Filed under: Bad List | Tags: 2009, auto, cars, concept, convertible, disappointing, G37, Infiniti, IS250, LA, lexus, marketing, new, nissan, photos, sexy cars, show
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Faulty Ignition – No, I’m not talking about the car itself. If sex was a car it would have to be the G37 open air Infiniti. 325 horsepower. 7-speed automatic. I’ve been anticipating this car for months. But, just as I was all hot and bothered and hopping in to bed…their marketers threw cold water on me. First off, I was duped in to downloading a notification on my calendar that the car was launching this morning. I couldn’t wait to visit the Infiniti Website to see what sexy new outfit she had on for me today. But nothing was new. Tick. Tick. Tick…finally I checked again. Nothing. Checked out the LA Auto Show site…one lousy photo. Finally, at the END of the day, they open up a terrible Website, that’s impossible to navigate and doesn’t really tell me anything new. Freakin’ tease! Hey there, Lexus IS250 drop top…how YOU doin’?
I Wanna Ride
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It all started with the Ford Aerostar that my parents bought back in the 80’s. They were the first in our small Texas town to get the sharp-nosed minivan when it debuted – a “conversion” model, at that. Other kids commented from the pickup line at soccer practice, “Ooh, it’s your family that drives the spaceship-looking vehicle.” Wow, I was thinking more of a turd on wheels, but okay. I hated that thing. And yes, today, I’m still I’m a minivan-hater.
My memory can easily replay that horrendous, familiar sound of the huge sliding door grinding metal before the final click indicating it was shut. It was the signal that the family ”spaceship” was free for lift off. Ugh…I quikly closed the cheesy miniblinds so no one could see me as we cruised.
I don’t know what it is exactly that elicits the visceral disgust for the minivan. Maybe it’s because it represented the best set of wheels our parents could afford while our neighbors had the ultra-hip Eddie Bauer edition Ford Explorer?…perhaps the practicality countered my yearn for just a little flash and excess?…was it the symbol of suburban mediocrity?…maybe it was just that it finally allowed (yipee) the whole family (all 7 of us) to travel together.
What? Minivans
Cost? Varies
Alternative? Anything that gets you from point A to point B
Hell is Full of Minivans
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