9 July 2012
There is one brand which makes me mad, brings down the red mist and creates a reaction in me I cant explain, its pure hatred every time I see a vehicle made by this company.
I simply must get past and be infront of them every time I have the misfortune to lay eyes on one, and even then I am not happy until they are out of sight and mind completely.
Strangely enough, whenever I pass one and pause to glare at the occupants, they never look happy either, so perhaps its not just me?
This weeks Nelsons Column asks what brands make you angry and why?
Now I'll reveal the brand, didnt want to type it mid post or I might lose it and wreck my PC.
Hymer
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGHHHH!
8 July 2012
TOYOTA! They make such ugly, boring cars. I have the urge to smash every toyota i see.
da bomb.
6 September 2011
I always felt like that, especially when they had that sticker in the rear window "The car in front is a Toyota" - I wanted to get one I could flash in mty screen saying "Yes, and it's in my ******** way".
That was until the GT86 came along and it is so good I really can't hate them anymore.
1 July 2012
I have a dislike for all SsangYong's.
1 June 2010
I can't stand SEAT brand. I don't know why but I dislike it since I was a child. SEAT are not bad or ugly cars nowadays but I tend to avoid them in every case, it has happened that I have asked for a different car when I got one as rental car.
6 April 2010
Range Rover, Discovery, Evoque (and all the other 4x4s) etc, the simple fact they are just so unnecessary and that they give the people that can/do actually make use of their abilities a bad name by association. The only small pleasure i get is to imagine just how much they must be spending on fuel.
Lets not forget the Prius, or that is all the ones i see going past me at 80-90 odd thinking there goes a small engined car carrying 200 odd kg of unnecessary electrics.
8 November 2008
Well, at the risk of sounding pious, I can't bring myself to hate any brand. I always know someone who bucks the stereotype. When BMWs were pilloried, I had a kind, generous colleague who owned one, for example.
"There's a fine line between wrong and visionary. Unfortunately, you have to be a visionary to see it." - Dr Sheldon Cooper
15 May 2012
There aren't any motoring brands that make my blood boil, but there are a few that I find very irritating.i.e.
Audi ... not bad cars by any means, but it's so annoying that they've managed to con people into paying inflated prices.
VW ... ditto (some trend here, I'm thinking)
Nissan ... who I used to like, but now offer only "niche" models (none of which address my wants or needs)
However, this is greatly outweighed by brands that I have a lot of time for, BMW, Ford, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Volvo, Skoda, Hyundai, Jaguar and even (controversially) Vauxhall.
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BMW 3 GT - All the car you need.
14 February 2009
Anything with an "Eco" badge on the back.
8 November 2008
Surely someone Mellow maintains his blood temperature well below 100 degrees Celsius
(Rushes out to put duck tape over "hybrid" badge)
"There's a fine line between wrong and visionary. Unfortunately, you have to be a visionary to see it." - Dr Sheldon Cooper
17 November 2009
Not really – there isn’t a specific brand that winds me up. This morning on the way to work, there was a flashy BMW in front of me, but I was delighted to note that it was driven perfectly – carefully, slowly, politely – and I instantly reciprocated by creating room for him… so no, the brand doesn’t really do it – it’s the behaviour of the driver that lights the Blue touch paper with me. Having said that, based on daily experience, 99% of SUVs tend to be driven by aggressive, self-centred bounders who I suspect are compensating for ‘performance issues’ in other areas of their lives, and I do find Nissan Jocks so ugly and ill-proportioned that they illicit a mildly ‘guilty till proven innocent’ attitude toward them, but other than that…