General Doblo voted one of the ugliest cars on AOL
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General Doblo voted one of the ugliest cars on AOL
AOL know f*ck all (especially as a ISP!)..........doblo isn't a ugly car by a long stretch,beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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No, the D isn't ugly. It is a brilliant piece of design. Design is not the same as styling. It does what it was designed to do really excellently. And it is a striking car. It really does make you look, and wonder, and then realise why. But looking and thinking is an effort for some people.
These lists are run by the sorts who can only see sports cars. Anything that doesn't look low, sleek, fast and cramped is an anathema to them.
Don't forget, there are a lot of really dim people out there. Don't let them intimidate you
These lists are run by the sorts who can only see sports cars. Anything that doesn't look low, sleek, fast and cramped is an anathema to them.
Don't forget, there are a lot of really dim people out there. Don't let them intimidate you
These lists are run by the sorts who can only see sports cars. Anything that doesn't look low, sleek, fast and cramped is an anathema to them.
Don't forget, there are a lot of really dim people out there. Don't let them intimidate you
Exactly what I was getting at in another thread.
The chinless morons who present car shows or write motoring articles in the tabloids seem to think that the only cars worth buying can seat five (assuming you have three children devoid of legs), have a top speed somewhere close to warp 9.9, cost as much as a penthouse suite overlooking Central Park and require the services of a full-time team of insurers from Lloyds of London.
- oh yes, and the car HAS to be made around the driver (thus requiring removal of the steering wheel and the use of a decent engine hoist to get you into/out of the vehicle).
And what do us mere mortals want?
Something cheap to buy, economical to run with heaps of space for the whole family plus plenty of storage for luggage.
Who cares what it looks like? I was even tempted to buy the frog until I saw how little space was in the boot.
The low insurance group must mean that the dobbin isn't the sort of car that attracts chavvy tea-leafs - and I say that is marvellous, as long as the thieving barstewards wouldn't be seen dead in a dobbin I'm a happy bunny.
Let them keep thinking it's as reliable as a 1980s skoda, takes corners like a hover mower and is as attractive as Quasimodo after his fall from the top of the ugly tree.
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Ahem...I've had three Skoda Estelles and at least one of them was very reliable, I think. Still a big fan of the rear engined Skoda but they're not practical for a family of six, marginally more attractive than a Dobbin though.
Anyone stupid enough to use AOL should not be allowed an opinion on anything!
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anathema
I looked it up on 'ask Oxford'
• noun 1 something that one vehemently dislikes: racism was anathema to her. 2 a Church decree excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.
— ORIGIN Greek, ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil’.
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Now now lads
They're not ugly they're not beautiful, they're in that lovely place inbetween... much better looking than a lot of cars!
They're not ugly they're not beautiful, they're in that lovely place inbetween
... much better looking than a lot of cars!
There a damn sight more interesting to drive and look at than most cars on the roads, at least fiat have some form of originality about them, not like Audi, VW, Skoda they all look the same boring.
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And then contemplate the anonimity of the Vauxhall Zafira. Something so bland it blends in with the road.
My tuppence worth:
My first thought when seeing the Dobbie was something along the lines of:Stap me that's ugly. Every time I see it in the morning I think: Stap me that's ugly.
But. I love it - it's the best car I've ever owned - bar none. It has never let me down when I've demanded extraordinary things of it (unlike the time I couldn't get a television in the back of mini - and had to leave my wife sitting on it in John Lewis car park whilst I went home to get a bigger car:devil and it's reliable, comfortable and accessible - try driving down to the doctors with a sprained sacral joint in a BMW.
In the real world it's got what counts and I wouldn't swap it for any of the posh cars around.
My tuppence worth:
My first thought when seeing the Dobbie was something along the lines of:Stap me that's ugly. Every time I see it in the morning I think: Stap me that's ugly.
But. I love it - it's the best car I've ever owned - bar none. It has never let me down when I've demanded extraordinary things of it (unlike the time I couldn't get a television in the back of mini - and had to leave my wife sitting on it in John Lewis car park whilst I went home to get a bigger car:devil
and it's reliable, comfortable and accessible - try driving down to the doctors with a sprained sacral joint in a BMW. In the real world it's got what counts and I wouldn't swap it for any of the posh cars around.
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Just for the record, I wasn't saying that I thought they were ugly, I was just quoting AOL.
There's other cars on their list that I disagree with as well. I can't understand why every week Jeremy Clarkson goes on about how beautiful the Aston Martin is and the audience all nod their heads in agreement. There are very few modern cars that have real head turning looks, and the Aston isn't one of them IMO.
The Doblo however looks weird, quirky, utilitarian, to some that's ugly but that's why I love it.
There's other cars on their list that I disagree with as well. I can't understand why every week Jeremy Clarkson goes on about how beautiful the Aston Martin is and the audience all nod their heads in agreement. There are very few modern cars that have real head turning looks, and the Aston isn't one of them IMO.
The Doblo however looks weird, quirky, utilitarian, to some that's ugly but that's why I love it.
Whos he?.......that failed chat presenter?:devil:
I, too, owned a skoda - some 30 years ago.
The speedo hadn't worked for quite some time and the clock never seemed to get past 150k but the old girl simply kept on going for many a year. Very economical on fuel, very reliable & great for carting all my disco equipment around.
And as for the zafira, what's the point of taking an already cramped car, lifting the roof by a few inches & touting it as a great family MPV?
It's an Astra with a few extra inches of headroom & a deckchair in the boot - the Astra is a fantastic car when the kids are small but when they grow & need legroom, forget it.
As for other marques, I totally agree that they all seem to roll off the same production line these days - it seems the bodywork is all pressed by one company.
The speedo hadn't worked for quite some time
and the clock never seemed to get past 150k but the old girl simply kept on going for many a year. Very economical on fuel, very reliable & great for carting all my disco equipment around.And as for the zafira, what's the point of taking an already cramped car, lifting the roof by a few inches & touting it as a great family MPV?
It's an Astra with a few extra inches of headroom & a deckchair in the boot - the Astra is a fantastic car when the kids are small but when they grow & need legroom, forget it.
As for other marques, I totally agree that they all seem to roll off the same production line these days - it seems the bodywork is all pressed by one company.
Thinking about ugliest cars, why on earth would anyone want to buy a hummer?
They look like a squashed landrover & extremely heavy on the juice & just so damned ugly
They look like a squashed landrover & extremely heavy on the juice & just so damned ugly
I'm with the cool and funtional camp for the Dobbies looks, and besides Ssangyong have already taken first prize with this:-
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...ius&um=1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...ius&um=1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3
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Now that really is ugly. What were they thinking
I like the original multipla too, they're just not as practical or as cheap as a Doblo.
