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Minnesota Mixup posted:The interior color options of the day were pretty much the same as they are now. It's not really fair to compare the 'car industry' to a low production hand built car. 1985 Toyota Corolla II  1989 Toyota ToyoAce (ubiquitous commercial truck)  1991 Honda Beat  1994 Daihatsu Mira (cheap people mover)  1994 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado  1995 Suzuki WagonR (cheap people mover)   The "car industry" doesn't try anymore and that's on them, even just for fabric choices. Look at those rad neon sailboats. Why can't we have that?
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I love how I can picture a different kind of grandpa owning each of those.
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Crankit posted:I love how I can picture a different kind of grandpa owning each of those. I can picture myself owning that Prado right now tbh They're all getting up to around 300,000km around here but they're still reasonably common Look at this  Wrong shifter and aftermarket head unit but I'd still daily this in a heartbeat 
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I major reason I got a GTI was because of the tartan cloth interior.
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I attribute colour/materials to production costs. As in, not adapting product to demand, but managing demand to adapt to production. Leather was cheaper in ancient times, so the production made it 'premium' so people pay more for 'leather', dropping velour totally (toyota century is the only one produced with it afaik). Same seems to be happening with 'leather' colour - black is considered 'premium' looking
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More beautiful blocky car design with another cracking interior combo. More shots in thread obv. https://twitter.com/mikurubaeahina/status/1402109427126243328?s=20
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Uthor posted:I major reason I got a GTI was because of the tartan cloth interior. Same
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Godholio posted:Even in the 90s you could find blue and red interiors pretty easily on regular family cars. Nothing of value was lost.
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The best example of weaponized boring in interiors is 90s Mercedes grey. It's really quite amazing how they managed to so perfectly capture the aesthetic of "bureaucratic regulations manual grey".
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My '97 Thunderbird was Green on Green and it was loving awesome. That had to have been one of the last non-'neutral' color interiors in a non-luxury car.
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I think the main issue was that with the more widely varied colors, you were sort of limited to certain exterior colors that would go with then. A burgundy interior, for example, sort of limits you to black, white, silver, more burgundy, and possibly green (my ‘90 RX-7 had a burgundy interior…) Grey and black go with pretty much anything, and tan goes with nearly as many colors as grey and black. Manufacturers just got lazy, and since most people by a white, black, or silver car anyway, there you go. I loved the color choices available on, say, my ‘70 Cutlass. Mine was originally a silver car with black interior, but other choices of interior included white, green, blue, red, *gold*, tan, brown, and a “saddle” color that oddly enough looks like how you envision a traditional wester saddle color. Brown, but lighter with some orange? Like the King Ranch leather in Fords. Other years had a turquoise color. Not my favorite, but definitely more interesting than blah grey. Even those grey or black seats with color confetti are better.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:My '97 Thunderbird was Green on Green and it was loving awesome. That had to have been one of the last non-'neutral' color interiors in a non-luxury car. Depending on how you classify them MINI currently offers and Indigo Blue interior.
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That rules.
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gently caress off Lahey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVYwVQ8huzs
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Imperador do Brasil posted:drat it feels good to put some Lego together sometimes. I live my life two 1x2 plates stuck together at a time.
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Rhyno posted:I love his little dance of joy That is awesome. Made my drat day (and apparently his).
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As someone else who drives a car that they also made into a Hot Wheels car, it loving rules. I picked up half a dozen of them for various reasons, but mainly so that my 5 year old son could have his own version of daddy’s car.
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Never thought I'd be excited about a mid-size crossover suv, but I saw a Saab 9-4X in the wild today. About 600 of them were made before GM euthanized the company IIRC.
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Never thought I'd be exited about a mid-size crossover suv, but I saw a Saab 9-4X in the wild today. About 600 of them were made before GM euthanized the company IIRC. Do they transport cartoonish radioactive waste on the bridge you're about to go under?
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What, they don't make bridges out of uranium where you live?
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KakerMix posted:1985 Toyota Corolla II Most of those remind me of this:  They remind me of cheap tour bus seats. There's no denying though that the tartan interior of the VWs is amazing and I wish things like that were more available, and I do agree that less expensive cars tend to have boring options (if you're even given one to begin with).
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The French had some wild interior patterns too:  From mk1 Renault Twingos I know someone who had one with an interior in white with giant blue flower patterns. Pretty sure it was a stock pattern, but I can't find any pictures of it 
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I always wondered about tour bus seats with wild patterns, why would they choose this? The space is super busy with the pattern, which makes it seem more cramped when you're walking in compared to clean lines in a plain, light color. Then I saw this recliner, which my friend said would be "perfect for a house with a puppy and a baby". Then it clicked. 
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NoWake posted:I always wondered about tour bus seats with wild patterns, why would they choose this? The space is super busy with the pattern, which makes it seem more cramped when you're walking in compared to clean lines in a plain, light color. Easier to hide stains. It's safe to assume on a long distance bus that at least 20% of the passengers are masturbating at any one time. Speaking of hiding stains:     grandma spec Powershift fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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Loud armchairs are awesome. A friend of mine has this: Powershift posted:Easier to hide stains. It's safe to assume on a long distance bus that at least 20% of the passengers are masturbating at any one time. This explains the French cars too 
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taqueso posted:would rock gramma seats no you get light gray or dark gray for an extra $750 you get light gray with dark gray trim
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Ror posted:from the #blessed thread: I got a friend that would do this with several of his dozens of spare hotwheels. Homeboy buys them every time we go to the grocery store or walmart as a neurotic thing and I love it. It's his nicotine.    That last shot is right before you enter an 1800sq/ft garage with some things in it. spookykid fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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The last row was spaced for Matchbox cardboard and directions, but still. All of the extras are for his daughter.
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If you get on a luxury coach in Cambodia or Laos PDR, you get basically a La-Z-Boy kind of chair with this sort of upholstery bolted into the space where a pair of normal bus seats would be. Sometimes the seat will take the place of four normal seats and you can recline it all the way back. Then (in my experience) the driver will put on a Jackie Chan movie that has multiple warring subtitles and a constant stream of pop-up ads on it. I highly recommend it as a way to travel. No there were no seat belts.
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ignoring that towing companies are scum for a second... https://twitter.com/LeftFlankVets/status/1402702540085604359?s=20 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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Mr. Tow is a loser, and I hear he is a boozer, so you better make that call to the Tow King!
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spookykid posted:I got a friend that would do this with several of his dozens of spare hotwheels. Homeboy buys them every time we go to the grocery store or walmart as a neurotic thing and I love it. It's his nicotine. I need to build a few of those display boards. I have... more than a couple Hot Wheels. Olympic Mathlete posted:ignoring that towing companies are scum for a second... The hero we need. You wanna make the rules? You play by them, too.
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Darchangel posted:The hero we need. You wanna make the rules? You play by them, too. Cool until you realize we still pay the tab.
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Suburban Dad posted:Cool until you realize we still pay the tab. Well worth it for the embarrassment they'll have to deal with.
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Cross postin myselfBuckyDoneGun posted:Alternative fabric chat; the 911 Targa Heritage Edition offers CORDUROY SEATS
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