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Could they have gotten an Uglier Vehicle for that VersaCamm Contest? Holy Hanna Banana, that is one butt ugly vehicle! What is happening to the beautiful sexy lines of cars? A Scion. Wow. Kinda reminds you of a Lambourgini dun' it? Hey I got the idea for the wrap- Make UGLY look Lovely!
(my deepest apologies to anyone that bought one by accident, or won it, or their mother bought it for them or something)
-------------------- Deri Russell Wildwood Signs Hanover, Ontario
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A Scion reminds you of a Lamborghini? I'll take a Lamborghini please....
Deri...I think those Scions are ugly too....I walked up to one once and looked inside and thought the interior looked kind of neat...probably fun to drive...but yeah, it's like a Wheaties box with wheels on it.
Lamborghini on the other hand....oooh baby.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Scion's are nice,,They do not have them wonderfull lines. But as a bizz vehicle they are just abotu perfect. They can carry a load of supplies, Are comfortable, use little gas and run great. Plus there is LOTS of room to put graphics on it. Someday if I ever get the chance to need a bizz vehicle. that will be the one.
-------------------- Leaper of Tall buildings.. If you find my posts divisive or otherwise snarky please ignore them. If you do not know how then PM me about it and I will demonstrate. Posts: 5274 | From: Im a nowhere man | Registered: Jul 2001
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I like them....I have 2 of them meself. I bought my first one a few days before they were introduced and I got the souped up one a couple of months later. One is my fridge, the other my lil toaster....no graphics on mine. Just a tiny logo on the back window.
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1538 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Yes Jeff. I was notified by Roland some time ago about it (because I had finally gotten my moth eatin wallet out and invested some $ in my business) then Canadian Signcrafters sent me a flyer. Then I got my new SignCraft yesterday and the contest is on pg 14 (May/June Issue). I kinda figured it was part of the challenge, but thinking about it does bring to mind the "Wheaties box" toaster and fridge.
-------------------- Deri Russell Wildwood Signs Hanover, Ontario
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we are in the UGLY CYCLE of autodum....happens every few years. 1958-1960 most cars produced then was THE UGLEST thinks on 4 wheels. 1959 OLDSMOBILE wins hands down. DODGE TRUCKS...late 50's-till 96 nobody wanted em. 1974-1980 most was nasty..MUSTANG 2 what the hell was that? pinto, mavrick, k-cars! and people nicknamed 1970-1993 volvo's BRICKS, cause of the look they have looks like a big brick with a little brick sittin on top of the big one..... and what really crack me up is on signs 101 people askin for OUTLINE OD THESE VEHICLES...how hard is it to DRAW 2 SQUARES?
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey Deri, We bought one too. Funny thing is, I started out thinking the same as you... Butttt ugly. I didn't want anything to do with it. I got in one just to humor my wife and say I tried. But once you get in one,it sells itself; roomy as all outdoors, very peppy for 4 cylinders, kicka** stereo with mp3 compatible cd player and even an auxillary input for your mp3 player. And the 31 MPGs/city ain't bad either. Easy to find in a large parking lot too.
Dan
-------------------- Dan Marquis Marquis Signs Lewiston, Maine dan@marquissigns.com Posts: 118 | From: Lewiston, Maine, USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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I followed one of those things into a drive-thru this morning, wanting to get something like breakfast. As soon as I saw it, I thought, "OH Gawd, this guy is gonna take forever to make up his mind"...and I was correct!!!!
Those things are now on my official list, just like Volvo's and KIA's...
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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And this is where Scion has done a great job in the marketing of the vehicle to the public. Good, bad, or otherwise, look how much the general public talks about it. Just the word of mouth discussions will make people look at them, even if it just to see how ugly they are. BTW, I would not own something that is the 2006 version of the Pacer.
-------------------- Dana Blair Blair Signs Wooster, OH www.blairsigns.com
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...WELL, I keep wondering if you open the hood....are you gonna find a big ol' Paul Bunyun size pair of boots in that shoebox?
Yet, there is something intriguing about that vehicle....I bet it's really fun to drive...and as far as a great vehicle for graphics....you probably can't get much better than that...It must only have 2 compound curves to contend with.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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It probably would get 40 MPG if weren't for the WIND DRAG. I think it's one of those so ugly it's cute. For just plain ugly, how about the HHR? Gag.
-------------------- Tim Whitcher Adrian, MI Posts: 1546 | From: Adrian, MI | Registered: Mar 1999
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They definitely have personality... Isn't that what you always say when describing a girl that you really don't think is attractive, but you don't want anyone to know that you really think she's ugly?
The old blind date question/answer: Hey, what does she look like? Answer: Well, ah, she's got a great personality!
It would be the greatest challenge to make THAT car look good with a graphics design package.
Good Luck everyone who enters that contest.
Sign-cerely, Steve Luck
-------------------- Steve Luck Sign Magic Inc. 2718-b Grovelin Godfrey, Illinois 62035 (618)466-9120 signmagic@sbcglobal.net Posts: 870 | From: 2718-b Grovelin Godfrey, Illinois 62035 | Registered: Dec 2004
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CITROEN 2cv ring any bells...for foriegn ugly's?
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I disagree with you OP, the 2CV is an extremely lovable car. When I grew up, it was very popular among the hippie generation, and often very colourfully painted.
If you want ugly foreign car, try the Fiat Doblo. Ugh!
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Haven't got a picture of it, but I saw a Scion at the Mall of Georgia a few months ago that had a full wrap on it.
What really made me think "Oh my god, now I've seen it all!" is when I noticed the bottom of the car. The idea was that it had been in a box that had been torn away to reveal the car. The digitally printed packing material was... COROPLAST!
Probably would been cheaper to glue REAL coroplast onto it, but it would still be fugly.
Still holding out for the 2007 Challenger... Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
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Lotti, FIAT means Fix It All the Time. Ernie had 2- I became a pro push starting it when we were dating. They were so bad and unsafe that the USA has banned the sale of them in the USA.
Diane
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LOTTI.. i have to disagree, the 2cv interior was a real piece of work...front seat was nothin more then a metal bench with material sewn on it no springs or foam!@!
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I know, OP, but it has character. Driving a 2CV was a statement. Kind of like wearing ragged clothing, not because you can't afford anything better. Do you know what I mean?
Hey Diane, I owned two Fiats in my life and they were not that bad. The first one was a 127 Sport and the other one a Ritmo 125. That was one extremely ugly car too, but fun to drive.
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I also owned a couple of VW Rabbits. I remember severely embarrassing a 260Z driver in a little street racing. I think he was ready for the quickness, it was the getting oubraked that caused him trouble
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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Hey George - you're either being sarcastic about the quickness....or didn't own the diesel...hehehe.
The gas ones weren't too bad for power...but that diesel.......boy-oh-boy......you had to make sure that no vehicles were visible before pulling out onto the street....they were sooooooooo slowwwwwww. That was one vehicle I never took a chance with.
The mileage was pretty darn good though.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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I think that over in Asia somewhere when they are having their morning fishheads and rice they try to think up cars that no one would possibley be crazy enough to buy i.e. Scion and Honda Element and make bets that if they build them some puddy headed American will buy them. Well, they were right. When I was a kid we used to beat these kinds of people up on the way home from school.
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Yeah they could have gotten an uglier vehicle, lots of them to choose from like H2, HHR, SSR, Element, anything made by Daewoo, Dakota or Durango (what was Daimler smoking?) and the list goes on and on. No I'm not a Scion fan either.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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Speaking of aesthetically challenged vehicles, three years ago, when my wife and I were in California for a few days, the rental car company kept trying to push off a Pontiac AzWreck on us, offering a very nice rate. My wife wasn't about to get in the car. I told her: "No one here knows us." She said it was still too ugly. We rented something else.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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what about that new Toyota land cruiser or whatever the heck it is, kinda buttfugly whatever it is
-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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$30,000.00 FUGLY..i looked at one the other day......sorta like a mini HUMMER...
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