[DeTomaso] NPC: Obvious design flaws

[Sean Korb]

Oh, and the 850 Fiat Spider.  Recalled for the undercarriage rusting
out within 2 years of ownership.  You could hear it rusting in a quiet
garage.

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking as a genuine fan, every single early Mustang, Maverick,
> Pinto, Falcon, Comet, Cougar, and anything with Falcon platform.  Not
> only is the frame built witht he flexibility of a kleenex box (after
> cutting the front off with a Plasma cutter, you realize how easy that
> is) the gas tank doubles as a trunk floor, drenching passengers in
> gasoline in a rear end collision.
>
> Again, as a genuine fan, the H-Body GM.  Monzas, Vegas and the like.
> Not for the aluminium blocks that disintegrated, I thought that was a
> pretty *good* idea, just badly executed.  It was again, the frame.
> Built without the benefit of CAD, they just kept adding wafers of
> steel and rivets until it would hold together enough to drive off the
> lot.  It fell apart shortly thereafter with general failure in the
> lower control arm anchors.
>
> I still miss my 5.7L California edition Towne Coupe, though.  Traded
> it for 2 4 packs of Guinness and I think I ripped the poor guy off.
>
> sean
>
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:
>> Boring Sunday evening, let's start something. What cars have undisputed
>> design flaws? Doesn't have to be an objective truth shared by the rest of
>> the world, but should be justified. Be specific
>>
>>
>>
>> Some of mine:
>>
>> 1.    Modern Corvette. I like it until I see the cut off rear end. Why? Why
>> would GM think that a wall is attractive?
>>
>> 2.    Cadillac's vertical lamps. A designer once said that for decades
>> designers have tried to make cars look low and wide. Vertical lamps do the
>> opposite
>>
>> 3.    69 Camaro. Yes I love Camaros, and the 68 was great. How to design
>> something better? They couldn't, all they could was move the head lamps
>> inwards and make it look cross eyed and extend and increase the fender
>> crease so from behind it looks like a woman that sits more than she should
>>
>> 4.    Most 70s US cars, putting the rear lamps in the bumpers was ugly
>>
>> 5.    Any non-911 Porsche. Porsche apparently believes that any car of
>> theirs must look like the 911 gone wrong. They Cayenne looks like an
>> inflatable 911 with too way too much air in it. First time I saw a magazine
>> picture of the Cayenne, I seriously thought for a moment that somebody had
>> cut up a 911 and made a joke. The Panamera looks like a clay 911 put in the
>> wind tunnel before it dried properly. Boxster, some years, looked the same
>> coming and going. Cayman, well it was a 911, wasn't it?
>>
>> 6.    Most Chris Bangle BMWs. Dame Edna lights, that's something you draw
>> for fun on a company outing, and then you take care not to mix up the
>> Shredder with the Suggestion Box
>>
>> 7.    Ferraris current round rear lights, sitting on top of the fender. Like
>> something out of Duckburg
>>
>> 8.    All cars with LED light bands. That's something 18 year olds put on
>> their infantile cars when trying to be different, together with purple dot
>> lights and green interior light
>>
>> 9.    I'd even put a DeTomaso in there. The Guara, the rear third looks like
>> it should be on another car? Front is beautiful
>>
>>
>>
>> Mikael
>>
>>
>>
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> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso