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No. The Aztek is hideously ugly. The Bolt is nowhere near that ugly. Also, plenty of people don't care if something is ugly, if it's utilitarian. https://www.y

No. The Aztek is hideously ugly. The Bolt is nowhere near that ugly. Also, plenty of people don't care if something is ugly, if it's utilitarian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33AP0JnXSOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33AP0JnXSOA

paganel 8y ago
A link to a Doug DeMuro video on HN, that's nice! Back on topic, I think the Bolt looks cool, I think it has an utilitarian and slightly ahead-of-its-time feeling about it which is just cool (the same as Renault Espace and especially Renault Avantime had back in the late '80s - the '90s, when everyone was hating on them, but now they're cool).
- stcredzero 8y ago
  What's wrong with a link to a Doug DeMuro video on HN?
  - paganel 8y ago
    Nothing wrong with it, I was not trying to be condescending or anything, quite the contrary, it's just that English is not my primary language so maybe my comment got read the "wrong way", so to speak.
dabockster 8y ago
> plenty of people don't care if something is ugly, if it's utilitarian I am one of these people. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains 7-8 months out of the year. A nice car will be totally ruined in a few weeks of rain around here. So everyone just drives ugly Honda Accords and AWD Subarus. Related side note, a teacher back when I was in HS about 10 years ago told a story about how she saw Bill Gates driving a beat up mid 1990s Accura around Seattle after he was crowned the world's wealthiest individual.
- dpark 8y ago
  > A nice car will be totally ruined in a few weeks of rain around here. What are you talking about? PNW rain isn’t going to hurt your car unless you leave the sunroof open. Tons of people in Seattle drive late model luxury cars.
- brett40324 8y ago
  Whether this is true, rumor, or else: this. You could buy 20 cars like this for under the price of a model 3. Really, at the end of the day, everything is about just getting from point A to B!
mikestew 8y ago
We own an original Scion xB (lunchbox on wheels), a Nissan Leaf, and a VW Vanagon (which arguably could be a matter of taste). Utility uber alles at our house. And even we make fun of the Aztek, given that it lacks the utility to offset the hideous asthetics. But I don't think I'd have to try really hard to convince the wife to get a Bolt. It sure as hell is better looking than anything else we own. And despite owning way more TSLA than is healthy for our portfolio, I'm not terribly impressed by the looks of the 3. It's not ugly, but it doesn't stand out, either.
- stcredzero 8y ago
  I'm not terribly impressed by the looks of the 3. The front of the Tesla 3 keeps reminding me of this guy. (You see, when I look at the front of a car, there's supposed to be something there, but there's something less than what I expected.) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Hannibal_Lecter_in_Silence_of_the_Lambs.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Hannibal_Lect... Someone should make a luggage rack for the Scion xB that looks like a handle from one of those old-school lunchboxes.
aidenn0 8y ago
I actually saw an Aztek in person for the first time in a while recently. One thing I noticed is that it looks less weird compared to when it first came out (a lot of cars share a vaguely similar shape to it now), but no less ugly. Apparently the desgin was both ahead of its time, and bad.
- stretchwithme 8y ago
  Maybe people got used to seeing it on Breaking Bad. It's still badly broken in the looks department if you ask me.
tempestn 8y ago
I just did some googling to remind myself how ugly the Aztek is and found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4llaTn-hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4llaTn-hk Video of a guy transforming an Aztek into a reasonably attractive sports car. Pretty impressive!
- mcguire 8y ago
  I don't get the "Aztek is ugly" thing. The front end is a little odd, but the back is Prius-ish and it is overall a generic small SUV crossover.

paganel 8y ago

A link to a Doug DeMuro video on HN, that's nice! Back on topic, I think the Bolt looks cool, I think it has an utilitarian and slightly ahead-of-its-time feeling about it which is just cool (the same as Renault Espace and especially Renault Avantime had back in the late '80s - the '90s, when everyone was hating on them, but now they're cool).

stcredzero 8y ago
What's wrong with a link to a Doug DeMuro video on HN?
- paganel 8y ago
  Nothing wrong with it, I was not trying to be condescending or anything, quite the contrary, it's just that English is not my primary language so maybe my comment got read the "wrong way", so to speak.

dabockster 8y ago

> plenty of people don't care if something is ugly, if it's utilitarian I am one of these people. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains 7-8 months out of the year. A nice car will be totally ruined in a few weeks of rain around here. So everyone just drives ugly Honda Accords and AWD Subarus. Related side note, a teacher back when I was in HS about 10 years ago told a story about how she saw Bill Gates driving a beat up mid 1990s Accura around Seattle after he was crowned the world's wealthiest individual.

dpark 8y ago
> A nice car will be totally ruined in a few weeks of rain around here. What are you talking about? PNW rain isn’t going to hurt your car unless you leave the sunroof open. Tons of people in Seattle drive late model luxury cars.
brett40324 8y ago
Whether this is true, rumor, or else: this. You could buy 20 cars like this for under the price of a model 3. Really, at the end of the day, everything is about just getting from point A to B!

mikestew 8y ago

We own an original Scion xB (lunchbox on wheels), a Nissan Leaf, and a VW Vanagon (which arguably could be a matter of taste). Utility uber alles at our house. And even we make fun of the Aztek, given that it lacks the utility to offset the hideous asthetics. But I don't think I'd have to try really hard to convince the wife to get a Bolt. It sure as hell is better looking than anything else we own. And despite owning way more TSLA than is healthy for our portfolio, I'm not terribly impressed by the looks of the 3. It's not ugly, but it doesn't stand out, either.

stcredzero 8y ago
I'm not terribly impressed by the looks of the 3. The front of the Tesla 3 keeps reminding me of this guy. (You see, when I look at the front of a car, there's supposed to be something there, but there's something less than what I expected.) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Hannibal_Lecter_in_Silence_of_the_Lambs.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Hannibal_Lect... Someone should make a luggage rack for the Scion xB that looks like a handle from one of those old-school lunchboxes.

aidenn0 8y ago

I actually saw an Aztek in person for the first time in a while recently. One thing I noticed is that it looks less weird compared to when it first came out (a lot of cars share a vaguely similar shape to it now), but no less ugly. Apparently the desgin was both ahead of its time, and bad.

stretchwithme 8y ago
Maybe people got used to seeing it on Breaking Bad. It's still badly broken in the looks department if you ask me.

tempestn 8y ago

I just did some googling to remind myself how ugly the Aztek is and found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4llaTn-hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4llaTn-hk Video of a guy transforming an Aztek into a reasonably attractive sports car. Pretty impressive!

mcguire 8y ago
I don't get the "Aztek is ugly" thing. The front end is a little odd, but the back is Prius-ish and it is overall a generic small SUV crossover.