Author Topic: Chevrolet gets no respect (Read 2404 times)

Bullet Blue · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2005, 05:30:12 pm »

Barrie, I'm not challenging your point, but I must say, I'm pretty good from judging cars from afar

claudster · « **Reply #21 on:** August 12, 2005, 05:33:28 pm »

This time I wholeheartedly agree with barrie.Getitng hard to tell cars apart.Honda elements and PT Cruisers stand out.

Mdxtasy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 12, 2005, 05:34:56 pm »

I'm with BB, I'm also pretty good (If I do say so myself) in being able to distinguish cars from a good distance. It must be the young keen eyes... :-)

barrie1 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2005, 12:49:51 am »

I understand your thought BB but now a days you have to admit many cars do resemble each other, you are a Car Freak like the rest of us and are more in tune then the average Joe on the street. Your eyes are younger then mine and I am still driving a 33 year old Vehicle Dailey. I have always liked the bigger cars for the safety aspect and the Big Car Ride as they are the best. I am older then you by a few years and seen a lot of vehicles in my time. I remember when everybody had their own unique shapes thats all. Certainly not knocking anything you have said but they all look the same to me nowadays.

Mdxtasy · « **Reply #24 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:34:58 am »

The overall shape of cars are very similar these days...but you look for certain cues that help you distinguish one car from another. Grille design, taillights, rims etc. It's pretty fun.

safristi · « **Reply #25 on:** August 13, 2005, 10:13:45 am »

Cor yer right Md. look at the headlites on that one....man that's a low beltline on the red one..ahoogah....man this is FUN.....

.......THESE EYES are in BT
OVERDRIVE.....!!!!

(Message edited by safristi on August 13, 2005)

Bullet Blue · « **Reply #26 on:** August 13, 2005, 06:52:42 pm »

Yup, Mdx is right. Certain features that he mentioned gives away what car is what. Although your point is well taken Barrie, there is a lot of copying from manufacturers going on, and I'm sure not everyone can spot the difference between a corolla and a new jetta from far away like mdx and I can

claudster · « **Reply #27 on:** August 14, 2005, 01:36:27 pm »

I'm also one of those people that can spot the differences.I know what to look for.

Turbo Bob · « **Reply #28 on:** August 14, 2005, 02:28:48 pm »

As Bob Lutz says, "I don’t think we have a lot of over-capacity... what we have is under-demand."

Just re-badged tack in the UK...
http://www.daewoo-cars.co.uk/

safristi · « **Reply #29 on:** August 15, 2005, 09:22:53 am »

God didn't make dem little Green Matiz.....and it don't rain in Indianapolis (or MankieChester..!!!)

Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #30 on:** August 15, 2005, 11:32:06 am »

Cars of a given era have always looked the same vis a vis their contemporaries. Take a look at late 1960’s coupes:

69 Mercury Cyclone

Mercury Cyclone

69 Charger

Dodge Charger

67 AMC Marlin

AMC Marlin

Differences in the details, but the same overall shape, no different than today.

wing · « **Reply #31 on:** August 15, 2005, 11:36:02 am »

BT, I was going to post something similar but didn't want to start an argument

More seasoned people seem to agree that today's cars all look the same, but us unexperiensed folks see the same thing of cars of the past. A lot of older cars look the same to me, but new cars I can pick out like no tomorrow.

safristi · « **Reply #32 on:** August 15, 2005, 12:53:23 pm »

HUH...!!!!!....

Drivesideways · « **Reply #33 on:** August 15, 2005, 02:16:02 pm »

barrie1 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 15, 2005, 03:12:12 pm »

BT you are right about the similarity with those cars but because of the sizes of them and the general overall shape they were much easier to know what they were even back then. To me the new cars are all too rounded and harder to figure out what they are from a distance unless you can see the grills or even the taillights on most of them to-day. There are certain wheels even that can set them apart but most are just rounded front and rear ends.

revolution · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2005, 04:56:08 pm »

personall,aside form the corvette,i cant stand gm cars...they're overpriced and are worth sh*t

claudster · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2005, 06:36:55 pm »

I find it harder to tell the newer ones apart-especially the aisian makes.They all seem to have standard amorphous styling.

barrie1 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2005, 09:29:00 pm »

Wow there Revolution, not everybody likes GM cars but Millions of Folks Do. No-one makes a perfect car or vehicle yet but Myself and others here do like the GM products. We all have our faverite makes and models but try not to knock the others that badly.

Author Topic: Chevrolet gets no respect (Read 2404 times)

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