I am still being impressed by this car that impressed me a month ago, and the month before that, and the month before that.
I <3 you, Nissan.
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So I was doing my daily rounds of reading blogs and on Jalopnik I saw the released pictures of the new Dodge Challenger. And was immediately let down.
I’ve been keeping a mental note of how American car companies seem to half-ass their designs. They seem to be doing a lot of throw back style cars where they make a new car look like their classics, which in itself is kind of lazy I think but it’s not such a big deal to me because that seems to be the trend with a lot of things. If you can bring back Cabbage Patch Kids and Transformers, why can’t you bring back the Mustang? The problem is the way these companies seem to spend much time on creating nice detail… nice lines here and there that are reminiscent of the classic car yet modern and artistic… then you get to the rear end of the car. What happened??? Did you guys just get tired of designing?
The new Dodge Challenger has been doomed to the same fate:
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WHAT THE!!! The Delorean doesn’t look any more modern than this thing. |
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Here are some other sad examples of what I’m talking about:
I know, I’m late but that’s what everybody puts on their blog. Happy New Year!
Man this past Christmas was HECTIC. I thought I would have all this free time on my hands, but I didn’t. There were Christmas parties everywhere but it was really nice spending time with family. Christmas was so exciting for me as a child and it kind of died as I became a teenager. But now that I’m older and learning to appreciate things more, add in the fact that I have a family now, Christmas has a renewed charm for me again.
Nadine was having some complications and the doctor has put her on bed rest. What is bed rest? Exactly what it sounds like! She has to sit in bed ALL DAY LONG. It’s really making her crazy and I don’t blame her… it’s like turning your own home into a jail cell. But she’s hanging in there and she’s doing a really good job of not doing much. I’m thinking she’ll have to last another month at the longest. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for sooner though.
So anyway, I’m now Mr. Mom and taking care of everything around the house and I haven’t had any time to go drifting but I did squeeze a few hours in there to put on my canards. I took off my spoiler too, for a new look. I don’t know why, but my car looks so wiiiiide new. I love it… I’m going to leave it this way for a while.
Geez, where are all my pics? My blog is so boring!
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