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(DIR) Post #AlxVtL1p86jgbNlcCe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T11:16:47Z
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Contemporary car design is so ugly. Every car looks like an old man who got too much plastic surgery with angry anime eyes. The forms are neither geometric and pure, nor are the taken from nature— it’s just a pointless collision of swooshes like the Nike logo and swerves that gesture at aerodynamics without being functional or beautiful to behold. The colors are aggressively frumpy— the textures plastic so that even when brand new they do not shine.
(DIR) Post #AlxWJiiZfvQ9bRLLKi by Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to
2024-09-13T11:21:30Z
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@futurebird With onboard bonus: surveillance!
(DIR) Post #AlxX1jTiD43YhcNVY0 by Gurre@mastodon.nu
2024-09-13T11:29:24Z
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@futurebird The new USPS vans are designed to be practical for the drivers and safe for people outside the vans.Honestly IMO this is approaching what the pretty much all vans/trucks/buses etc should look like up front.Might hurt the feelings of some snowflake machistas, but their feelings aren't as important as not killing people.
(DIR) Post #AlxYYiTf3G9l6oe7ZA by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T11:46:38Z
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@futurebird an accurate depiction of the fundamental ugliness of widespread car use and its horrid effects on society.
(DIR) Post #AlxZ6Pz6JXYJbGQE64 by nev@bananachips.club
2024-09-13T11:52:05Z
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@futurebird a YouTuber I watch calls CUVs (you know, essentially station wagons but made to look like SUVs; like, an SUV that will get stuck in the snow) "blob cars". They're ridiculously common around here and now it's all I can think of when I see one. They're so shapeless, and tall for literally no reason but ppl wanting to be high up.
(DIR) Post #Alxk3TDevhsKGA1pNA by HumToTable@sfba.social
2024-09-13T13:55:18Z
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@futurebird Cars are definitely going through an ugly phase right now. Subaru RUINED the new WRX.
(DIR) Post #AlxkA6EamlpZ04csO8 by securedllama@infosec.exchange
2024-09-13T13:56:36Z
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@futurebird very much so. I'm constantly disappointed with modern vehicle aesthetics. "Angry anime eyes" has ticked me. Thanks.
(DIR) Post #Alxnyp0us2hwDs6hFY by rateexportpilot@infosec.exchange
2024-09-13T14:39:25Z
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@futurebird the jeeps with the angry headlights are particularly pathetic.
(DIR) Post #AlxsQdkClPSHCCoJuq by marcfranz8@mstdn.social
2024-09-13T15:29:10Z
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@futurebird I nominate this one as the worst of the bunch, especially in this lifeless zinc gray color.
(DIR) Post #AlxsUBNSAnyaNLrFzs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T15:29:52Z
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@nev I don’t get it at all. I can understand the allure of a powerful and functional but ugly car. Or an elegant but not as functional but user-centered urban car. But we have neither. No grace, no style, no power. Like Ax body spray but as design. Only a 13 year old boy would see anything of value in th design language and even her will regret it.
(DIR) Post #AlxsbHiF182q3Ey4UC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T15:31:05Z
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@Gurre This is ugly for a good reason and therefore I like it.
(DIR) Post #AlxsfmfNsCXJDAmEGe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T15:32:02Z
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@marcfranz8 It’s so boring fugly and hard to see out of. I don’t get it.
(DIR) Post #Alxsmd9Ve2ZDjO8H5c by rateexportpilot@infosec.exchange
2024-09-13T14:42:46Z
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@futurebird imagine how deeply insecure you have to be to look at this and think "yeah, this will make me look like a badass"
(DIR) Post #AlxsmdjJUvCtWQsrtg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T15:33:01Z
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@rateexportpilot This has the eyes but the old jeep design is so much less offensive than what we have now.
(DIR) Post #AlxsqW3px8EAtaKeCu by ND3JR@social.coop
2024-09-13T15:33:34Z
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@futurebird @nev I've been calling these types of vehicles "bigass SUVs" and "bigass pickups" for years and I shake my head at the fact that they're no common. Another reason why they're common is that they fall under the "Light Truck" category in the CAFE standards instead of "Passenger Car" so they have less stringent standards on what they can emit. That and the car companies make more profit off of them than they do smaller cars.
(DIR) Post #AlxsubLIG3WGQzRf2e by thestrangelet@beige.party
2024-09-13T15:34:29Z
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@futurebird @nev Perfect simile! "Like Ax body spray but as design." 🤣🤣🤣
(DIR) Post #Alxt5M8F9OOsRfT9ns by dx@social.ridetrans.it
2024-09-13T15:36:35Z
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@futurebird @marcfranz8 A lot of this is the result of aesthetic choices, but there are also design constraints around modern safety and performance requirements. I wish we had a lower speed class of cars subject to fewer constraints, which would allow for more varied design choices. Nobody needs a big, fast car in a city.
(DIR) Post #Alxtjiq29G4aS1CSQK by trochee@dair-community.social
2024-09-13T15:43:54Z
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@futurebird @nev "Axe body spray as design" is 💯 cybertruck
(DIR) Post #AlxuI8Y541hK2JDFiK by TyrionTargaryen@social.vivaldi.net
2024-09-13T15:50:06Z
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@futurebird It used to be easy even for non-car people like myself to tell them apart. Nowadays, I have no idea what I'm looking at. They all look the same; same shape, same colors.
(DIR) Post #AlxvLmku8GHJYgVxlA by marcfranz8@mstdn.social
2024-09-13T16:01:53Z
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@futurebird Or you can spend over $100k on one of these hideous things
(DIR) Post #AlxwhbSqtQnwrf2Qe8 by karlauerbach@sfba.social
2024-09-13T16:17:06Z
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@futurebird You are also speaking of much modern "swoosh-a-tecture" that is foisted off on various cities and universities. One name will suffice - Frank Gehry .
(DIR) Post #Aly4GtYuIVywo9e6ca by wpeckham@pgh.social
2024-09-13T17:41:56Z
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@futurebird There were some excellent and attractive automotive designs used in the past, and those styles are still appreciated by the public. Why not just make cars that look like that, but are EVs or hybrids?
(DIR) Post #Aly4gE5T7etXhmxHLU by gneilyo@mastodon.online
2024-09-13T17:46:32Z
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@futurebird @nev I really hate fake performance parts. Scoops that don't scoop, vents that don't vent. The Mini Cooper S and Honda Civic Si are perennial offenders.
(DIR) Post #Aly4j3NFPW69LbcRqy by billiglarper@rollenspiel.social
2024-09-13T16:07:49Z
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@dx @futurebird @marcfranz8 But these still allow for small cars like the VW Up. It's not a beauty, but quite functional and all the car most folks need. (They are out of production because VW claims small cars are no longer cost-effecient to produce.)Heck, small cars and most vans don't have this artificially high motor compartments that are so problematic in SUVs.The only reason SUVs have such features is to make them look more "muscular" and less like a station wagon.
(DIR) Post #Aly4j3pFjOV2kSioVM by dx@social.ridetrans.it
2024-09-13T16:09:58Z
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@billiglarper @futurebird @marcfranz8 I do wonder if electric cars will see a significant shift in nose design. So far, they haven’t, but you have a bit more design flexibility with electric, I think.I really wish they sold station wagons still. Even the things called station wagons are really just SUVs these days, at least for what we get in North America.
(DIR) Post #Aly4j4K5sjAaI79RZo by billiglarper@rollenspiel.social
2024-09-13T16:40:52Z
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@dx @futurebird @marcfranz8 Yes, it will be interessting to see more "designed as electric only" cars. Personally, I wouldn't expect that much difference. I would guess aerodynamics and crumple zone define a lot of the car front. They could probably make it a bit more stubby. Like a Smart. Not sure buyers would like that aesthetic, though.
(DIR) Post #Aly4j4yrR9mOKYE07U by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T17:47:01Z
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@billiglarper @dx @marcfranz8 Given the gray poop cars people put up with now I no longer think consumers have tastes so we can ignore that.
(DIR) Post #Aly4mHCWSUM76G8hu4 by marcfranz8@mstdn.social
2024-09-13T16:26:59Z
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@billiglarper @dx @futurebird I think this is an excellent design, but Audi toned it down for production, and so far they won't be selling it in the US.
(DIR) Post #Aly4mHyjZEv7VmhD3A by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T17:47:38Z
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@marcfranz8 @billiglarper @dx meh
(DIR) Post #Aly5NC3SYSBpr0VI4O by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T17:54:19Z
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If someone offered me a free brand new car, and even promised to pay for parking I think I’d still say “no thanks” granted I live in NYC and cars mostly make people unhappy here— but I like machines and gadgets and there’s just not much to get excited about compared to the subway. Why would I want to wait in a line to go to a place? And then be inside of a huge object when I get there and also angry?
(DIR) Post #Aly5Zer7IccUeZfqeO by glennsills@dotnet.social
2024-09-13T17:56:32Z
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@futurebird And don't forget the whole drag of trying to find a place to put the huge object when you reach your destination. Its a nightmare.
(DIR) Post #Aly6I8O4rY98zBIbIG by Gurre@mastodon.nu
2024-09-13T18:04:32Z
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@futurebird Agreed. Kinda ugly, but for reasons and the result has character and is a bit quirky. Not boring.Like your original toot says, so many same-y sleekish big blobs (and machismo-affirming gigatrucks) these days.
(DIR) Post #Aly7DaeuQG5XAsZL3g by paulc@mstdn.social
2024-09-13T18:14:57Z
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@futurebird What if someone offered you a 1965 Pontiac and a garage? You'd be able to tinker with that car as much as you desire.
(DIR) Post #Aly7XTZCV59IyENgqO by SoGeneris@mastodon.social
2024-09-13T18:18:34Z
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@futurebird They look like cheap tennis shoes to me.
(DIR) Post #Aly8Qv0KBq3DzeVNnU by PublicWolf@social.vivaldi.net
2024-09-13T18:28:29Z
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@futurebird My grandparents lived and died in NYC for a collective 160 years and never, ever even had a driver's license. A car? In New York? Ludicrous!
(DIR) Post #AlyCOkP71uoYM4Jsum by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
2024-09-13T19:13:01Z
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@futurebird @nev We have a 2004 Honda Element. It looks like the mutant offspring of a minivan and a pickup as envisioned by a mad scientist. Even at 22mpg, it is unbelievably functional.It is the transformer of cars. We fit a twin mattress in the back when I couldn't sit long enough to get to the doctor. It's uncarpeted, so evacuating two carsick dogs in a hurricane wasn't a disaster.It maneuvers like a small car. And I don't know how we'll replace it.
(DIR) Post #AlyRdWqPE3TrxLamqO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-13T22:03:47Z
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@paulc Gimme a red barchetta.
(DIR) Post #Alz9s9vp5nOBDkuefo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-14T06:19:28Z
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@Gurre This design makes me want to drive it. It looks so easy to get in and out of and you can see everything.
(DIR) Post #Am0BpJTfXSh71aTTw8 by Homoevolutis1@lonestar.chat
2024-09-14T18:15:46Z
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@futurebird50s and 60s cartoon cars are the most beautiful.
(DIR) Post #Am0Ee1M4sQo5UoEMxk by Callalily@a2mi.social
2024-09-14T18:28:58Z
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@Gurre @futurebird My hubby who's a mail carrier. Says those will be hell turning in neighborhoods with small streets. Not to mention they have no where to charge them at present time. He says he hopes to be retired before they show up where he works.
(DIR) Post #Am0Ee1sgvAtX7xUPnU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-14T18:47:40Z
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@Callalily @Gurre Why would they be harder to turn than a larger truck?
(DIR) Post #Am0QtOjhQbPNnwNWlM by drahardja@sfba.social
2024-09-14T21:04:42Z
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@futurebird I’m not sure which cars you’re referring to. There are certainly ugly new cars today (cough cough BMW) but there are also some beautiful ones. I think the Lotus Emira is particularly gorgeous.For a more practical car, I think the Toyota Prius Prime looks very good.
(DIR) Post #AmZOiZtemkSlaXc3aS by jochenwolters@mastodon.social
2024-10-01T17:55:20Z
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@futurebird What about classic manufacturers that actually (tend to) honor their design heritage? Think Porsche 911 or Aston Martin DB11, for example.Sure, most folks can’t afford them, and you could argue endlessly about the point of such impractical, “useless” vehicles. 😉From a design standpoint, though, I think they still look clean, reasonably simple, and definitely one-of-a-kind. (Unless you buy them in some cement gray color. That is always unforgivable.)cc: @riotnrrd