Cars that have no purpose being made

[AdamRBi]

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Hehe, you're picking an argument with the wrong person, so I'll just leave you with Hydrogen=plentiful, Natural Gas=plentiful, battery packs=expensive, prone to problems, shortage of materials and other many nice features. Also the charging process takes about 12 hours at the least to get a decent charge from a 120 Volt circuit. Tesla is just pulling numbers from the air again like they always do.

Technology get's better with time. Batteries are progressively getting cheaper to produce and charging times are not as bad as you think. Batteries also mean less mechanical parts, which I can guess are more prone to failure then battery packs especially if not taken care of.

Two Words...

Hummer Limos

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FL9EaqicjX8/S_YI1uKQ4wI/AAAAAAAAALc/WjKXwMpUXns/triple-axle-hummer-limo.jpg

Epic for partys..but if used for actually road use it takes 30 mins to turn a corner, 1,000 litres of petrol to turn that corner and is generally not a car that should of been made in thousands of years

Personally, I'm surprised it can turn at all.

 

[Sleekgiant]

The only thing I want to say in this argument is that Tesla can work off of a 240 volt circuit (and 480 volt circuit, if you feel like wiring that in) which would charge quicker.

And here is the problem with that, ask yourself how many households have access to circuits like that?

Technology get's better with time. Batteries are progressively getting cheaper to produce and charging times are not as bad as you think. Batteries also mean less mechanical parts, which I can guess are more prone to failure then battery packs especially if not taken care of.

Wrong, let me tell you about your wrongness Mr. Wrong. Battery packs are more prone to failure than your average diesel, they are ridiculously expensive because the parts are getting hard to find(plus most of the materials are coming from China, which they will gouge us on prices for it) and overall just inefficient.

Doesn't stop it from still being a lot slower than just pulling over into a fuel station and pumping fuel into a tank. Battery-electric cars exhibit a lot of problems that limit the ability for transport over long distances. Petrol-electric hybrids don't sort out the problems either; based on actual tests with proper motorists, the Toyota Prius is no better on fuel mileage than a good comparable turbo-diesel, which will itself be more environmentally friendly.

As for a car that I don't think should have been made... well, I have a lot of them, but the one that currently stands out is the Porsche Cayenne. Why did they bolt a 911 front onto an SUV? It's one of the most asinine and pointless vehicles ever produced.

Finally someone I can agree with.

 

[JemJar]

Pleased as I am to see you're back on the forums:

Cars in general shouldn't be. They exist only for people who are silly enough to live in suburbs and rural areas. Motorists are wusses who have forgotten what their legs are for.

Juan Manuel Fangio says hello. More bravery was exhibited from him than all of the members of this forum put together.

Fangio? FANGIO? Sod Fangio, I'll take Tazio Nuvolari - the man rated by both Ferdinand Porsche and Enzo Ferrari as the best driver ever.

Also: The Cayenne was the intermediary step which has now led to the Panamera and the Lamborghini Reventon. Not caring much for the Panamera, but the Reventon is basically the nuttiest thing ever and thus I can forgive the Cayenne for it's heretical existence.

You know, I was going to write a bit of a defence of the Smart Car.

And then I remembered I could just trump it straight out of the voting by showing off the Smart Crossblade.

Spoiler: I mean, seriously?

That is not a car, that is a freakin' go-kart.

A road-legal go kart.

Road-legal? You've got to be kidding me? It doesn't even have proper doors!

You'd be amazed what you don't need to make a road legal car.

Whilst clearly the Crossblade would give you less protection than the average car against random debris and pointed objects impaling your legs, most car doors wouldn't do much better against anything capable of doing you very serious harm.

Of course, it's never going to score top marks in the EuroNCAP or NHTSA crash tests, but then very little does without having side curtain airbags (a clear no-no on any convertible) and the extra stiffness from a hard roof (the framework around it technically).

 

[crimson5pheonix]

The only thing I want to say in this argument is that Tesla can work off of a 240 volt circuit (and 480 volt circuit, if you feel like wiring that in) which would charge quicker.

And here is the problem with that, ask yourself how many households have access to circuits like that?

Technology get's better with time. Batteries are progressively getting cheaper to produce and charging times are not as bad as you think. Batteries also mean less mechanical parts, which I can guess are more prone to failure then battery packs especially if not taken care of.

Wrong, let me tell you about your wrongness Mr. Wrong. Battery packs are more prone to failure than your average diesel, they are ridiculously expensive because the parts are getting hard to find(plus most of the materials are coming from China, which they will gouge us on prices for it) and overall just inefficient.

Doesn't stop it from still being a lot slower than just pulling over into a fuel station and pumping fuel into a tank. Battery-electric cars exhibit a lot of problems that limit the ability for transport over long distances. Petrol-electric hybrids don't sort out the problems either; based on actual tests with proper motorists, the Toyota Prius is no better on fuel mileage than a good comparable turbo-diesel, which will itself be more environmentally friendly.

As for a car that I don't think should have been made... well, I have a lot of them, but the one that currently stands out is the Porsche Cayenne. Why did they bolt a 911 front onto an SUV? It's one of the most asinine and pointless vehicles ever produced.

Finally someone I can agree with.

As far as I know, every American home has a 240 volt circuit.

 

[Sebenko]

They exist only for people who are silly enough to live in ... rural areas.

Oh yes, lets all move into the city. Because food magically appears in the supermarket.

OT: As a farmer, I can say that any land rover/range rover that isn't a county or defender. Or any 4x4 at all.
And you should need a good reason to buy one. No, living up a driveway that sometimes has leaves on it not good justification.

Spoiler

 

[Cryogaijin]

Soooo much bad information in this thread! It isn't "What car shouldn't exist" it is "what car don't you like?"

The Smart, in europe at least, makes a lot of sense. Smaller, easier to maneuver, easier to park, and without all the 19million tons of american safety equipment, better gas mileage. In the US, however, they get terrible gas mileage for what they are. (frankly I hate the things.)

The Hummer makes an EXCELLENT limo, for one reason: it has a strong enough frame to support the stretch. Virtually any other stretched limo is likely to bend due to insufficient structural strength.

The majority of all large SUVs have no real purpose other than Road-arms-race, and ego of the owners.

 

[Swifteye]

Any car that is built to be fast. Why make cars for like that your asking for people to crash and burn.

 

[The Bum]

NOT TO BE RACIST BUT

asain cars...........nuff said

seruolsy if i was a racist all my korean frends wolud kick my ass

 

[Low Key]

This:

Ugliest pieces of shit on the road today. By extension, the Honda Pilot also gets the nod, but at least it doesn't have different colored plastic panels.

Another one:

This is one of the earlier models which actually looks better than the later ones...somehow. This also happens to be the Wayne's World car, so I can't razz it too bad.

And lastly:

Seriously, I wouldn't be caught dead in this thing. Who at Fiat thought this was a good idea, and who in the world keeps buying it so it stays in production? I guess the newer models aren't as bad, but still.

 

[Virus0015]

Cars as we think of them are just fuckin retarded, given the alternatives.

This. I'm training for my private pilots license and often get asked "why the hell don't you just spend the money on learning to drive!?". It will be a sad day when my situation inevitably forces me to go technologically backwards.

 

[Virus0015]

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Hehe, you're picking an argument with the wrong person, so I'll just leave you with Hydrogen=plentiful, Natural Gas=plentiful, battery packs=expensive, prone to problems, shortage of materials and other many nice features. Also the charging process takes about 12 hours at the least to get a decent charge from a 120 Volt circuit. Tesla is just pulling numbers from the air again like they always do.

Technology get's better with time. Batteries are progressively getting cheaper to produce and charging times are not as bad as you think. Batteries also mean less mechanical parts, which I can guess are more prone to failure then battery packs especially if not taken care of.

Two Words...

Hummer Limos

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FL9EaqicjX8/S_YI1uKQ4wI/AAAAAAAAALc/WjKXwMpUXns/triple-axle-hummer-limo.jpg

Epic for partys..but if used for actually road use it takes 30 mins to turn a corner, 1,000 litres of petrol to turn that corner and is generally not a car that should of been made in thousands of years

Personally, I'm surprised it can turn at all.

It doesn't turn. The driver has to call out for a crane to lift and rotate it whenever it comes to a bend of more than 20 degrees.

 

[Soxafloppin]

The new Audi A5 4 door..

Lovely car, I know.

But the A5 was concieved as a 2 door version of the A4. and now there making a four door A5?

Isnt that just an A4 that looks more like an A5? Aparently not.

 

[nails06]

The Pontiac Aztek. What were they thinking?

 

[Jfswift]

I have to question high performance sports cars like the corvette, mustang, viper, etc. They really aren't necessary for any reason.

 

[The Bum]

Any car that is built to be fast. Why make cars for like that your asking for people to crash and burn.

Buonjiorno.

NOT TO BE RACIST BUT

asain cars...........nuff said

seruolsy if i was a racist all my korean frends wolud kick my ass

Specify, please. If you mean all cars from Asia, you also mean this:

and this:



Yes i mean ALL of them

 

[.Mudkipz.]

snip

Hehe, you're picking an argument with the wrong person, so I'll just leave you with Hydrogen=plentiful, Natural Gas=plentiful, battery packs=expensive, prone to problems, shortage of materials and other many nice features. Also the charging process takes about 12 hours at the least to get a decent charge from a 120 Volt circuit. Tesla is just pulling numbers from the air again like they always do.

Technology get's better with time. Batteries are progressively getting cheaper to produce and charging times are not as bad as you think. Batteries also mean less mechanical parts, which I can guess are more prone to failure then battery packs especially if not taken care of.

Two Words...

Hummer Limos

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FL9EaqicjX8/S_YI1uKQ4wI/AAAAAAAAALc/WjKXwMpUXns/triple-axle-hummer-limo.jpg

Epic for partys..but if used for actually road use it takes 30 mins to turn a corner, 1,000 litres of petrol to turn that corner and is generally not a car that should of been made in thousands of years

Personally, I'm surprised it can turn at all.

You'd be suprised what the drivers of these cars will do if they are late.. if turning involved going over a fence consider it done... personally they are to big to much petrol used for such a small amount of time spent in them.

 

[ChaoticAwesome]

The Pontiac Aztek. What were they thinking?

Hey now! I loved my Aztek.