DOTPL - Lightweight Golf

"Jb boin" (jb-boin) 10/15/2020 at 13:30 • Filed to: DOTPL, DOTS, Lightweight Golf

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On the parking lot next to the restaurant, sad stories to be told (note the beer bottle on the intake of this lightweight golf, probably for some !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) and lots of cars that will trigger some peoples :

And there was this strange looking thing (probably a wood chipper) out my office window (i did only see the back when i was sitting at my desk ) :

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 13:55

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Why is that woodchipper so aerodynamic looking? I guess we should also be asking why most woodchippers aren’t very aerodynamic.

I really like the green Twingo. Other than the C3 Aircross (admittedly more interesting looking than the other two C3s next to it) , the Golf really catches my eye. Where did the rest of it go? And what happened to the side window? Is that a lot of rust around the rear door? It clearly has had a hard life.

And is it just the TDI engine cover that is crooked or is something else going on here?

Here’s one for you. Weather has been nice so I’ve been out and about when I find the time. 

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/15/2020 at 14:16

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There are also (counting on all of the pictures from this parking lot) two different Jumpy/Expert/Dispatch/Scudo, two C3 first gen (in addition to the two second gen you don’t like), a Master, a C1, a 108, a R19, a DS4, a Panda, a Corolla (hatchback) hybrid (not sure you have those), a shitty Kia with a flat tire, a 307, a 206 SW (wagon), a Megane II, a Punto, a Dacia (not sure on the model).

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On your picture i would say that from the left it’s a Levorg, a Taurus, an electric scooter, a Genesis coupé with an Altima on the background then an Altima with a cop car on the background (Ford Fusion?) then gray or white sedan.

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ps: the Golf is missing some parts like the airbox (thus the bottle on the intake) and the cover is not fitted, i haven’t checked what was going on under .

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 14:38

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Probably an abandoned parts car. Lots of VW people will buy broken ish cars with good parts on them, sell what they don’t want, take what they need, then tow the leftovers to some random spot and just... ditch it. VW people are kinda crappy. I at least list mine free on FB and they’re gone pretty quick...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 15:05

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Toyota decided to grace us with the Corolla hatch for this gen but no one buys them. The Corolla sedan is quite popular and is a very good car. Hard for me to see any of the others so I can’t see the DS4 and the R19 (what’s that?)

Golf looks like a hot mess though. Clearly someone is devoted to getting it back on the road though. Engine cover askew or a motor mount in need of replacing?

We never got a car called the Levorg here. We get the Legacy (same car I think?) as a sedan though. But that car is a Mazda Protege5. Pretty unusual car to see since most have rusted or been worn out by now.

Ford Fusion, not a Taurus. My brother has one just like that and it’s a large reliable car that is just A Car™ and that’s all. They aren’t built very well and don’t like holding up to UV exposure.

The two cars on the near side of the street are both Altimas. They made a coupe version but didn’t sell very many. And that’s a Dodge Charger cop car. You are improving rapidly!

It's kind of hard to find interesting carscapes to photograph though. Like this one has a Cadillac Fleetwood and a whole lotta beige. 

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/15/2020 at 15:25

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The DS4 is in the second picture and the R19 in both the first ones.

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I really should do posts on Renault ads from the 80s and 90s :

And the sedan version, the C hamade :

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Will check your photo later :)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 16:31

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Haha, I don’t understand the one where the girl throws the keys over a dam at all. Does that sell cars? Helped me spot the Renault 19 at least. Jur y’s still out on the DS4.

And the windmill one, ????? Ads don’t make no sense but I guess they don’t have to.

I just used that one photo of an example of how the average parking lot is too boring to mention. I look for street scenes with a little more variety than that because the alternative is kinda boring. I really haven't seen anything that interesting that wasn't a donk recently. Maybe I need to go on more walks. 

Also, bleh, don’t eat gummy bears with your hands covered in modeling clay! Bleh! Gross. I regret everything!

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/15/2020 at 16:59

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The DS4 is the rightmost car of the second photo.

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I have no clue about the windmills, the slogan “le gout de la force” mean... “the taste of force”?

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The one with the key is on a bridge in a Paris looking city, here in Dutch :

The girlfriend or wife of the driver discover a broa ch from another girl and is mad at him so s he scratches the paint and makes other fun things to his car then makes him think that she dropped the keys on the Seine so he goes out of the car and then she can car-jack the car !

It says : T he Renault 19 is guaranteed (warranted ?) corrosion-free for 6 years, profiled halogen headlights, oversized boot, purity of the lines, central locking, electric windows (then she takes the key) , one key for all the locks (she “drops” the keys), s mooth and silent Energy engine.

Renault 19, why live without her !

(in French there is no equivalent for “ it” and the Renault 19 is a she )

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A bonus one (there are plenty others) :

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 17:43

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Hmmm so about what I suspected but not knowing French I didn’t catch the pronoun trickery (I’m familiar with the concept from my terrible HS Spanish ). But I mean the car kind of let him down too so IDK it was indeed funny.

Did it use to be common to have different keys for the ignition and doors? Because a few of my friends have cars where different keys are required but I always thought that was just shoddy accident repair.

That’s a pretty over the top ad right there. I laughed at the people inside the command center ogling at the badge after they enhanced and zoomed to find out what it was. Hehe, it looks pretty clean for being in a dust storm.

I honestly can’t think of any really clever commercials like that. There are those terrible “real people” Chevy ads and not really anything more memorable. Maybe I need to watch more TV. 

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/15/2020 at 19:32

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I f i am no t mistaken, t here was different keys for the ignition and the gas cap at least and not all the keys could start the car.

I don’t watch TV at all, seems that current Renault ads are not as funny as before but not too bad (and some with good music) :

This one is a long version :

PSA also has some “ funny” shit :

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/15/2020 at 23:47

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In order, my impressions:

Fun play on the biker trope I guess. At least it owns that the electric Zoe looks a little dopey.

Ouch, right in the feels! Long but well worth it.

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Perhaps a slight good natured chuckle but otherwise it honestly has too many roots in colonialism. Maybe I’ve taken too many literature classes.

Why on earth is a 308 GTi in the US with European plates? The driving itself is fun and well choreographed but I can’t help but wonder how that car came to be. It’s kind of rare to see foreign countries in car ads that also very clearly feature street scenes like that. I often see like Lexus ads with the car driving in the Alps or something but this is unusual.

This just makes me want a Citroen GS with hydropuematic suspension and everything.

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 00:05

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Colonialism, where?

PSA always seems to have those imaginary plates, most European plates are with the country on the left on a blue background (even some non European countries like Turkey, Lebanon or Israel are using this design) :

And the ad is not for the French market (it’s forbidden to advertise driving “fast” on open road) and it’s actually quite common to have French car ads taking place in the US (or someplace looking like it), for example :

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jb boin 10/16/2020 at 03:47

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burn the Daewoo/Chevrolet Kalos.

Jb boin > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/16/2020 at 08:28

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It already has a flat so it's only a question of time !

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jb boin 10/16/2020 at 10:11

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/16/2020 at 13:58

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The first one and the second one both focus on handling and braking performance a whole lot. The setting is kind of strange though. I see what you mean about the imaginary plates but it’s not like you’d have that style of plate on the rear anyways in the US.

At 15 second in on the first ad, it showcases the moving headlights, a feature that is actually illegal in the US for entirely stupid reasons. It’s just as illegal as the car being there in the first place so I guess it doesn’t matter. Is there any specific appeal to showing these nimble French cars conquer America’s roadways? Might have answered my own question there; but like if an ad shows, say, a Lexus driving along Alpine roadways it projects an air of European sophistication.

Second one I have no idea what is happening. European road markings and imaginary civilization in the ( presumably) American desert?

I quite liked the third one. I found it to be pretty funny and the Renault 9 is a really good looking car. I love the FWD based stunts they pulled. Quite exciting too!

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 14:37

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I think that the first is mocking the terrible driving dynamics of American cars and showing that the C5 was the exact contrary (it had Hydractive 3+ suspensions that were electronic-controller hydraulic suspensions and anti roll-bars ) as in Europe, American cars are saw as huge, heavy a nd with terrible handling .

The second is using the great canyon as an allegory for the great open i believe, in opposition to an European crowded city.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/16/2020 at 14:57

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I don’t quite understand the first one though. I suppose it just matters that people think American cars handle terribly and are needlessly heavy and crude. Like a common large sedan from that time is the Ford Fusion and it has a pretty meh and poor build quality like most domestics from that time but it is far from a land yacht. It’s no Crown Victoria.

But comparing a Fusion to a complicated and more expensive Citroen with advanced suspension is a bit unfair. Now SUVs were still very much keeping up the tradition at the time. Things like the Chevy Avalanche were far from sophisticated. Sure, they rode nice and had lots of soft leather and plenty of power but 2000s SUVs/trucks still fit the stereotype.