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View Poll Results: Worst automotive trend?
Giant wings on a noticeably slow car 48 41.74%
Resto-rods with 20" wheels, cross-drilled rotors, airbags, etc 16 13.91%
V6 ponycars with dual exhaust and V8 model wheels, trying to convince the world that its a V8, even though their exhaust sound gives it away LOL 24 20.87%
Decals on cars that dont even sport the mods they blatantly advertise 28 24.35%
Fart-can exhausts on otherwise unmodified cars 50 43.48%
Underbody/interior neon 25 21.74%
TV's in every headrest 39 33.91%
Overdone and obnoxious stereo systems 35 30.43%
22" bling-bling wheels on junker rides 49 42.61%
Lowered dualie pickup trucks 27 23.48%
Big trucks with 12" suspension lifts and dinky tires 26 22.61%
Cars with chrome window/door/fender trim (the "Pep Boys special" as I like to call it) 23 20.00%
"Spinner" rims 47 40.87%
Sparkly tint which comes in every color/shade under the sun 16 13.91%
Cars with the Nike symbol on the back window (WTF?!?!) 20 17.39%
Cars painted in ridiculous neon colors 18 15.65%
Cars with hydraulics that bounce up and down the street 24 20.87%
Cars/trucks that drag and create sparks (hydraulically controlled) 19 16.52%
Big ol cars (ie Lincoln Continentals) with dinky 10" 100 spoke gold Dayton wheels 26 22.61%
A lifted truck with oversized bling-bling 20" wheels, like thatll do any good off-road 32 27.83%
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Old 04-13-2008, 01:36 AM
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here's another one... ridicolus amount of speakers!

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here's another one... ridicolus amount of speakers!



Any bets on oversized bling-bling wheels and a wing as well?
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I don't mind spinner rims; but spinner hubcaps are a whole different story!
I voted for spinner rims, but was also going to mention the spinner hubcaps because there's something about them I just can't figure out - why?
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Can you please show us an example of a 4d sedan that does nto look dorky with large wheels? there must be a pcture of one somewhere. Please post one.
here's one
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Old 04-13-2008, 08:19 PM
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The worst thing was whan they replaced chrome with ugly plastic. Next worst thing was the trend toward turd-shaped cars.
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What about all that plastic body cladding that is installed in the factory? I think that is about the worst thing I've seen on production vehicles. The Chevy Avalanche and Honda Element are two examples of this that come to mind. I think the old Pontiac Aztek had this as well.

Another bad trend I've seen is the ugly syndrome. Every time I think I've seen the ugliest vehicle ever made, along comes something else to take the cake. Some examples are the Pontiac Aztek, Honda Element, Toyota Prius (especially the older ones), and Scion xB (again, the older ones).

Edit: I just realized Magnum Mike already addressed this matter:
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One other item you probably should have mentioned, and you can blame both the auto maker and the consumer for it, and that's those ugly Scions that look like boxes on little wheels. I first thought the Honda Element was the ugliest automobile, but not long after that, Scion definitely took that title from Honda. I'm not sure how much these Scions cost, but you couldn't even give me an ugly car like that!

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need to be able to vote for more than one, too many should just be outlawed on the basis of good taste
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You can vote for more than one, so give it a whirl!
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Old 04-13-2008, 11:11 PM
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What about the new trend, the tacked on fender vents of the 3 piece fake chrome vents sold at Pep Boys.

Funny Thread!
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What about the new trend, the tacked on fender vents of the 3 piece fake chrome vents sold at Pep Boys.
Hah! We've already got that one covered.
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