Car mods / trends that need to die

Is it aerodynamically designed to stay on the car at max speed? Otherwise, it's a self correcting problem, lol.
 
SC_Shi said:
I never saw any in person when I lived in Florida, moved to NC and they are EVERYWHERE. It annoys me to have to look at it lmao
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They are mostly in real rural Florida. You know, where the people have Southern hospitality, but at the same time despise anyone who wasn't born and raised in the South. :LOL:
 
XR7-4.6 said:
Yesterday I was behind a brand new sky blue BWM M2 (2M?) with an aftermarket carbon fiber trunklid and all I could think was “way to make a $80,000 new car look like a beater overnight”

Literally this…

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On this…

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…and here I am upset my bumper paint is a shade off!!!!
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I spotted it again, this time with proof! 😆

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rtr dude may be cornering hard to get the gas lines on the car; my firebird did that, until I replaced the cap.
 
Grog6 said:
rtr dude may be cornering hard to get the gas lines on the car; my firebird did that, until I replaced the cap.
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I know exactly what you’re talking about but no way that’s happening with a modern gas cap.
 
Modern cars do not have a gas cap at all, the Bronco I just drove didn’t have one. I’m super careful about gas drip and I won’t ever top off beyond that first shut off (click) then I wait a few seconds before removing the pump . I'm not sure what could possibly have happened with that Mustang. I was open to Grogs suggestion that perhaps it was an issue with the gas pipe, but maybe it IS user error at the pump.
 
Ericv8thunderbird said:
Ford hasn’t had gas caps since 2009 IIRC.
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Speaking of car trends that need to die, this is one of them. What fucktard of an engineer decided to replace a $20 gas cap that takes 12 seconds to replace with an integrated seal that is going to wear out and require replacing the entire filler neck assembly at a cost of $200-400 plus about 4 hours of labor! If I ever meet the sadistic moron who came up with that bullshit, he will be going to the hospital, and I will be going to jail!
 
If it's a flap seal, like at the bottom of our filler as an anti siphon device, I'd stand by my comment; It's leaking on corners. :)
Thank god I have no new vehicles!
 
MadMikeyL said:
Speaking of car trends that need to die, this is one of them. What fucktard of an engineer decided to replace a $20 gas cap that takes 12 seconds to replace with an integrated seal that is going to wear out and require replacing the entire filler neck assembly at a cost of $200-400 plus about 4 hours of labor! If I ever meet the sadistic moron who came up with that bullshit, he will be going to the hospital, and I will be going to jail!
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I really liked the capless gas fill in my Navigator... Very modern and saved a step when filling up!

Unfortunately other common Ford problems made me dump the truck before the gas fill went bad. :facepalm:
 
I rented a car about 10 years ago that had that flap. It was out of gas so I stopped at first station I could and the damn thing was broke but couldn't get nozzle in because it was preventing the inner one from opening. I wound up ripping it out to be able to put fuel in. Turned that crap in like that . I like the old chrome one on side of my '68 f100.
 
With the Suicide tank right behind you so you can hear the gas sloshing around? That’s great. I had a 71 C10 like that.
 
Here might be a controversial one as I myself intrinsically like it… on the right cars…but, lettered tires, specifically modern low profile black wall tires with sticker overlays that say whatever your creative whim desires 🙄


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But even beyond that, even on old cars it’s more appropriate on, I really find Cooper Cobras cheesy. When I think RWL on those sorts of cars I think Good Year or BFGoodrich, even Firestone… When I got my Cougar I threw on the cheapest set of RWL tires I could afford at the time; “Invader Radial GTs”, and even then I really wished I’d just bit the bullet and bought BFG Radial TAs that have some history. Cooper Cobra is such a stupid edgy name on par with those I cringe as much seeing a car with them as I did with my old invaders. I don’t care if Derek from VGG endorses them, BSW out!

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Nevertheless they still look 100x better than overlays on low profile tires!!!
 
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XR7-4.6 said:
Here might be a controversial one as I myself intrinsically like it… on the right cars…but, lettered tires, specifically modern low profile black wall tires with sticker overlays that say whatever your creative whim desires 🙄


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But even beyond that, even on old cars it’s more appropriate on, I really find Cooper Cobras cheesy. When I think RWL on those sorts of cars I think Good Year or BFGoodrich, even Firestone… When I got my Cougar I threw on the cheapest set of RWL tires I could afford at the time; “Invader Radial GTs”, and even then I really wished I’d just bit the bullet and bought BFG Radial TAs that have some history. Cooper Cobra is such a stupid edgy name on par with those I cringe as much seeing a car with them as I did with my old invaders. I don’t care if Derek from VGG endorses them, BSW out!

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Nevertheless they still look 100x better than overlays on low profile tires!!!
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Way back when I first got my Tbird, I had the BF Goodrich TA’s with raised white letters. It looked great.
 
Ericv8thunderbird said:
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Way back when I first got my Tbird, I had the BF Goodrich TA’s with raised white letters. It looked great.
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You can really tell we’ve owned our cars about the same amount of time 😆 Honestly I think if I had bought 245mm BFG radial TAs for mine then I might not have hub swapped/gone the Mustang wheel route, at least as quick as I did.
 
MadMikeyL said:
This one is more just an aesthetic thing, but I do not understand all these newer expensive cars with battleship grey paint. Why is that even an option? It’s like “Congratulations on purchasing your new $200k Porsche! Would you like that finished in 3 stage candy blue metallic, or clear coated primer?” I never thought a color could be more boring than 70s ultra-beige, but here we are.
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I don’t know what it is with M2s but I keep finding offenders, I saw this one today. Not only battleship grey but matte battleship grey, so it looks like straight up primer grey without clearcoat!!!

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Guess that’s convenient after a crash 😆
 
XR7-4.6 said:
I don’t know what it is with M2s but I keep finding offenders, I saw this one today. Not only battleship grey but matte battleship grey, so it looks like straight up primer grey without clearcoat!!!

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Guess that’s convenient after a crash 😆
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That custom plate tho.... Probably a cool guy lol
 
Kenz said:
That custom plate tho.... Probably a cool guy lol
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Agree! And frankly I like primer grey cars, it’s just insane the premium prices manufacturers want for it, it should be a paint delete credit! 😆
 
I was looking for an F150 in that primer grey color, but most dealers wanted about $4-$5k more just because of the color. I ended up settling with ingot silver, plus I got a crazy deal on my truck, I could’ve flipped it and made a $10k profit right after I bought it.
 
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