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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

If Breaking Bad came on the air now, Walter White would be driving the SwastitruKKK instead of the Aztek, which was the ugliest vehicle of all time, at the time.

I always figured there was an untold backstory of WW getting that Aztek, in which he goes into the dealership, and they instantly pegged him as malleable, so they pressured him into the fugliest vehicle on the lot, that NOBODY else would even look at. But he was too weak to resist the sales pitch, so he drove home in the horrible Aztek.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'd say ugliest of all time went to another car that was featured on Breaking Bad: the PT Cruiser, appropriately used as a car gift that causes insult rather than happiness.

Though I'd bet the actual backstory to WW's Aztek is Pontiac paid them a bunch of money to use it in the hopes that it would boost sales if the show became popular.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 minutes ago

My PWT aunt's favorite car was the pt cruiser. She was over the moon when she got one.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

I always assumed he had the Aztek because they didn't have much money and it was a cheap used car.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

The Aztek may be ugly, but at least it's functional and practical, at least for the purpose it's built for.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

It had a tent as a back gate option. Loved that car.

Wiring harness kept melting itself though, leading to a brake failure on the way back to the dealership.

Traded it for a Mercury Mountaineer.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Are we talking about the same vehicle!?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

It comes in mustard yellow too!!??

[–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

It's still not an anachronism like the cybertruck.

The cybertruck looks like a concept car an autistic kid in the 80's would've drawn and dreamt of creating one day.

I can't image why.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It looked like somebody started creating a custom car in a ps1 racing game and then gave up before even choosing a colour

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

He reduced the number of polygons while in a k hole, had a Beavis and Butthead laugh and said this is cool, hehe let's make it.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's because Elon is an autistic kid from the 80s...

[–] spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

This is just insulting to people with autism

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It is the perfect car for old retirees because it’s a convertible and easy to get into and out of you know.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I think that was precisely their target market with this and I'm sure Florida and Arizona are full of them. They really are hideous though, much more in person.