A favourite topic of discussion between my ex-wife and I was whether if we lived in a street with modern, spacious, well appointed, warm and comfortable houses looking onto the most beautiful, picturesque but less pleasant to live in cottages where would we rather live. I went for the ugly house with the nice view, my wife opted for life in the pretty option.
I just came across the car equivelent. I regularly accompany staff as a passenger in cars owned by themselve's but financed by company travel expenses. This week I was in a Renault Laguna GT 180. Trust me, the exterior is as unappealing in the metal as it is in pictures but the interior trim and furniture make it a very nice place to be and in addition the car was very very quick, handled and rode well, and as a result the time I spent in the car was very was a very positive experience indeed.
So positive in fact I had a wee sniff around Autotrader and was very pleasantly surprised at just how cheap I could pic up a nearly new Estate version when the time comes to replace my trusty old Merc.
One problem, pretty it ain't. Not sure I could live with an ugly car. Could you?
20 October 2009
The XM is weird and the SM is weirder
As is well known I hate all that is French - with the one wonderful beautiful sexy stunning SM - still looks beautiful today. Bit like my boyhood dream woman - Sophia Loren - who is still utterly amazing today! Maybe I just have good taste?
3 January 2008
I guess most folk would describe my cars as "ugly" but it's the way they drive that appeals. The XM is weird and the SM is weirder - not sure the latter is ugly, as such - but it's the ride, the engineering, and the fact they're different to almost everything else on the road that appeals. Cars today inhabit that vast CAD designed zone which used to be the sole preserve of Japanese models, where every one starts to look the same past ten yards. As a kid I could tell you what car it was from half a mile distant, but now? Perhaps that 70s and 80s uniqueness is what I'm trying to recapture in 'driving ugly'. Have you bought that Lagooner?
4 January 2008
My wife once chose, yes chose, to buy a Fiat Multipla claiming it was so willfully ugly it was quite attractive. Not sure what that says about me!
Fantastic car, but ferociously ugly, but my Alfa 156 made up for it with its beauty...
20 October 2009
As this thread has got us beautiful and ugly sexy and not and women who do and women who dont - good fit bad fit no fit etc - I decided it was time to change my avatar and make it more exciting...bad boy
8 June 2010
Makes you think back to the 80's advertising slogan...
Renault build a better car
...with the inevitable joke -
...when are they going to start selling it?
27 November 2007
Mate of mine has a laguna coupe which ain't too bad....agree that how Nissan shifts any jukes looking like that is one of the biggest mystery's of our time....countryman is a real beauty in comparison.
20 October 2009
I wonder if criticising
Naaa he can sell the car but not the Mrs hehehe
23 December 2009
It comes down to a a personal choice is doesnt it. I mean some guys really go nuts over a certain type of lady, If she is seriously hot and wicked and manages to do this with sufficient aplomb and even a bit snooty then most guys are scared, or start calling her unwarrented bad names (bit like an Audi - lol). Otrhers will be attracted like bees to a honey pot. Same with cars - and clearly it works for either sex.
I wonder if criticising another man's choice of car over it's looks is more or less likely to get you into trouble than criticising his partners looks?
4 March 2008
I would never buy a car that I found ugly in the first place.
Same here, I have to like the looks of a car before I'll consider owning it.
It doesn't have to be a 'preety car' either, it's just I have to like it even if no-one else does!
Honda CR-V ES 2.2 i-DTEC/Citroen DS3 1.6 VTi DStyle Plus
21 January 2010
I once owned an NSU 1200 in beige with chequered go faster stripes. It was fugly but I loved it...
Audi A3 2.0TDi Sportback / Subaru Legacy Tourer