Monty Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 If I only had a dollar for every non-Buick I've seen with stick-on fender portholes...$$$$$$$ :) I'm sure every city has its share of automotive ignoranti. Whoever created those Buick-esque portholes has made a fortune in the Dallas area alone. I've seen them on everything from '80s Lincolns to camo-painted Hummers. Here are a couple of my funniest memories of I-have-to-stick-something-on-my-car owners I've encountered: 1) A riced-out Solara with Honda VTEC badges on the fenders. Owner had no idea why people were laughing. 2) An '83 T-bird whose owner tried to create Duesenberg-type fender exhaust pipes using flexible metal conduit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That vehicle is the culinary equivalent of chocolate chips in Lasagna....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) I dunno, the choices just seem too deliberate, like a theme build or something. Does it look like a play off anything you've seen in pop culture? Transformers? Starship Troopers? Anime? Any story behind it? ??? Edited July 14, 2012 by Lunajammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Joseph Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 It may look a little goofy, but at least it appears road-worthy and not hazardous... like stretching tire sidewalls over wheels that are too wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 It may look a little goofy, but at least it appears road-worthy and not hazardous... like stretching tire sidewalls over wheels that are too wide. or camber that makes the car ride on the side wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 or camber that makes the car ride on the side wall Or a car you need a stepladder to get into... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) I found some more pics of an earlier iteration of this car. And a few more: http://www.viperalley.com/forum/srt-8-discussions/76826-new-2020-dodge-charger.html Edited July 14, 2012 by Fat Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Supercharging with nitrous. Or is that just an energy drink dispenser on the a-post? It looks like a mobile industrial vacuum. Excuse me whilst I claw my eyes out. Edited July 14, 2012 by Harold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I stand by my statement of more money than brains. That thing is horrid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I stand by my statement of more money than brains. That thing is horrid! I think thats a given Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Come on ! You guys don't like it ? Neither do I. People are free to do whatever they want to their cars and people are free to voice their opinions. I hope it's not a lease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 If it is a lease, I would loved to be there when the car gets turned in to see the look on the dealers face, and hear the questions that are asked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 If I only had a dollar for every non-Buick I've seen with stick-on fender portholes...$$$$$$$ :) I'm pretty sure I could easily make a payment or two on my 200 with all the ones around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I stand by my statement of more money than brains. That thing is horrid! Something tells me he wouldn't have anything to worry about during a Zombie Appacolyps........they'd take one look at that abomination and look elseware for brains to eat................ If it is a lease, I would loved to be there when the car gets turned in to see the look on the dealers face, and hear the questions that are asked I've got the distinct feeling that we may not have to be there to hear that reaction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Handicap plates no less. There's a (bad...) joke in there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Quoting Joe Handley: "Something tells me he wouldn't have anything to worry about during a Zombie Appacolyps........they'd take one look at that abomination and look elseware for brains to eat................" So far I think that's the best response. This is kinda what happens when someone with no clue as to how things actually work, and no interest in finding out, decides to make something similar to something else he's seen. There's a story about some isolated Pacific Islanders many years ago who made an airplane out of rocks and assorted detritus, more-or-less arranged in the shape of an airplane, then wondered why it wouldn't fly. A little of the same thing going on here, I believe. Or maybe WE'RE all the ignorant ones, and this is really a secret-secret car being readied for the also secret-secret Subterranean and Underwater Daytona to Yokahama Race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Handicap plates no less. There's a (bad...) joke in there somewhere. I didn't realize that really bad taste is a medically recognized handicap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 But I bet that spoiler makes the car really fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 But I bet that spoiler makes the car really fast! The one on the trunk, or the one on the back window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 The one on the trunk, or the one on the back window? Obviously you know nothing about engineering. Those two work together! I bet they create an extra 50 hp! Then add the extra power those tube thingies in the fenders add, and this thing can really fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 If I only had a dollar for every non-Buick I've seen with stick-on fender portholes...$$$$$$$ :) On this car, they are speedholes... make it go faster. If it is a lease, I would loved to be there when the car gets turned in to see the look on the dealers face, and hear the questions that are asked Too old to be a lease, I would think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogdor Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I always wondered what demographic things like this were geared toward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That thing has sucker bait written all over it Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Wow! So that's what a 1:1 glue bomb looks like! Best comment so far, and somewhat along the lines of what I was thinking. I was also wondering if that handicapped plate might have something to do, but decided that would simply be too cruel (to other handicapped people) to go there. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warra48 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 It's a student exercise at a design studio. The object of the exercise was to see how many wrong, tacky, ugly, and plain useless things they could stuff onto or into the one vehicle. At the conclusion they were told to design the complete opposite for real world designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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