Stupid car trends
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hahaha. I had a filipino flag hanging from my rearview. I'm not filipino at all, but my wife and kids are filipino citizens and have never been to the USA. It was more of a homesick thing for me. I would occasionally get funny looks from people driving by like, WTF????
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BTW - With the 3 vents thing, didn't 3 vents indicate that it was the low end model while 4 vents was supposed to be an indicator of the High End Model for the classic cars? I can't remember which car company they are from, but pretty certain it was some American Car Company from around the 60's - 70's time frame. 
Another one that I absolutely love are the "lifted" JDM slant hood yO! where they put washers/spacers between the hood and hinge to raise the trailing edge of the hood up. All that says to me is "Hi, I dont' know anything about anything." I have yet to see a car where they actually needed to do this to clear something. I know some idiots claim it helps lower underhood temps, but the reality is, it will do NOTHING for underhood temps in most cases.
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Another one that I absolutely love are the "lifted" JDM slant hood yO! where they put washers/spacers between the hood and hinge to raise the trailing edge of the hood up. All that says to me is "Hi, I dont' know anything about anything." I have yet to see a car where they actually needed to do this to clear something. I know some idiots claim it helps lower underhood temps, but the reality is, it will do NOTHING for underhood temps in most cases.
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I probably wouldn't question it on something with a small block Chevy because it probaby does have a clearance issue.
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You know you've seen them.
#1 for me are the fake fender vents. OK, pretty simple to see that they not only don't go anywhere and they DON'T make your car look like it cost any more than you paid for it. It didn't just become luxury because you slapped these on. Seriously,
are these people thinking?
#2 - I really, REALLY, don't care how many people are in your ****ing family. Is that so we know how many charred bodies to look for when you roll your aerostar over or what? This is information that literally benefits nobody. I just don't get it
You guys have others, I know it.
#1 for me are the fake fender vents. OK, pretty simple to see that they not only don't go anywhere and they DON'T make your car look like it cost any more than you paid for it. It didn't just become luxury because you slapped these on. Seriously,
are these people thinking? #2 - I really, REALLY, don't care how many people are in your ****ing family. Is that so we know how many charred bodies to look for when you roll your aerostar over or what? This is information that literally benefits nobody. I just don't get it
You guys have others, I know it.
i work at a GM dealer and it hurts to say i sell those vents i didnt want to stock them but people kept asking so i couldnt pass up the $$.
i even get people who come in and buy the GM ones from the buicks (guess buick started the fender vent thing back in the day) and escalades and then they go have somone cut holes in there fenders and install them looks much better then the stick ons
dont like the family stickers either....but i did see one that was kinda cool it had a family and 2 dogs but the 2 dogs had X's over them like teh died or somthing, hella funny and messed up your kids gotta see that, didnt take the stickers off just X them out like a fighter pilot took them out.
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Well that guy's van is ready for the Post-Apocalyptic Mad Max style world.
BTW - With the 3 vents thing, didn't 3 vents indicate that it was the low end model while 4 vents was supposed to be an indicator of the High End Model for the classic cars? I can't remember which car company they are from, but pretty certain it was some American Car Company from around the 60's - 70's time frame.
BTW - With the 3 vents thing, didn't 3 vents indicate that it was the low end model while 4 vents was supposed to be an indicator of the High End Model for the classic cars? I can't remember which car company they are from, but pretty certain it was some American Car Company from around the 60's - 70's time frame.
yeah buick still does it the higher end ones have 4 and the lower have 3.
its like the jdm new driver window hangers guys come in and buy the 3 vent and slap it on ther bucik le'scraper and dont realize there pointing out the fact that their car is low end.
One of my least favs comes from back home in Hawaii - the big *** "Ainokea" stickers. I wanted to counter by saying the opposite but then it would mostly be confused for support of a certain Swedish housewares store.
It's a Hawaii thing but yeah.. My wife likes gecko stickers which reminds me I am supposed to get one for her new car..
"TRY WAIT" is another Hawaii thing which I also have on my car. It's means "just a sec" or something along those lines.
Just like "WATUFAKA" is sort of like "oh hello, what are you up to today?" or something along those lines... HAHA..
"TRY WAIT" is another Hawaii thing which I also have on my car. It's means "just a sec" or something along those lines.
Just like "WATUFAKA" is sort of like "oh hello, what are you up to today?" or something along those lines... HAHA..
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It's a Hawaii thing but yeah.. My wife likes gecko stickers which reminds me I am supposed to get one for her new car..
"TRY WAIT" is another Hawaii thing which I also have on my car. It's means "just a sec" or something along those lines.
Just like "WATUFAKA" is sort of like "oh hello, what are you up to today?" or something along those lines... HAHA..
"TRY WAIT" is another Hawaii thing which I also have on my car. It's means "just a sec" or something along those lines.
Just like "WATUFAKA" is sort of like "oh hello, what are you up to today?" or something along those lines... HAHA..
All those weird stickers. No bad days. The family tree. The gecko. The turtle.
I'm just like... wtf. O.k. Let your inner surfer out I guess. haaaa.
