The Automotive Thread

[Master slacker]

SWEEEEET!!!  Check out the new brake system for my wife's Rav4 that arrived yesterday!  Can't wait to install!



No.  I'm not kidding.  This box, which was supposed to weigh >50 lbf, contained ONLY a @#)$(#@ing "reversible rug pad".  WTF?!?  Good thing the yellow "CAUTION: HEAVY" sticker was on the box.  I guess that's why the delivery date changed so much.  Some asshole looted the box, put a #@)+ing rug pad in it, taped it up, and slapped a new label on it because it was "unreadable".  

 

[Supe]

Definitely must have missed the reversible rug pads last time I ordered from Rock Auto.

 

[Road Guy]

damn-- reminds me of the old days at home depot people would return a router with a brick in it..

I am helping my son do the brake pads on his rav4 this weekend also - trying to decide if I charge him for labor?

 

[Master slacker]

I am helping my son do the brake pads on his rav4 this weekend also - trying to decide if I charge him for labor?

Case of beer and a pizza

 

[Road Guy]

2 more months he can buy beer!

 

[Master slacker]

2 more months he can buy beer!

... I'm pretty sure he could "find a case on the side of the road" and bring it home for you...  

 

[MA_PE]

damn-- reminds me of the old days at home depot people would return a router with a brick in it..

I am helping my son do the brake pads on his rav4 this weekend also - trying to decide if what I charge him for labor?

FIFY

 

[Road Guy]

saw this the other day, what kind of contraption is this?

 

[Supe]

Citroen 2CV.  So simple, they make an early Beetle look like the space shuttle.  

 

[Ble_PE]

Citroen 2CV.  So simple, they make an early Beetle look like the space shuttle.  

I was going to say Herbie's drunk uncle with a toupee...

 

[Road Guy]

I thought it was a beetle until I got closer to it - I think I have fatter tires on my mountain bike..

 

[Supe]

Believe it or not, people actually race those things, and its amazingly hilarious.  Close racing and they slide EVERYWHERE.

 

[MA_PE]

Kurt (Richard Dreyfuss) drove one in American Graffitti.

 

[jeb6294]

Guess this will work here...

So I did a thing yesterday. Been looking for a while now (up to 5 hours away) and ended up finding this one about 30 miles away. The factory shut down so inventory is slim to none right now. Of course I get it right before 4th of July weekend when everything would be ridiculous.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Citroen 2CV.  So simple, they make an early Beetle look like the space shuttle.  

And holder of the worlds ugliest vehicle title until Pontiac introduced the Aztek and Chevrolet came up with the current grill on their HD trucks.

 

[Supe]

The funniest thing about the Aztek is that if they sold that thing today with a minor facelift got rid of the plastic door cladding, I bet they'd sell a SHITLOAD of them.  With all the people looking for outdoorsy stuff to do today, they would fawn over a car with the built in tent, removable cooler arm rest, and some of the other stuff they were doing that was ahead of its time.  Heck, even I'd drive this around for a weekend!  Even the awful grill doesn't look as bad as the Silverado, BMW, or Lexus grills that are out there right now.

 

[jeb6294]

When the new Polaris RZR's came out, people were not impressed, with the looks anyway. They were calling it the Polaris Aztek.

 

[Road Guy]

I saw one of those about roll over backwards Sunday - it was a very steep section of rocky trail and I was just like HFS its going over! But it just caught some air- I think they hit the trail a little too fast.. wish I had rigged up the go pro on my dashboard..

You should bring yours out west - this is a crummy pic, but the drop offs on these old mining roads are legit!



I think it would be fun to have one though, I am always torn between having something I dont have to worry about driving home (like the jeep)

 

[MA_PE]

The funniest thing about the Aztek is that if they sold that thing today with a minor facelift got rid of the plastic door cladding, I bet they'd sell a SHITLOAD of them.  With all the people looking for outdoorsy stuff to do today, they would fawn over a car with the built in tent, removable cooler arm rest, and some of the other stuff they were doing that was ahead of its time.  Heck, even I'd drive this around for a weekend!  Even the awful grill doesn't look as bad as the Silverado, BMW, or Lexus grills that are out there right now.

Back in the day I had an Aztec for a rental car.  I was very impressed with the functionality.  You’re absolutely correct that the styling was ahead of its time.  The boxy transformer look is quite similar to a lot of vehicles sold today.  Especially some Toyotas kias etc.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Back in the day I had an Aztec for a rental car.  I was very impressed with the functionality.  You’re absolutely correct that the styling was ahead of its time.  The boxy transformer look is quite similar to a lot of vehicles sold today.  Especially some Toyotas kias etc.

Ahead of it's time.....in this case it just means that there are a lot more ugly vehicles being manufactured now than 13 years ago.