What can you not stand?

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Leonidae@MFT
Been there, done that. Helped me to keep my attention on the road.
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Yeah, well try driving from Los Angeles to Phoenix, San Fransisco, or Las Vegas without any music. Hours of straight-line roads with nothing besides desert shrubbery or farms to look at. :crazy:
 
Villain
Yeah, well try driving from Los Angeles to Phoenix, San Fransisco, or Las Vegas without any music. Hours of straight-line roads with nothing besides desert shrubbery or farms to look at. :crazy:
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That's one thing I think people have trouble grasping about North America. It's friggin massive. Every year for as long as I can remember, we've driven from home in Southern Ontario to see family in Nova Scotia.

Once you get past Toronto and the surrounding cities, it's boring straight highways until Ottawa, then boring highways for hundred of kilometres until Quebec, then Montreal, and then New Brunswick. That's hours upon hours of straight line driving in a 3 lane highway with nothing to look at. At the very least there's some forest and lakes to see, I couldn't imagine a huge road trip in the desert with no tunes.
 
Yeah, you really need some kind of stimuli other than that "thrill of the road" or whatever intangible you want to plug. When it's a long drive and your passengers have fallen asleep, the engine buzzing at a near constant RPM is not enough - especially at night!
 
SRV2LOW4ME
I hate cars. Cars in general suck.

I'm going to go buy a horse.
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Second that. I'm currently looking for a team of huskies and a cart.

Really what I hate these day is the fact that most cars are so generic.

"Oh, look, a 4 door saloon BMW, black with chrome trimmings, or is it a Ford, or an Audi, or a Lexus?"

I realise that some manufactures steer away from the norm, companies like (add marque here) who make unique looking cars. As much as I dislike French cars, the French makers do seem to have the edge when it comes to styling.

What happened to the time when cars had a character and style, individuality?
 
Noob616
That's one thing I think people have trouble grasping about North America. It's friggin massive.
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According to Wikipedia:

Finland - 338,424 km2
California - 423,970 km2

Some of these roads, especially in the west can be intensely boring and massively hypnotic after hours of traveling. Gotta have something to keep you awake and aware.

What I really don't like is getting stuck behind the big redneck diesel trucks with massive, soot pouring stacks. They smell bad and perpetuate the thought that diesel is, well, bad. It doesn't help that these trucks combine the smell with generally tacky and stupid bumper stickers designed for people with feeble minds, and often those awful trucknutz...
 
Eunos_Cosmo
I can't stand it when people are so obsessed with their own opinions that they are unwilling to accept that other people have different taste...
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Disliking something is one thing, not being able to accept it is different. Everyone has their own taste, that doesn't mean I can't talk about why I don't like it.

-People who always drive with their high beams on.
-Obnoxiously bright halogens.
-Fart can exhaust.
-Prius with bumper stickers such as "Proud to be green" "Vegans for ever. How much murder is on your plate?"
-stickers that are supposed to be scoops or carbon fiber.

Leonidae@MFT
In Car Entertainment. If it doesn't make the car faster or handle better, it's not necessary.
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There is more to cars than speed. That's why we don't all ride motorcycles, and even those often come with a radio. Is your car stripped of all interior body panels, seats, and sound deadening? Of course not.
 
Zenith013
Disliking something is one thing, not being able to accept it is different. Everyone has their own taste, that doesn't mean I can't talk about why I don't like it.

-People who always drive with their high beams on.
-Obnoxiously bright halogens.
-Fart can exhaust.
-Prius with bumper stickers such as "Proud to be green" "Vegans for ever. How much murder is on your plate?"
-stickers that are supposed to be scoops or carbon fiber.



There is more to cars than speed. That's why we don't all ride motorcycles, and even those often come with a radio. Is your car stripped of all interior body panels, seats, and sound deadening? Of course not.
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I HATE those! :lol: Its always funny looking at the ones that say "Stop bitching and admit you hate your Prius!" Saw one once.
 
The design flaws on my Land Rover Discovery:

The way the roof is a seperate panal to the body, and is glued on, resulting in it leaking every time it rains... although after years of this happening to previous owners, the carpet absorbed most of it (now removed), so most of the water runs straight out of the rust holes in the boot floor.

The way the oil flow when doing an oil change runs out the bottom of the sump in a perfect arc to hit the anti roll bar, creating a 4 foot wide puddle of oil if you're not prepared for it. Why should an 18 inch piece of gutter be part of my tool kit?

And lastly, but most annoyingly, why the hell is there a warning beep telling me the engine is off and my keys are in the ignition with the door open? I know where my keys are. I'm parked up and I want to listen to the radio, but I can't, because every second the damn thing beeps again.

Not Disco related edit: shiny things. Never seen chrome on a car that wouldn't look better painted. Oh, and new American pick up trucks in the UK (F150, Dodge Ram etc); unnecessary and vulgar. Yes, I know you can spend your money on anything you like, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
 
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Lol yeah. And I can just imagine sitting there listening to the drone fest my exhaust has going on at highway speed for 12 hours when I go to Bathurst... I'll take my iPhone music thanks!
 
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And I could go on an on and on... They all have one thing in common, aside from being Subarus.

Ebay parts annoy me as well. 15$ sleeve coilovers are absurdly dangerous. Putting 15$ Ebay coilovers and 250$ replica wheels on a 30k Subaru or EVO is absolutely stupid. The OEM items are miles better, keep them on. And wait until you have sufficient budget to buy quality parts, instead of half-assing it so the BROs can jock you.

Empty roof racks and the so called sticker bombing also annoy me. Can't believe people really seem to think they're cool with all that crap on their cars.
 
Elitist and fanboys. I don't care what it's of, a certain tuning style, a drivetrain, brand of car, whatever. I really try not to slag on people for having a vehicle they want to have.

That and unsafe parts, I don't care what you do to your car just as long as it isn't stupidly unsafe.
 
I also don`t like muscle cars, pony cars and Corvettes with automatic transmissions. I know they came that way from the factory so I accept it, but I`m planning on swapping a 5-speed into my C3.

I hate Xenon lights. They always blind me much more than normal headlights and when I rode in my grandfathers almost new E-Klasse, I thought the color of the light was... weird. Can`t explain it.
 
FWD hatchbacks, Cabrios, Fart-can exhausts, fake badging, engine transplants, most aftermarket parts, Audi's, tinted windows, motorhomes, smart cars, overstretched ICE, newer OEM wheels on older cars, VW beetles, the car infront of me, cars with 1.0l engines,.. errm I'm sure there's lots more...
 
Joey D
Elitist and fanboys. I don't care what it's of, a certain tuning style, a drivetrain, brand of car, whatever. I really try not to slag on people for having a vehicle they want to have.
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I really respect what you're saying. But I'm going to slag on a couple, all in good fun. Sort of like the TG or GTP Cool Walls. These are arbitrary opinions that we often can't back up with actual facts. But it's entertaining.

For some reason, I really, really hate the Scion TC. It's a decent car and looks ok, but I've just had too many TC drivers pull dekumuvas around me.

I also can't stand the BMW X6 (M). Capable vehicle, but it makes zero sense to me. Therefore I've determined everyone who owns one is just showing off. :sly:
 
12thgear
I really respect what you're saying. But I'm going to slag on a couple, all in good fun. Sort of like the TG or GTP Cool Walls. These are arbitrary opinions that we often can't back up with actual facts. But it's entertaining.

For some reason, I really, really hate the Scion TC. It's a decent car and looks ok, but I've just had too many TC drivers pull dekumuvas around me.

I also can't stand the BMW X6 (M). Capable vehicle, but it makes zero sense to me. Therefore I've determined everyone who owns one is just showing off. :sly:
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As a tc driver I have to put this here :(
 
12thgear
Hehe, that took no time. Like I said, all in good fun. 👍

Plus I drive a Miata and get crap for it all the time.
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Haha, it's okay I've been trying to sell my TC for a month and I'm buying a miata to go off to school in :lol:

edit: Just realize where you were located, if you ever got cut up by a baby blue TC, that was MEEEEE :D
 
Roo
And lastly, but most annoyingly, why the hell is there a warning beep telling me the engine is off and my keys are in the ignition with the door open? I know where my keys are. I'm parked up and I want to listen to the radio, but I can't, because every second the damn thing beeps again.
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Have you ever though about looking for the chime and just disconnecting it?
 
crispychicken49
How is putting an M badge on a BMW bad? So what if its not the specific "M" model! Sometimes people send in there cars to be tuned by M, and thus feel the need to put the M Badge on. Thats what the owner before us did with my parents 3-Series.
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I was talking about like branding your car like it's the top spec model when it clearly isn't, like RS6 badges on an A6.
But most of the time people have M Badges on cars (cars I've seen anyway) they are normally 3 series diesel coupes, which in my opinion hardly puts the M-division name to justice, as it's meant to be a performance car.
Anyways I was just stating my opinion and I don't like people with their stupid Type R or V12 badges on cars which clearly don't fit the description, it's a tiny thing to moan about I know, but I still hate them. :)

I also hate road hoggers, if youre not overtaking anything you shouldn't be there!!
 
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Thatman
You got the beat of the engine.:sly:
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Yeah, yeah. I've heard the "I don't need a stereo, I'll just listen to the engine." shpeel hundreds of times. Every daily driver is made better with the addition of a stereo, I would know. I've been driving without one for about a year and a half now. My exhaust sound makes lions sound like kittens, but no matter how "hardcore" of a driver you consider yourself, you will still find yourself wanting a radio from time to time. It's well worth the extra 20-30lbs of weight. Wanna save weight? Go replace some body panels with fiberglass, aluminum, or carbon fiber.
 
I hate hearing people at my school talking about the badass Nissan Skyline they're gonna buy and trick it out with turbo and nos and theyre gonna look so fly in it. They don't realize it's a tricked out beer can on wheels compared to a car from the 60's that stills looks better and is still faster.
 
The absurd car prices in Brazil. Come on, 40 GRAND in a Corolla?!?!?!
The offroad-wannabe cars made here. Example: every single thing with 'Fiat" and "Adventure" in its name
The current Brazilian recipe of sports versions for cars: some shiny paintjob, decals, a dozen milimeters out of ride height, more equipment, some flashy rims and nothing more. No engine or handling upgrade. VW fanboys here always talk about the shameful first Escort XR-3 we had, that was actually SLOWER than the normal Escort, despite having 200cc more (1800cc vs. 1600cc)
 
Speaking of sporty versions of cars, why is the sport model always the top, or near the top of the line model? What if I want the performance of the sport model, but the luxuries of the base model? Then again though, I suppose you could just get aftermarket parts and make it better than the factory model (if there are aftermarket parts for the vehicle in question).
 
When I see spoiled teenage girls driving around in the brand new BMW their father just bought for them... give it to me, you don't deserve it!
 

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