Car-mic Justice

[major_clanger]

A couple of days ago darth_hamster and I were walking through central Birmingham and noticed one of these.

"What is that thing?" I asked.

The answer, I found today, is 'the car you are renting for the next week'. I am already bracing myself for my brother's comments when we do our round of family visiting.

Comments

[attimes-bracing.livejournal.com]

It's FUGLY!!!!!!

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

*falls over laughing*

It's probably great fun to drive, though.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

So you will soon be able to tell us what a compact crossover really is...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I've seen worse. At least it ought to be reasonably comfortable, and the suspension is high enough that you should be able to cope with water on the roads.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Mind you, looks fun to drive...

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

ooh, bulbous

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the word I used in a comment elsewhere. Together with the observation: "You are driving Eric Pickles' nose".

[a-cubed.livejournal.com]

Dinky Toy SUV FTW!

[nojay.livejournal.com]

The Real Dinky Toy car is one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Figaro

One of these is parked near where I live. Specialist importers bring them over from Japan and refurb them for sale here.

[a-cubed.livejournal.com]

I've seen the odd one of these in Tokyo. I hadn't realised it was only from 1991. It has a very much earlier styling.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

There's a dealer specialising in those near Cambridge Heath station that we used to walk past when we took the bus to Broadway Market on a Saturday morning. Very odd looking but I do see the odd one about.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

It may be all nogilly with bits sticking out, but does it have go faster stripes?

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

For a while, there was one parked in our neighbour's drive.

We now have a new neighbour.

[emmzzi.livejournal.com]

oh car snobs.. it has the right number of wheels. It probably goes. That's enough....

[perlmonger.livejournal.com]

The class of car design called "mid-Pacific", because that's where it belongs.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Could have been worse; at least you didn't rent a Kallikak.

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

That's remarkable. I've never seen a car that looks like it's been punched in the face before.