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To: Cowman

Why Do All New Cars Look Alike?

I would not buy one of these ugly things.

The reason they all have the same shape is partly pressure from the Federales to make "fuel efficient" cars that are "better for the environment." Hence, your Brave New World ugly turtle car - enjoy it comrade.

Whole Foods will charge you 20 times per pound for the price of fish, because they say their fish is not farm raised, but "sustainable, Eco-friendly" fish. Same with their "organic" produce. If you are a fool, you follow their orders. In the same way, I refuse to be a drone and waste money on these hideous things.

Screw them.


19 posted on 11/04/2015 2:50:52 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

The only distinctive things about any of them is the 20’s on #4 and 20’s are just stupid.


20 posted on 11/04/2015 3:00:11 AM PST by Cowman (As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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To: SkyPilot

Another reason why cars all look the same today is that most of their parts are the same. I seem to remember reading an article last year that said 60% of the parts in a compact car are common to all manufacturers and models.


24 posted on 11/04/2015 3:29:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: SkyPilot
Post pictures of a Chevy, Ford and Plymouth coupe from the 1920's and show me the difference? This same shape thing is not new, it sucks.

The reason why all of them look alike today is that they all go thru wind tunnel testing which bevels all style out of the car. This results in a .5 mile per gallon increase at high way speed. this "increase" costs all pretense of style or uniqueness.

34 posted on 11/04/2015 4:46:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SkyPilot

Even Jeep has had to bow to the gods of aerodynamics some. Yours is the first one to have anything but flat glass.


39 posted on 11/04/2015 5:28:37 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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