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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (19 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.

[–] Krelis_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I think this would be the car to be replaced by the cybertruck:

In terms of obnoxiousness and poor taste (plus the humvee branding and quasi militaristic styling, during the Iraq invasion), the H2 evoked similar reactions as well

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The PT Cruiser is okay, but the Prowler was better.

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (10 children)
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[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (10 children)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because people can't get rid of them. Many would dump it if they could, but Tesla won't even take them in trade, and nobody will buy one used. So they have no choice but to drive it until the market changes somehow.

There will come a time when they'll be cheap enough to drive ironically, probably with flowers and peace signs painted on it.

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That’s really bad. I feel like some of those cars with only three wheels set a pretty high bar.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Seeing this reminded me of Mr Bean episodes where that three wheeled car is always getting shit on.

Edit - this one -

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[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Can't be the worst flop. The Cybertruck outsold the Ioniq 6 by roughly a 2:1 margin in the US. Both were introduced around the same time, and it sounds like Hyundai already pulled the 6 from the US market. But while the Cybertruck was a certified piece of crap, the Ioniq 6 was consistently rated at the top of available EV on the market. I guess sedans are pretty much DOA as a body style these days though.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

most drivers in my area are asians, and right wingers. asians by them because they think have a tesla is an epitome of being bougie, thats why its as tasetless as SUPREME and is very ignorant of MUSK drama and politics.

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