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Monday, August 01, 2005

Are they even trying?




Given the sketchy looking quality of most of the cars I've been posting lately, it's surprising that you can find vehicles that have worse quality issues than the rest of them.

The first canditate retains it's stock blue colour but ads pink accessories. Of these, the wheel well extensions are horrible. For one, they're just stuck on. Note that up front you can plainly see through the gaps between the body and the extentions. It even bisects a reflector. In the rear, the mounting points have deformed the extention itself. What are these made of - plastic? Also - it has a cut out for the gas door, leaving a gaping hole. I don't know whether this was created as a mockery or not, but looking inside the dash appears to be red velvet or velours. Mounting this would take time and effort, suggesting some for of pride in the cars appearance.

The second candidate looks better and more cohesive, but the rear extetion is also deformed and dented. Also you can see the mounting points, which look as if the flares were bolted onto the body.

I'm beginning to think this is all part of an elaborate joke I'm not getting, because these can't be real...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, there's only SO MUCH one can do with FoamCoreBoard on a Rainy Day! And these guys have done a LOT! And here we go with the SippyStraws again! Sad. Just plain sad.