Is love blind when it comes to cars? Yes, but who cares?

Let’s face it. Not everybody is going to like you–or your beloved car. It’s a sad fact of life that some of us struggle to come to grips with. If you’re one of those people (and admittedly I am one of them), then I ask you this: Why should it matter?

This crossed my mind when I encountered two seemingly …

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I really, really want to like the Cybertruck, but I just can't.

It's one of the main vehicles I point to when someone asks "Why can't the production car look like the concept?"

Other than that, I try to be as empathetic as I can towards people's tastes. (I find that learning a bit of context can help, too.)

My sons and I passed a PT Cruiser a couple of days ago. It was a bright metallic green and probably had every chrome bit that AutoZone sells stuck to it. Chrome wheels. Audi badge on the grill. It was absolutely atrocious. 

But if the owner loves it, I love it for him. 

Most garish cars have a body dysmorphia condition owner.... they just project into what they own vs themselves.

So, no. I'll just judge them in silence.

Colin Wood said:

I really, really want to like the Cybertruck, but I just can't.

It's one of the main vehicles I point to when someone asks "Why can't the production car look like the concept?"

Other than that, I try to be as empathetic as I can towards people's tastes. (I find that learning a bit of context can help, too.)

I like bold style, but admittedly, form that doesn't follow function doesn't always work. It is a fun conversation piece, though, and apparently easy to wrap :-)

But my Rio does have sexy hips. 

I love my little econobox Datsun so I get it. 

bobzilla said:

But my Rio does have sexy hips. 

And I heard hips don't lie, right?

I've decided that I'm OK with the Cybertruck because I appreciate variety. It took a ton of balls to make that vehicle, and hopefully it will prompt other to take styling chances as well.

As far as the "blindness", 100 percent on board. Thank goodness for differing tastes. Ever gone to a Cars and Coffee and seen a big lineup of car X? The first one is great, the second one a little less so, by car #4, they might as well be packing crates. 

Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

As far as the "blindness", 100 percent on board. Thank goodness for differing tastes. Ever gone to a Cars and Coffee and seen a big lineup of car X? The first one is great, the second one a little less so, by car #4, they might as well be packing crates. 

Porsche and McLaren seem to be masters at slicing the model down into infinitely thin variations.

Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

I've decided that I'm OK with the Cybertruck because I appreciate variety. It took a ton of balls to make that vehicle, and hopefully it will prompt other to take styling chances as well.

As far as the "blindness", 100 percent on board. Thank goodness for differing tastes. Ever gone to a Cars and Coffee and seen a big lineup of car X? The first one is great, the second one a little less so, by car #4, they might as well be packing crates. 

I love variety, too, as some here might realize. If I had a car for every day of the week, the vehicles would be quite varied. I personally never understood collectors such as Rick Hendrick, who has 100+ Corvettes, many of which are from 1967, if I remember right. However, collections focusing on a particular car do offer some value on learning about the nuances of said car.

Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

I've decided that I'm OK with the Cybertruck because I appreciate variety. It took a ton of balls to make that vehicle, and hopefully it will prompt other to take styling chances as well.

As far as the "blindness", 100 percent on board. Thank goodness for differing tastes. Ever gone to a Cars and Coffee and seen a big lineup of car X? The first one is great, the second one a little less so, by car #4, they might as well be packing crates. 

So, your Cars and Coffees are will attended by Corvettes as well?

I keep telling myself that everyone is entitled to their own opinion.  If someone says that they don't like my car, then I just say that I didn't build it for them.  Then I ask them what they have built or what they drive. That usually says a lot.

In reply to Karacticus :

Each Blackhawk C and C probably has 75 or more Camaros and there's another Porsche-specific one that routinely has a similar number of rear-engined Porsches. 

Not your car, not your problem. 

In reply to Toyman! :

One more year and the first PT Cruisers will be eligible for historic vehicle tags. Does anyone else find that amusing?

In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :

You mean like what ever the latest gen Corvette is? Those and the pony cars, I never even look at. Now that 72 Mercedes sedan hiding in the back....Yes please. 

MadScientistMatt said:

In reply to Toyman! :

One more year and the first PT Cruisers will be eligible for historic vehicle tags. Does anyone else find that amusing?

Man, It'd be fun to have a collection with a PT Cruiser and its upscale cousin, the Prowler. 

Here's another one I saw in traffic. Again, it's not my thing, and I personally think it's pretty gross. But if the owner loves it, who am I to tell him he's wrong? 

He probably thinks my almost blacked-out H3T is ugly. 

Well presumably all our romantic partners are no supermodels either. 

Vive la différence!

Ranger50 said:

Most garish cars have a body dysmorphia condition owner.... they just project into what they own vs themselves.

So, no. I'll just judge them in silence.

Oddly, the people I know who do have dysmorphia in their lives past or present just drive boring mini SUVs like everyone else...

In answer to the question, it always has been blind, several thousand people bought Daimler SP250s. Proving as well that the internal combustion engine is a great musical instrument.

In reply to TurnerX19 :

That would look nice next to my theoretical collection of a PT Cruiser and Prowler.