# That's one butt-ugly car, son. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733 "2004-07-18T23:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/21 "2004-07-19T04:35:29Z")
The white part I’ll agree with, but Impala?? That’s a muscle car isn’t it? IIRC they’re pretty decent looking. (not white though), or are you talking some new 2000s something model? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/22 "2004-07-19T11:06:08Z")
A modern Impala is a large (well, to me, I’m sure Americans will call it “medium”) family sedan, à la the Toyota Camry - perhaps a bit larger than that. But it’s quite sedate, not a muscle car by any stretch of the imagination. CF, Citroën driver [sub]Pigeonhole _that_, Yankees![/sub] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/23 "2004-07-19T12:36:36Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Ok, **ETF** , get your ass _back_ in your tan Buick and get the hell outta here. 😛 Dammit, _I_ drive a tan Buick! But it’s got an **awesome** sound system in it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/24 "2004-07-19T12:39:41Z")
> [@threemae](#): > > Speaking of which, **ivylass** , I’m not exactly impressed with your decision to wear the polka dot blouse with the striped pants, and you better watch it if you don’t want a fashion-pitting of your own. But it’s a blouse that ties right below my bosom! And the striped pants are practically painted on! And I’m wearing my hot pink 4" stilletto heels! Be honest. Does fashion really count if you’re dressing to display your assets? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/25 "2004-07-19T13:05:44Z")
Did the car have one of those bitchin’ sound systems that rattle if the bass is turned up too much? Those are the 🆒est. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/26 "2004-07-19T16:52:26Z")
Our next door neighbors from hell annoyed us for awhile by clanking about at 6:00 on weekend mornings with some sort of trailer hooked up to an SUV. Eventually we saw what they were doing: pushing an inoperable show car onto the trailer to take it to shows. This specimen is a vivid, lurid purple which would make even Prince cringe. It sports a hot pink tuck and roll interior, and by interior I include the inside of the hood. Since there’s no engine under the hood, that must mean that the mechanism thereunder is that which makes the car bounce up and down. It is a low-rider, and has gleaming pimpy gold hubcaps that nearly touch the asphalt. And let’s not forget speakers in the back big enough to provide the sound for a Super Bowl half game show. I can’t even describe all the decoration, decals and curlicues covering the car. I can’t examine it that closely without going blind. Heh - our HOA forbids the storage of inoperable vehicles on our properties, so the neighbors and the HOA are duking it out over this one. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/27 "2004-07-19T16:59:02Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > But it’s a blouse that ties right below my bosom! And the striped pants are practically painted on! And I’m wearing my hot pink 4" stilletto heels! How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/28 "2004-07-19T17:20:46Z")
Driving home last week, I saw a Infinity Q 45. Damn nice family car, I’m guessing it’ll run you at least 40 K or more. 'Cept this one had a huge aluminum spoiler wing bolted to the trunk. I hope I didn’t offend him when I laughed in his face but there wasn’t much I could do to prevent it. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/29 "2004-07-19T17:50:21Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > My neighbor has one with _spinners_, fer cryin’ out loud. > Ever been a truly tricked-out (pimped) Escalade? It’s something to behold. 😃 > A certain charm, I must admit. I saw one yesterday, painted hot pink, with spinners. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/30 "2004-07-19T18:56:12Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > Lexi is the plural of Lexus? :rolleyes: Eh, it’s moot as far as this discussion goes, since the first car to spot those clear-ish taillights was, in fact, the Toyota Altezza (it’s a Lexus IS300-looking thing). Which is why they tend to be called “Altezza taillights” or simply “altezzas”. [Toyota Altezza](http://www.toyota.co.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/Altezza/exterior/images/ex02_svg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/31 "2004-07-19T19:31:02Z")
Interesting, Necros. That car’s called the Lexus IS200 over here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/32 "2004-07-19T20:41:25Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Laugh at Ricers](http://www.laughatrice.com/) > > There are some Og-damned ugly cars on this site… Somoene needs to work on their insults. Ugly car¹ gay. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/33 "2004-07-19T23:54:47Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > The white part I’ll agree with, but Impala?? That’s a muscle car isn’t it? IIRC they’re pretty decent looking. (not white though), or are you talking some new 2000s something model? Round tailights, set in an oblongish mounting. I no longer know the make and model of _all_ cars on sight. Gettin’ old. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/34 "2004-07-20T00:00:23Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > A modern Impala is a large (well, to me, I’m sure Americans will call it “medium”) family sedan, à la the Toyota Camry - perhaps a bit larger than that. But it’s quite sedate, not a muscle car by any stretch of the imagination. > > CF, Citroën driver > [sub]Pigeonhole _that_, Yankees![/sub] > 😉 Do Citroëns still have a hydraulic jack built in by each wheel? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/35 "2004-07-20T00:09:35Z")
> [@Necros](#): > > Eh, it’s moot as far as this discussion goes, since the first car to spot those clear-ish taillights was, in fact, the Toyota Altezza (it’s a Lexus IS300-looking thing). Which is why they tend to be called “Altezza taillights” or simply “altezzas”. > > [Toyota Altezza](http://www.toyota.co.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/Altezza/exterior/images/ex02_svg.jpg) That’s _them_. Most after-market ones I see have chrome inside. I do not like them at all. My grandaughter (15) thinks they’re cool. But she also _really_ likes my A4. Kid’s got class. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/36 "2004-07-20T00:27:36Z")
> [@me](#): > > > [@jayjay](#): > > > > [Laugh at Ricers](http://www.laughatrice.com/) > > > > There are some Og-damned ugly cars on this site… > > Somoene needs to work on their insults. Ugly car ¹ gay. And what the hell is so funny about [a rainbow triangle](http://www.laughatrice.com/gallery11/g11p8.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/37 "2004-07-20T00:35:05Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > And what the hell is so funny about [a rainbow triangle](http://www.laughatrice.com/gallery11/g11p8.htm)? I don’t get it. At all. Either post. Please, whaddya mean there, Jeff? I feel left out. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/38 "2004-07-20T00:35:16Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > And what the hell is so funny about [a rainbow triangle](http://www.laughatrice.com/gallery11/g11p8.htm)? Geez, people…I’m gay and I never even noticed either one of those. I appreciate the efforts, but can we just laugh at the ugly cars and not try to politicize it? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/39 "2004-07-20T01:36:26Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I don’t get it. At all. Either post. Please, whaddya mean there, Jeff? I feel left out. One insult caption at that site called the pictured car “gay” and another turned a “MOMO” sticker into a pun. “‘MOMO’? More like ‘HOMO’!” As for the direct link, look at what’s being emphasized. **jayjay** : no problem. Could be just a tempest in a teapot. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733/40 "2004-07-20T03:23:40Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > Just today, I saw a Cadillac Escalade painted lime green with the 22 inch wheels. The Horror! The Horror! Why you dissin the D-ride dog? Just cuz the honeys don’t get all hot and bothered for your Tercel don’t mean you gotta be hatin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-butt-ugly-car-son/255733.md?page=3)