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People are desperately reaching out...

 
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I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

https://imgur.com/FSUfpEy




And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

https://imgur.com/L0vbPSc


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What we create comes out of our minds.

Alot of dark and evil in this world.
And at another time, when they raised a question about fortifications, he said that a city is not unfortified whose crowning glory is men and not bricks and stones.
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Re: People are desperately reaching out...
In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.
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You're a fuckin idiot. Guys from their teens on up have been modding trucks and cars to look “bad” forever.

You just never noticed before because you thought this country was all nice and sparkly. Probably grew up in a suburb, huh.

I know guys that were modding and ramming people 50 years ago.
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You're a fuckin idiot. Guys from their teens on up have been modding trucks and cars to look “bad” forever.

You just never noticed before because you thought this country was all nice and sparkly. Probably grew up in a suburb, huh.

I know guys that were modding and ramming people 50 years ago.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80176690


Thank you. And I've been modding cars forever myself. But appearance modifications are taking on a whole new level.

The manufacturers are even in on the game as their research is finding the more intimidating they can make their product look, the better it sells, all other functionality aside.

There's something wrong with our psyche as a collective and it's manifesting in strange places.
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Great post OP. I'm seeing it bigly here in Houston, Texas.

Nine times out of ten, when some driver has really pissed me off, I can't even make eye cobtact with them because they have the super dark windows.

Coincidence? I think not.

It's getting rough out there.
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Great post OP. I'm seeing it bigly here in Houston, Texas.

Nine times out of ten, when some driver has really pissed me off, I can't even make eye cobtact with them because they have the super dark windows.

Coincidence? I think not.

It's getting rough out there.
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Well, Texas is hot. I would probably tint the hell out of my glass so the air conditioner could keep up. I am seeing more full tinted windshields as well and that is really dangerous at night.
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Excellent observation OP
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Heh. I'm not entirely innocent in this regard, but my purpose is for practicality.

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I must have no personaility then
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In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.
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I spent 7 years living in that s*** hole. Worst part are the blue hairs. If anybody doesn't know what a blue hair is it's somebody who's so f****** old their hair looks blue. When I lived in Florida I called them frogs cuz basically it was like a frog trying to peek up over the steering wheel cuz they're all hunched over so f****** old
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Chrysler products are shit. hiding
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I think you are on to something. It might also have something to do with how narcissistic people have become thanks to social media. Everyone in a rush to out-do one another and post their pics on IG. But the harder they all try to be unique & different the more they all look the same. To me at least.
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I have a "MA DEUCE" mounted on the roof of my Corolla.
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has nobody ever noticed all the car headlights and tailights were being designed to look demonic?

like glowing red cat eyes, snake eyes, etc??


i would sit in traffic and just see this, it's unmistakable. I know what a normal headlight looks like, it doesn't look like the eye of sauron, and suddenly, all the newer cars look satanic. plus they all got '666' on the license plates, what the fuck is that?

I go to the BMV and there's 'sample' plates posted all over everything with '999 999' on the plates

why are we in hell? it's all lesbians in power.
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You're a fuckin idiot. Guys from their teens on up have been modding trucks and cars to look “bad” forever.

You just never noticed before because you thought this country was all nice and sparkly. Probably grew up in a suburb, huh.

I know guys that were modding and ramming people 50 years ago.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80176690


Op said an INCREASE in, not NEW behavior.

Critical thinking is becoming a lost art among some.

And, your 1st sentence ironically backs up OP's statement.
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Our culture is allowing fewer and fewer acceptable expressions of masculinity. Many traditional expressions are now branded as "toxic". I think men are looking to thinks like their cars a way to assert themselves.
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I had a 2015 Toyota Camry back in 2017 and that was a good looking car. Ive seen the models that have come out since which ride really low to the ground and almost have a scowling look on the grill and I thought it just looked like too much.

Ive warmed up to the look over this last year though and I might look into buying a 2019 or 2020 model. I guess Toyota was just ahead of the curve when it came to this angry looking style, but it is definitely popular.
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I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]



And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]
 Quoting: •Scott•


All it looks like to me is some people have too much money on their hands
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Usually when gas goes up people go back to go cart type vehicles. Tying to look cool gets expensive.
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In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.
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yea new yorkers and chicago and jersey and philly .


Florida will be ruined in 5 years or less.
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I think you are on to something. It might also have something to do with how narcissistic people have become thanks to social media. Everyone in a rush to out-do one another and post their pics on IG. But the harder they all try to be unique & different the more they all look the same. To me at least.
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Correct.

No person who is mature needs to "show-off" to anyone.

All the talent shows on TV, the selfie culture, tattoos, youtube content creators, and so forth are manifestations of narcissism.

All of that coincides with the increase in trends in the auto styling observed by the OP.
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I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]



And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]
 Quoting: •Scott•


And yet these duck-asses, in a very short-time will not have enough to pay not only the gas, but all the other things they financed.

We are headed for a massive crash and hyper-inflation all of these worthless ego-toys will go for 10 cents on the dollar or less.

Stupid willfully-ignorant people get equivalent prizes, what saddens me is the little people around them suffer like their children.

The USA is built on a flawed system, and as we dig ourselves into a hole so deep that we'll never get out of financially, China, Germany, Japan and all the other major powers are kicking-ass, and excluding us from free-trade agreements world-wide.

Our leadership is a joke, and has been a joke for decades. We keep lying to ourselves that we are strong, but let the truth be known our comfort-zone is about to get taken away on so many levels that people won't know wtf to do.

Wake-up USA, but I doubt it.
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You're a fuckin idiot. Guys from their teens on up have been modding trucks and cars to look “bad” forever.

You just never noticed before because you thought this country was all nice and sparkly. Probably grew up in a suburb, huh.

I know guys that were modding and ramming people 50 years ago.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80176690


Thank you. And I've been modding cars forever myself. But appearance modifications are taking on a whole new level.

The manufacturers are even in on the game as their research is finding the more intimidating they can make their product look, the better it sells, all other functionality aside.

There's something wrong with our psyche as a collective and it's manifesting in strange places.
 Quoting: •Scott•


Just like women and plastic surgery.
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I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]



And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]
 Quoting: •Scott•




Those are the signature vehicles for those working for TPTB. Running the “business”........ got those nice looking Illuminati rims....... dark windows.......
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In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.
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AZ, same.
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Jeep is trash.
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LOL .. Day I divorced my ex, went out and bought a big stupid jeep and a vanity plate .. GTFOH you're still a bitch!
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this might be the dumbest thread ever put on glp.

mods have always been popular and will be even more so due to gamers.

please stop op, go outside and take a walk.

lol





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