any production Vette before it and the supercharger makes it a more powerful motor with more torque everywhere but it just irritates the hell out of me which is sad because the C6 Z06 is one of my dream cars.

Milky > spanfucker retire bitch
10/28/2014 at 10:58

Ahh I see, makes sense then.

Leon711 > Sam
10/28/2014 at 10:59

Yes R35.

mcseanerson > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:01

You know what's funny, I was super hyped for the ND Miata but the way Mazda has been dolling out the info slowly torturing us is just making me lose interest instead of making me want it more.

Jayhawk Jake > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:02

Any fast Mercedes.

Luxurious fast cars, some with angry V8s, and yet I don't like any of them

Milky > mcseanerson
10/28/2014 at 11:06

Yea they're kind of f**king that up. But its still a car I'm very seriously considering buying. In theory I should love it.

Crocket Bernet > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:10

The MK4 Supra, I don't like them because they're whitebread.

qbeezy > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:11

Anything Hellcat. I mean it's cool and all, but i's still just a charger/challenger. Looks like every other charger. Nothing to differentiate itself every other charger/challenger

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:15

It was the last gen. I think it was a '13. I haven't tried the new ones yet, but I probably will once they offer a hatch.

Justino6969 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:15

Hardtop Miata. I hate convertibles and it looks so good and I want a driver's car but it just doesn't do it for me. Too slow and soft, the counter of everything good I've heard about it.

mcseanerson > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:17

I am still interested in the car but I have no interest in the rest of the launch campaign now. I will wait until they're good and launched and doing comparison drives with other cars.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > titsinmymitts
10/28/2014 at 11:17

That's what I heard, but I think that most of my issues with it were chassis related. It just pushed so much and felt heavy. While a rear sway bar would certainly help with turn in, it was still way heavier than I would prefer.

LappingLuke > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:17

It's soooo heavy :( I think it's really awesome in every other way but damn its sooo heavy

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:17

Subaru products in general. I just don't get it. Oh and modern big American muscle cars.

camaroboy68ss > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:24

C7 Vette, it's a RWD V8 sports car that punches above its weight and tells the Italians to stick it. But I hate the this car so much. Mainly for its hideous styling and ruining the stingray name. Everyone loves it but I just can't id rather drive a 76 Vette with 140 HP.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:25

Jeep Wrangler, had a 91 YJ with the 4.0L straight six for a couple of years an did not like it one bit.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:26

I like small, nippy, fun cars.

But I don't like the Suzuki Swift.

Milky > mcseanerson
10/28/2014 at 11:30

Thats kind of how I feel about it now too. I can't even remember if they officially said US horsepower numbers :/

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:30

Kinja'd!!!

Looks wonderful, excellent off road, and more luxurious than almost anything on the road and yet I feel like the Range Rover is far too Westminster and not enough Scottish Highlands.

Milky > LappingLuke
10/28/2014 at 11:35

Yea, it unfortunately is just as fat as the competition now.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:35

I love hot hatches, yet the Fiesta ST and to a lesser extent the Focus ST do nothing for me. I'd rather have a GTI.

Same goes for the new Mustang. Love muscle/pony cars, but the Mustang is to ugly and a step backwards from the generation previous I think.

And like you said luxury SUVs. Cayenne and Q7 are too unattractive.

AthomSfere > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:42

Fox Body Mustang...

Small coupe, big engine (Although horrible stock power for big V8), RWD...

Just too bad it was such a bad car, living off a name that was only really good in the 60's and maybe again in 2015... I don't want to be a Mustang owner...

j250ex > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:42

Every few weeks I see someone post a story about ford bringing back the bronco. I love broncos. Theyre tough and rugged. Have a buletproof drivetrain and hail from a day when ford made real trucks instead of dad status symbols. I don't like the concept bronco. It looks huge and more than likely is very expensive. It will sell in large numbers but to middle age dads who want to relive their 20's. You will never see one off road because dads know better than to take their $50,000 truck off road. Ford I beg you. If you do bring back the bronco make it cheap. Make it affordable for everyone. Don't make it like the raptor and price it out of everyone's reach. You have the opportunity here to make a real jeep wrangler competitor. Do it right. Let's get some competition back into the off-road convertible market.

505Turbeaux > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:46

no way, no how will that one ever look good to me

mcseanerson > Milky
10/28/2014 at 11:49

I don't believe they have but I'm not even sure if they've confirmed the US engine.

HammerheadFistpunch > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 11:55

Most supercars, Most AMGs (including the SLS), the jeep grand Cherokee SRT8, 911 (all but the GT3 RS)...a few more if i think about it longer.

briannutter1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 12:02

Kinja'd!!!

Tripper > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 12:03

GT-R gets closer than anything else, but I still don't feel like I should like it...It's faster than lots of cars that are more expensive, but that doesn't do anything for me. It's still a piece of poop and I can't bring my best friend Manuel.

Thunderbee - Has the engine that kids like > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 12:05

Jaguar E-Type. For some reason it does nothing to me, though I'm sure it should o.o

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > j250ex
10/28/2014 at 12:05

I followed you. Does that bring you out of the grey?

briannutter1 > mcseanerson
10/28/2014 at 12:07

I was racing with one of the GM chassis engineers for the Caddy V projects who was driving a C6 Grand sport with mondo supercharged power and carbon brakes etc. We talked about my old c5z and what mods are needed to keep up with the newer c6 and c7. He quietly and politely said I should probably sell my car because it wasn't going to be possible. Crushed. Perhaps a body transplant is possible.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jayhawk Jake
10/28/2014 at 12:07

What about a slow Mercedes?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 12:13

Miata. Does nothing for me.

Milky > mcseanerson
10/28/2014 at 12:14

I checked Jalopnik. They confirmed the 2.0 SkyActive for the U.S. which currently makes 155hp in the 3 …. so hopefully few more ponies in the Miata.

j250ex > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
10/28/2014 at 12:48

it did. Thank you

mcseanerson > briannutter1
10/28/2014 at 12:55

I'm more concerned over the personality of the car than the outright performance.

Jayhawk Jake > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 12:57

I typically don't like slow cars, so there's no reason I should be interested in them and I am not

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jayhawk Jake
10/28/2014 at 13:11

Ones in the middle?

briannutter1 > mcseanerson
10/28/2014 at 13:15

It takes years for new things to grow on me sometimes. That may be the case with the C7.

Jayhawk Jake > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 13:28

None. No mercedes do anything for me. At all.

Kinja'd!!!

This one might. It's the only one I've ever been even a little bit interested in.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 14:43

Evo. Mechanically I love it, visually I think its vulgar

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 19:48

Any Saab. they're overglorified

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1
10/28/2014 at 20:12

I could see where a lot of people would want less bling. I think it could certainly do without the metal jewelry that runs down from the mirror and along the side.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
10/28/2014 at 20:13

I thought you did like luxury SUVs.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 20:15

I do, just the Cayenne and Q7 are too ugly for me to like.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
10/28/2014 at 20:17

Oh okay. Confusing wording was confusing.

For some reason I find the post-facelift Q7s to be better looking, even though I can't tell what it is they did or if they actually did anything at all.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 20:19

Poor wording on my part.

Kinda, even though virtually nothing has changed on it.

It's funny, I don't like the Cayenne and Q7 for being ugly, yet I like that big Infiniti SUV. QX60 or whatever. I don't find it unattractive.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
10/28/2014 at 20:27

That one is the opposite for me. I used to like it, but I've grown to dislike it for some reason.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2014 at 21:13

Kinja'd!!!