Re: I didn't expect to see one on ebay this soon

Ugly bastad isnt it!... Something a child made out of a shoebox!


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> I didn't expect to see one there this soon..
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>Subject: Re: I didn't expect to see one on ebay this soon
>From: "4x4forfun" [email protected]
>Date: 07/12/2004 14:37 GMT

>Ugly bastad isnt it!... Something a child made out of a shoebox!

Yep, slab sided bland thing. A dark blue one came past the house a couple of
times last weekend and the only thing that made it a little less nondescript
was the mascot they had bolted to the bonnet.

Steve. Suffolk.
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"4x4forfun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ugly bastad isnt it!... Something a child made out of a shoebox!


Errr yeah, my first thought was ...oh that looks designed to please the
Americans....

Certianly not easy on the eye.

Muddy

"Alan Mudd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Errr yeah, my first thought was ...oh that looks designed to please the
> Americans....
>
> Certianly not easy on the eye.
>
> Muddy

Well as an American, I take offense to that. Whether it here or there its
still U-G-L-Y...ugly.

"Jack Kerouac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Alan Mudd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > Errr yeah, my first thought was ...oh that looks designed to please the
> > Americans....
> >
> > Certianly not easy on the eye.
> >
> > Muddy
>
> Well as an American, I take offense to that. Whether it here or there its
> still U-G-L-Y...ugly.
>
>

Actually, I prefer to call it fugly myself.

>
> Well as an American, I take offense to that. Whether it here or there its
> still U-G-L-Y...ugly.
>

No offence meant of course...

The Americans designed some wonderful vehicles in the 50's and 60's timeless
classics, unfortunately it all went wrong at the beginning of the
70's.....and never really recovered.

When I saw the New Disco, I figured if you took the Land Rover badges off
it, it would fit in perfectly well in any shopping Mall car park and could
be from any number of manufacturers, either US or Japanese.....it has no
character.

Muddy

In article <[email protected]>,
"4x4forfun" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ugly bastad isnt it!... Something a child made out of a shoebox!

I've heard no end of criticism about what the damn thing looks like.
You often get this with new cars. People used to talk about the P38
looking like a Metrocab when it first came out (which is a fair comment)
and everybody claimed to hate it. But once you get used to these
things, opinions so often change. You don't hear people criticising the
appearance of the P38 now.

The same thing happened with the L322 Range Rover, not so long ago.
It's too big, too "slabby", etc... now everybody drools over them.

Let's have a poll in 3 years' time and we'll see if everybody still
thinks it looks like a dog.

David

On or around Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:08:50 +0000, David French
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> "4x4forfun" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ugly bastad isnt it!... Something a child made out of a shoebox!
>
>I've heard no end of criticism about what the damn thing looks like.
>You often get this with new cars. People used to talk about the P38
>looking like a Metrocab when it first came out (which is a fair comment)
>and everybody claimed to hate it. But once you get used to these
>things, opinions so often change. You don't hear people criticising the
>appearance of the P38 now.
>
>The same thing happened with the L322 Range Rover, not so long ago.
>It's too big, too "slabby", etc... now everybody drools over them.

I always thought the L322 looked OK though. Mind, the disco3 looks better
in the flesh than in pictures, somehow.

I reckon the people making spare wheel carriers will have a field day
though. who fancies off-roading in something with the spare underneath?

>
>I reckon the people making spare wheel carriers will have a field day
>though. who fancies off-roading in something with the spare underneath?

I don't really understand the logic of this objection.

Even if the spare wheel is wrapped in silk and carried in the boot,
you won't be able to fit it without getting covered in ****. The
wheel you take off is going to be covered in crap and you are going to
have to get approximately under the car to jack it.

OK, so it is less accessible if you have the car up to its hubs in mud
or ruts. In that instance, how are you going to jack the damned thing
up to fit the wheel? I don't see any hi-lift points on it.

If you ARE going off-road and are worried you might need to change the
wheel then put it in the boot. Or on a roof-rack.
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Tim Hobbs wrote:

> If you ARE going off-road and are worried you might need to change the
> wheel then put it in the boot. Or on a roof-rack.

Not to mention that if you're jacking off-road, more often than not the
damned jack is going to vanish in the direction of Australia while the
truck doesn't move..