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Wall of shame # whatever – Return of the Kack

Published on September 18, 2011 in Wall of Shame. Closed

(Plastic) Chrome chrome go away,

come a back another day.

The owner of this was trying to be funny, ironic, satirical or something.  Right?  Perhaps the person is in the employ of TomTom.  Or that they really really really love their sat nav because they get lost all the time and couldn’t find their own arse with two hands, a torch and a map.  That doesn’t explain the exhaust tailpipe (!!!!!!) or the GTI script (courtesy of Volkswagen) above the stuck on word “automatic”.  Nor does it explain the fact that the owner of this fine car felt the need to add to Renault’s impressive Euro NCAP safety score by adding a 4th brake light mounted in the rear window.  I’m surprised given the very chrome nature of the replacement antenna and the addition of a fake shark fin antenna behind that, that the owner hasn’t popped on some tasty plastic chrome piping.  Well done, 4 points for effort, -1 for execution and -50 for style.

And that’s before I mention the chrome number plate surround or the rather large and rather chrome tow hitch cover (about the only thing on the car which serves a reasonably practical purpose).

Wall of Shame – The Return

Published on August 9, 2011 in Wall of Shame. 4 Comments

Had these sitting on my hard drive for an absolute age so I thought I’d better get them up so that other people can laugh at them as I have done.  Nothing says knacker nowadays more than cheap shitty plastic chrome piping.  Why do this to your car?  WHY?  At least it’s only on the arse of this Seicento.

Shitbox Civic “coupe” with skobe flip flop paint and wah exhaust that belongs to one of the students at UL.  You can hear it coming a mile away.  And it doesn’t sound nice.  It goes something like this…ssssSSSSSSKKKoOooOBBBBbbEe, sSsSSsSSSSSSKKKKKKKKKKOOOOOOOOOOOBBbEe.

Just in case you forget your girlfriends name.  Or just in case she forgets her name.  Either way, what do you do when you dump her/get dumped by her.  Nice rust bubbling through on the bodywork though.  And look more cheap shitty plastic chrome piping.

Even more chrome.  Not piping this time.  No no, we’ve gone for the full on bling of cheap shitty plastic chrome trim pieces.  Nice AA badge though.

Spoke to soon.  The Return of the Cheap Shitty Plastic Chrome Piping.

It’s spread to the interior as well.  Surely there must be some kind of cream the owner can get to clear the spread of the infection right up?

 

 

The Fifth Wall of Shame

Published on December 24, 2009 in Wall of Shame. Closed Tags: , , , , .

The Seat Leon WRC.  Only they never made a WRC Leon.  This owner thought they should have, so failing one being officially available, he decided to inflict his own vision of one on the rest of us.  Complete with NACA ducts on the bonnet and a large bonnet scoop doubling as a roof mounted fresh air vent.  Useful when attempting special stages on the Acropolis Rally or Safari Rally around Ennis.  Tosser.

Wall of Shame, the 4th

Published on December 16, 2009 in Wall of Shame. Closed Tags: , , , .

Spotted on a recent visit to the Maternity hospital.  Driven by a Grrl Racer, from Newcastle West (not important, really), some poor baby is presumably going to be driven around in this yoke in the near future.  It’ll probably want to go back to the womb, ehem, rather quickly, once it claps eyes on this.  No baby seat yet made will protect it.

Seen as high automotive fashion in Newcastle West and environs, based on some of the tat that’s out that way.  Sorry, couldn’t resist the NCW comment.