Late Clickbait: Top 10 Overhyped Classic Cars

"Berang" (berang) 10/03/2016 at 00:30 • Filed to: i need sleep

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You won’t believe number 7.

In maximum order:

10: Volkswagen Microbus

Slow, ugly, unsafe, uncomfortable, and overpriced - some people will !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for what is objectively one of the worst vehicles ever made. The VW Microbus is possibly the only example of vehicular gentrification in action. What used to be the vehicle of choice for penniless hippies is now the vehicle of choice for people with money to burn, and who would legally burn hippies if they could get away with it.

9: Datsun 510

One of the most boring cars ever made, it’s even more boringer now than it ever was. When the 510 was new, it was a nice handling sedan among a sea of sedans that handled like total crap. It made its reputation on being better than terrible, which was fine when they were still cheap, common, and relatively unappreciated. But now they’re expensive, over-hyped, and played out.

8: Fiat 500

Here is another car which in most respects is objectively terrible. It’s got cuteness going for it, but practically it’s a terrible, awful, car. Compare it with similarly sized cars like the Mini, or the Subaru 360, and it’s noisier, slower, less comfortable, less space efficient, and less well made. Worse, the 500 overshadows its much nicer, better engineered, and more historically important sibling, the 600. You could have a 600, or pay more for a car that is worse in every respect, except cuteness.

7: Split Window Corvette

The rear window is two windows. Who gives a damn.

6: Shelby Cobra

Shelby put a big engine in a small car. That never happened before or since, amirite? It was so popular when it was new, that probably none exist. Even the ones that are real are probably fake. This is a car that became so overhyped an entire industry grew up around building fake ones. You might think that must be the most overhyped a car could possibly be, but it also means then that people are willing to settle for a fake. If having a fake is “better” than not having one at all, maximum hype levels haven’t been obtained.

5: BMW 2002

What’s that old BMW? No not the Isetta - the normal one? The only old BMW anybody remembers? Oh yeah, the 2002. If you like BMWs, and you want to like old cars, the 2002 is a BMW and it is old, and therefore it is the first and only car you will consider. Other old BMWs don’t exist. Well except the other old BMW, the one that’s too scary, the Isetta. Did BMW even make any other cars back then? Who cares? Nobody can be assed to find out.

4: Ford Falcon Mustang

Ford took a Falcon, made it boxier, which somehow made it look sportier, but it wasn’t actually a sports car, but somehow it is THE MOST IMPORTANT CAR FORD EVER MADE. Fuck the Model T and its stupid ass “mass production” this cubist interpretation of the Falcon is the most important contribution Ford made in advancing the art of the automobile. You see they took a normal boring car, and put a stylish body on it, and that never had been done before.

Oh.

Well they took a compact car and put a big engine it, and that never had been done before.

Oh.

Well it was popular when I was an unborn being, and therefore should be popular now and forever.

3: Aston Martin DB5

Did you know it was used in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in the 1960s???

2: Yugo GVL

Boxy, unreliable, small, poorly built, but often incorrectly praised as the first modern small car, the YUGO GVL is insanely over appreciated by collectors. Be prepared to shell out in excess of $30,000 for a nice one. True it is cute, it handles well, and it was a miracle of packaging in its day, but contrary to what most believe it wasn’t the first two-box design, or the first popular car with front wheel drive.

1: Air Cooled Porsche

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:35

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How does it feel to be the wrongest wrong person ever.

TheHondaBro > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:38

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That Type-R render is a thing of beauty. I want that exact car.

Berang > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 10/03/2016 at 00:39

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Clickbait does not care if wrong, only if click.

Berang > TheHondaBro 10/03/2016 at 00:39

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Yes.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:41

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Has Adblock, and no fear.

Berang > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 10/03/2016 at 00:44

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clickbait only hobby

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:45

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This is the best 620 I have ever seen.

Berang > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/03/2016 at 00:46

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You know, it wouldn’t be too hard to make your own.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:47

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Sure Buzzfeed... sure it is.... :)

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:47

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TOYOTA FJ40/45/55/60/62/70/80/100 4 LYFE.

Berang > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 10/03/2016 at 00:48

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also not journalism, only blogging. onLY A BLogGGER

don’t hold me to standards!

Berang > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 10/03/2016 at 00:49

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that was number 11

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:53

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Lies. Not overhyped.

RPM esq. > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 10/03/2016 at 00:54

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80s are cheap and tough but boy is this true of everything older. $9000 for an FJ60 rusty enough to drive it with your feet like the Flintstones car? $20,000 for a 40 in similar condition?

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:55

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“but they have character” every commenter on Petrolicious. If character means fixing it every weekend and waiting weeks for a $2 part to drive it. #DriveTastefully

RPM esq. > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:56

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E30 M3s are undoubtedly great but I’m not sure they’re $40k-for-a-high-mileage-runner great...just as bad as air-cooled 911s.

Steve in Manhattan > Berang 10/03/2016 at 00:58

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If I had to pluck one out of the list, it’s the BMW 2002. It’s the best pure driving experience I’ve ever had. And it’s a usable car for a family.

Berang > Steve in Manhattan 10/03/2016 at 01:01

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Ignoring that this is obviously a very silly post, the title does say “overhyped”, which doesn’t exclude actually good cars. Sure the 2002 is good. But it is still wayyyy overhyped these days.

Berang > RPM esq. 10/03/2016 at 01:02

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I remember looking at one about 8 years ago before prices went crazy, and even then I thought asking prices were high.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:04

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My mom would disagree with #7, because she had one new and still complains about how she wishes she still had it.

But my mom also totaled a (BRG!) Series 1 E-Type, so she doesn’t get to have any opinions about cars.

Steve in Manhattan > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:04

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Fair enough ...

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:15

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You forgot Any mercedes diesel, or a volvo

Berang > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/03/2016 at 01:17

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Those aren’t actually collectible though.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:18

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Wait a couple years

Nauraushaun > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:20

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In a sentence:

Fuck cars that are historically significant while not being better than everything else ever made

Hah. Good point though. Nice list. Couldn’t believe how many times Petrolicious has done the 911.

Tristan > Berang 10/03/2016 at 01:40

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Hat tip for the Studebaker mention on #4!

The list is dead on, but I think the bus should be higher. Seriously- what’s its appeal? The camera are pretty cool, but not the type of cool where they’re worth way more than a way better camper.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Berang 10/03/2016 at 02:36

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Toyota 86.

How long did it take to link all those videos?

Jobjoris > Berang 10/03/2016 at 02:57

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What does owning/enjoying 2 out of these mean?

jimz > Berang 10/03/2016 at 06:00

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The rear window is two windows. Who gives a damn.

the story goes- and it may be apocryphal- that the chief stylist for the ‘63 Corvette fought like hell through all of the criticism to keep the split rear window. Then, after they started building cars and he drove one, said “get rid of it.”

404 - User No Longer Available > Berang 10/03/2016 at 07:29

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Well except the other old BMW, the one that’s too scary, the Isetta.

Except the Isetta wasn’t a BMW to start with.

S65 > Berang 10/03/2016 at 08:41

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LEAVE THE YUGO ALONE

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 08:57

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#8 - I hate you now! *runs off into a corner and cries* :P

Berang > 404 - User No Longer Available 10/03/2016 at 08:58

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Except BMW manufactured Isettas, and sold them as BMWs.

Berang > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 10/03/2016 at 08:59

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Too long. Much longer than I thought it would because I didn’t even know they had made so many even though I knew they made a lot.

Berang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/03/2016 at 09:06

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Come back...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 09:09

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Well....I do like the 600 a lot :P

But I have a thing for aircooled, so I’m still going to like the 500 and 126 anyway! :D

Berang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/03/2016 at 09:20

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Also air cooled:

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 09:37

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I do quite like the 360 as well, but I like the FIATs more...also, parts are much easier to find for those two compared to the 360, aren’t they?

Berang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/03/2016 at 10:10

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If you have an actual U.S. spec 500 they are entirely impossible to find parts for. If you have a later home market 500 you can get parts relatively easily. Subaru sold 10,000 360s in the U.S. so there are still lots of parts cars out there. So it depends on what you’re working with and what you want.

Rock Bottom > Berang 10/03/2016 at 13:13

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As one of like 6 people who have actually driven an original Cobra, I can confirm that they are absolute junk. I have been told by old guys who know about such things that even when new, they were considered to be somewhat awful. Fast, but awful. The steering wheel is awkward, the pedal placement is all wrong, the shifter is under your right elbow, and they do terrifying things mid-corner. They’re great to look at, but I don’t ever want to drive one ever again.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Berang 10/03/2016 at 15:31

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Well, AFAIK, the US-spec 500 was almost exactly the same, just with different headlights to meet US requirements at the time? There are a number of online shops in the US that sell 500 parts, Mr. FIAT for example.

There’s a cool channel, 2stroketurbo, on Youtube with a guy in Oregon (or Seattle, I forget which!) that owns like 4 360s and deals with a lot of microcar stuff! Neat watch! :P

Spridget > Berang 10/09/2016 at 18:55

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Did BMW even make any other cars back then? Who cares? Nobody can be assed to find out.

COUGH FUCKING COUGH