"The Transporter" (transporter)
07/11/2014 at 11:43 • Filed to: None
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"The Transporter" (transporter)
07/11/2014 at 11:43 • Filed to: None | 3
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Steelies on a brand new 2014 Corolla. Reliable, but old and boring covered in a cheap, disposable plastic facade isn't just a metaphor for the new Corolla, it's a metaphor for Toyota as a whole.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 12:06 |
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Not to mention with a dash of rubbing your face in it. They deliberately left the spokes clear of the steelie in such a way as to pretend it's a classy 8-spoke and try flailingly to make use of the steelie in the overall appearance at the same time. Utterly tone-deaf.
Wurrwulf
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 12:12 |
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GM sells $50,000+ vehicles with "chrome" plastic wheel covers...
Why hate on the cheap, economical car when certain "luxury" vehicles are much worse offenders?
Milky
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 12:23 |
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Wait, what car are you talking about?
Bandit
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 12:45 |
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Because racecar, it reduces weight the engine has to rotate creating better performance.
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Wurrwulf
> Milky
07/11/2014 at 13:03 |
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Those are plastic wheel covers on a $50000 Tahoe.
jkm7680
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 13:07 |
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Those are polished alloys I'm fairly sure?
EL_ULY
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 13:09 |
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Just like a 2014 Jetta, except, the Jetta has rear drum brakes
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Wurrwulf
> jkm7680
07/11/2014 at 13:09 |
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You are wrong.
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jkm7680
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 13:22 |
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They are listed as "Polished Aluminium."
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The Transporter
> EL_ULY
07/11/2014 at 13:24 |
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I think the Corolla does as well. I'll have to check.
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EL_ULY
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 13:33 |
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Corolla doesn't have a sweet GLI version though....yet :] Well, the older GLI's were cool, these latest ones have been just ok.
NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 13:42 |
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I thought this was their symbol?
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Milky
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 14:21 |
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Polished, chrome, whatever … they are actual rims though, not hubcaps.
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Wurrwulf
> Milky
07/11/2014 at 14:28 |
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I'll check my comp when I get home. A co-worker has a loaded Sierra with the six spoke wheels. He curbchecked the hell out of them and cracked a huge chunk of plastic off of the rim. I've seen the same thing on a Buick Enclave on the rack in a Buick garage. They aren't the same type of "hubcap", like you think of, on a traditional steelie. They are a bitch to remove, as I don't think GM intended for them to be removed.
Makoyouidiot
> EL_ULY
07/11/2014 at 15:56 |
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Jetta is made cool by GLI and TDI
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Milky
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 16:28 |
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Say word? I'm interested in pic, don't SR20 this!
Matt Urban
> Wurrwulf
07/11/2014 at 17:10 |
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Dodge does that as well with their RAM trucks. The first iteration of the 20" were aluminum but the current ones for the most part have a plastic chrome cover attached to the wheel
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Matt Urban
> The Transporter
07/11/2014 at 17:11 |
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Easy fix, just take them off and play Frisbee
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The Transporter
> Matt Urban
07/11/2014 at 19:06 |
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COTD
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Wurrwulf
> Milky
07/15/2014 at 18:57 |
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Brief thread revival:
I saw my co-worker today and managed to get pics of the hubcaps I was talking about. He's had the cracked caps replaced; so, I don't have a picture of that.
Fancy hubcaps.
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Milky
> Wurrwulf
07/16/2014 at 07:38 |
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Well I be damned …. or actually, damn GM.