# One of the World's Ugliest Cars Comes Out of Hiding **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163 "2007-12-16T04:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/41 "2007-12-17T05:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] I don’t know about you guys, but for sheer ugliness there is no competition. The Family Truckster wins by a mile. [/QUOTE] Surely you’re joking. [This](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/06/family-truckster-3d-resized.jpg) looks better than Sir Vival. Heck, it even looks better than the [Pink](http://bp3.blogger.com/_Rg0A693OFvg/Rdd3UTi5eHI/AAAAAAAAADk/L7FYkLrX_R8/s1600-h/original-pink-panther-car.jpg) [Panther](http://www.bigscreencarhire.com/images/pink_panther_limo.jpg) [mobile.](http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blogimages/july07/pinkPanter.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/42 "2007-12-17T05:44:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Heck, it even looks better than the [Pink](http://bp3.blogger.com/_Rg0A693OFvg/Rdd3UTi5eHI/AAAAAAAAADk/L7FYkLrX_R8/s1600-h/original-pink-panther-car.jpg) [Panther](http://www.bigscreencarhire.com/images/pink_panther_limo.jpg) [mobile.](http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blogimages/july07/pinkPanter.jpg) [/QUOTE] There’s nothing really OVERT about it, but that thing just gives off an air of “obscene”, with just a whiff of “really gross internal organ” overlaying it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/43 "2007-12-17T05:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] Well, it doesn’t look \*as bad \* from the rear. [/QUOTE] Are we talking about coyote mornings here? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/44 "2007-12-17T07:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] There’s nothing really OVERT about it, but that thing just gives off an air of “obscene”, with just a whiff of “really gross internal organ” overlaying it. [/QUOTE] An air of the obscene? It bloody well looks like an effing vibrator! ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/45 "2007-12-17T21:36:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Oooh! Oooh! Take some pictures, please! [/QUOTE] Oh, most definitely pictures will be taken. I can’t guarantee I will get to it this week and I won’t be around next week, but this is now on my to do list. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/46 "2007-12-17T23:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] An air of the obscene? It bloody well looks like an effing vibrator! [/QUOTE] I had one of those as a kid. It came in a box of Pink Panther Cereal which was awful and lasted about a minute, because it was a snap together mini SST car and the pull strap was maybe 3 inches long. It didn’t have the plush carpet interior or the implied smell of cheap perfume either. I’m forced to agree though, Sir Vival goes beyond ugly and I’d love to see it all polished up and restored. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/47 "2007-12-18T04:58:40Z")
I think somebody \*really \*stretched the definition of “car”. That \*thing \*is what nightmares are made of. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/48 "2007-12-18T05:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=engineer\_comp\_geek] I hope like heck that someone buys that car and restores it. That car is just too weird to let it rust away into scrap metal. Something that unique must be preserved. [/QUOTE] This is what’s wrong with this country. It shouldn’t be preserved for it’s uniqueness, it should be shunned like the kid who got caught eating his boogers in high school. We shouldn’t let it rust away to scrap metal, we should melt it down and put it out of it’s misery. I say burn all evidence that it ever existed lest future generations think we actually created, or Og forbid, drove that monstrosity. I hope you know I’m not picking on you **engineer\_comp\_geek** , you just provided a convenient quote. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/49 "2007-12-18T05:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] An air of the obscene? It bloody well looks like an effing vibrator! [/QUOTE] Actually, it kind of looks like some alien stomach on wheels. Really kind of repulsive… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/50 "2007-12-18T05:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] Are we talking about coyote mornings here? [/QUOTE] Kinda that whole “If you can’t say anything nice…” thing, I guess. Personally, I’d love to have it. I’d park it between my Fiat and my Volvo. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/51 "2007-12-18T05:21:07Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Actually, it kind of looks like some alien stomach on wheels. Really kind of repulsive… [/QUOTE] How’s about we compromise - (spoilered to spare the squeemish a possible TMI moment): It’s an alien stomach on wheels, bred to be a vibrating sex toy. Its preferred foods include: sperm, vaginal secretions, and especially viral and bacterial STDs. Failing of a supply of any of those, it can maintain itself on a coprophagic diet. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/52 "2008-03-28T13:14:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Something about it reminds me of the [Homer](http://girtby.net/images/homer-car.gif). Designed by Msr. Simpson, of course. [/QUOTE] That’s what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/53 "2008-03-28T14:28:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [Sir](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/sirvival01.jpg) [Vival](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/sirvival02.jpg) [a one-off](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/sirvival03.jpg) [prototype](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/sirvival04.jpg) [built by a man with a dream.](http://home.comcast.net/~tuckerfan/pagetres.html)[which thankfully never came to pass.](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/automobiles/collectibles/23SAFE.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin) [Has once again been exposed to the cold light of day.](https://home.comcast.net/~essex33/BAS/bas.htm) :eek: :eek: :eek: [/QUOTE] [junior mod][When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the “two click” rule - don’t link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/rules.php?)[/junior mod] ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/54 "2008-03-28T16:08:39Z")
[QUOTE=WreckingCrew] Oh, most definitely pictures will be taken. I can’t guarantee I will get to it this week and I won’t be around next week, but this is now on my to do list. [/QUOTE] That was over three months ago. I think it’s safe to assume that **WreckingCrew** did not Sir Vive the encounter. Poor, brave, crazy kid… ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/55 "2008-03-28T19:08:34Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Do you want to limit it to one off models or cars that have actually made it into production? In the one-off category we have the [Aurora](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5452/1934/1600/aurora.jpg), [the Tucker **Torpedo**](http://usera.imagecave.com/tuckerfan/72custom.jpg), [a custom built RV](http://www.databrothers.net/pages/traderconnection/database/wdblist320/wdblist321.cgi?cars+specs.cfg+specials+01020003), and [another custom RV.](http://www.databrothers.net/pages/traderconnection/database/wdblist320/wdblist321.cgi?cars+specs.cfg+specials+01020002) (Those are just for starters.) [/QUOTE] If I ever write a screenplay for a dark, disturbing science fiction film set in a warped pseudo-1950s dystopia, I shall insist that all vehicles be modeled after the Aurora. That thing is unpleasant in a way the Sir Vival cannot match. JRB ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/56 "2008-03-28T19:23:36Z")
And what the hell is it with these “future” cars and random, superfluous headlights? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/57 "2008-03-28T19:45:11Z")
Until now the attention has been focused on the uglinicity and unsafetyness of the vehicle. My objection to the Sir-Vival is more practical in nature. How’s the driver supposed to get a driving down the road nobber? I mean come on, there’s limits to what the consumer will put up with. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/58 "2008-03-28T19:57:06Z")
Holy collisions Batman. Quick dive into the steal bulkhead. After the crash you hear the driver say “I had an accident and I’ve blown a rubber, but the wife should be alright.” ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/59 "2008-03-28T20:49:40Z")
I guess what I’d _really_ like to know is what Ralph Nader thinks about it. NOT! ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163/60 "2008-03-28T20:56:58Z")
I think it needs am more descriptive name. Sir Vile pops into my mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worlds-ugliest-cars-comes-out-of-hiding/430163.md?page=4)