Comments | ebenbrooks: Automotive wrongness

ebenbrooks

Automotive wrongness

Sep 16, 2011 13:02

Recent sightings on the highway between my home and my workplace:

A Jaguar station-wagon.
A Mini Cooper SUV

Would someone please tell these companies to stop making abominations? Thanks.

car, wtf?

Comments 10

talonvaki September 16 2011, 20:17:56 UTC

I don't think the Cooper is an SUV...if it's the one I've seen, it's like a Mini station wagon, with barn doors instead of a hatchback. I LOVE them. I don't drive, but if I did, I'd get one. I hate hatchbacks.

ebenbrooks September 16 2011, 20:58:19 UTC

Maybe so. All I could tell was that it was Mini Cooper-shaped, but about twice as big.

stellatangdele September 22 2011, 04:26:45 UTC

I wonder if it still gets 50 miles per gallon?

ebenbrooks September 22 2011, 16:08:53 UTC

Doubtful, considering the size. But it might get 30, which for an SUV ain't bad.

Just tune in... niall_shapero September 16 2011, 21:37:12 UTC

to BBC America, and watch any episode of TOP GEAR (the original British version - stay away from the Aussie and US evil clones). You will see FAR worse (and better - not that either of us can afford the better ones, not at 100k+ Pounds Sterling) and you will get a few laughs along the way.

As to the Jaguar station wagon .. that is just so WRONG in so many ways...

Re: Just tune in... ebenbrooks September 22 2011, 16:09:39 UTC

Unfortunately, I have no TV signal coming into my house, so if I'm going to watch Top Gear, I'll have to watch back episodes through Netflix.

But I'll consider it. Thanks.

bluejogger September 17 2011, 01:33:16 UTC

I understand where you're getting at, I saw a 4-door Hummer the other day that was barely street legal in width with only one person in it.

While I'm not a big fan of the government dictating people's choices, sometimes I wonder about the wisdom of laissez-faire economics especially since we already interfere with big oil subsidies to keep gas prices artificially low.

Sigh, if I was dictator.... I'd probably screw everything up worse.

ebenbrooks September 22 2011, 16:09:53 UTC

I hear ya there, pal.

Four Door Porsche Sedans and SUVs ext_1075127 February 29 2012, 18:14:27 UTC

Need I say more? If you're gonna drive a Porsche, get something tiny, noisy and impractical, so you can at least have fun while the rest of us make fun of your visible insecurities ;-)

Re: Four Door Porsche Sedans and SUVs ebenbrooks February 29 2012, 18:22:14 UTC

I'd heard of the Porsche Cayanne (the shape of a Mini, the size of a Hummer H3), but I hadn't heard about the Porsche 4-door sedans. Yeah, they're both just freakin' WRONG!