japanese faulty design

[qwikz28]

i would like to take the time to note some faulty designs brought to you by our competitors overseas...


first of all, my sisters lexus has a huge c-pillar that looks retarded and almost caused an accident cause i couldn't see pulling out the driveway
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/8/g/4/lexrx330_rear.jpg

acuras new RDX, a ugly little SUV with a turbo. i cant wait to plow into the rear of one of these doing 10mph and my saturn surviving and putting $10k damage due to a broken rear hatch, observe:
http://acura.niello.com/rdx/hon2006041229856_pv.jpg

just a couple i remembered. feel free to add your own

[GP99GT]

how about fbodies that rattle a few years after they come off the dealership lot :lol:

[qwikz28]

how about fbodies that rattle a few years after they come off the dealership lot :lol:

how about a known dashboard rattle from our lexus that they never bothered to fix straight from teh factory? my camaro is 5 years old and has 60k and doesnt rattle all that bad. even with my stereo

[WildBillyT]

Try to jump start an Acura TL Type-S for grins. I tried to do it and had a hell of a time trying to find a place to attach the black wire (to ground). There are a ton of plastic covers and other assorted doo-dads that make it a royal PITA to do (in my case in the dark).

[GP99GT]

twas a joke, jake

[qwikz28]

twas a joke, jake

as is all your posts. can we get a serious post for once that doesn't have to do with being drunk or retarded pie jokes please? thanks :)

[GP99GT]

as is all your posts. can we get a serious post for once that doesn't have to do with being drunk or retarded pie jokes please? thanks :)

hmmmmm...

nope

[deadtrend1]

as is all your posts. can we get a serious post for once that doesn't have to do with being drunk or retarded pie jokes please? thanks :)

Wow. BURRR. Got cold in here didnt it. :cold:

[ryanfx]

I have a good one... My pull out cup holders in my 94 camry aren't functional when my car is in "park"... :scratch:

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

I have a good one... My pull out cup holders in my 94 camry aren't functional when my car is in "park"... :scratch:

:rofl:

[deadtrend1]

I have a good one... My pull out cup holders in my 94 camry aren't functional when my car is in "park"... :scratch:

nor is the console cupholder on my 96. My elbow seems to be in the way when i shift gears

[qwikz28]

nor is the console cupholder on my 96. My elbow seems to be in the way when i shift gears

i think i figured that cupholder out. its not supposed to be used unless you park the car and eat, say after going through a drive through with a buddy. otherwise, it seems to make a good cell phone holder. thats the only explanation for it. otherwise, it must be for decoration :lol:

[misterjuice]

I don't believe in cup holders......

[qwikz28]

Wow. BURRR. Got cold in here didnt it. :cold:

i dunno, i just feel like some posts are useless and just give these forums a bad look. am i the only person that would like to see some of the useless posts removed? think about it :jake:

now back on topic please

i have another one. i just saw a newer honda accord with it's lights off. the dash lights are on all the time so you forget sometimes that you don't have your lights on. i know this because my girlfriend has that car and when i drove her car i went a few blocks before realizing it wasnt automatic and that the lights were off. not so much a faulty design, but just an annoying feature.

[deadtrend1]

I don't believe in cup holders......

Me neither. I usually refer to my cupholder as "The Passenger"

[bubba428]

I don't believe in cup holders......

but they obviously exist...

[BonzoHansen]

I don't like the unshielded coolant lines in Honda Pilots that run to the rear heater core.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5430/img0165aoo6.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0165aoo6.jpg)

I also don't like the radio (crappy display, no midrange control, no track time info, no speed adjust volume), the gas door release switch where I can't fit my hand, the nooks in the console that are impossible to get to to clean, the occassionaly squeaky roof mounted video screen, the 3rd row seat belt that doesn't stow right, the rear door that doesn't open high enough for a 6' person to stand under, the crappy goodyears they put on it (when honda cared about quality, they only used michelins),....

[maroman88]

i dunno, i just feel like some posts are useless and just give these forums a bad look. am i the only person that would like to see some of the useless posts removed? think about it :jake:

now back on topic please

i have another one. i just saw a newer honda accord with it's lights off. the dash lights are on all the time so you forget sometimes that you don't have your lights on. i know this because my girlfriend has that car and when i drove her car i went a few blocks before realizing it wasnt automatic and that the lights were off. not so much a faulty design, but just an annoying feature.

i always see people in honduhs with the lights off and when you give them a dirty look u can see there face is lit up from the dash, dont they notice its a little dark out??

[Ian]

i have another one. i just saw a newer honda accord with it's lights off. the dash lights are on all the time so you forget sometimes that you don't have your lights on. i know this because my girlfriend has that car and when i drove her car i went a few blocks before realizing it wasnt automatic and that the lights were off. not so much a faulty design, but just an annoying feature.

pacifica's are the same way

[qwikz28]

pacifica's are the same way

as is my mom's audi now that i think about it... but only her dash lights come on. you eventually realize the rest of the interior (i.e. the radio and hvac) isn't lit up

[GP99GT]

my car is too ghetto for cup holders...i just wedge them between the e-brake handle and the passengers seat...usually works

[Savage_Messiah]

i think i figured that cupholder out. its not supposed to be used unless you park the car and eat, say after going through a drive through with a buddy. otherwise, it seems to make a good cell phone holder. thats the only explanation for it. otherwise, it must be for decoration :lol:

that cupholder works fine for me :mrgreen:

[WayFast84]

wait, you guys have cup holders?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Savage_Messiah]

my camaro has 4.

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

i wouldn't really say that the Lexus has faulty design!!! the "faultiness" if i can say that is in the person who bought it! my reasoning is look at most ford econoline vans they don't have side windows at all and nobody complains about them! basicly its jsut soemthign you shoudl notice when you look at the car before buying it and say this is a big peice of crap mayby i should buy soemthing else.

[misterjuice]

the dash lights are on all the time so you forget sometimes that you don't have your lights on. i know this because my girlfriend has that car and when i drove her car i went a few blocks before realizing it wasnt automatic and that the lights were off. not so much a faulty design, but just an annoying feature.

yeah that started with the Lexus in the early 90's. Electroluminescence dash gauges. I'll say that it makes things a lot easier to read in the daytime...but I find a good amount of drivers turn the dimmer all the way up..so their face gets all lit up at night. They don't realize that they will have much better view if they turn the brightness down.

[qwikz28]

yeah that started with the Lexus in the early 90's. Electroluminescence dash gauges. I'll say that it makes things a lot easier to read in the daytime...but I find a good amount of drivers turn the dimmer all the way up..so their face gets all lit up at night. They don't realize that they will have much better view if they turn the brightness down.

same reason why our saab has the night panel switch that turns off all the dash lights except part of the speedo and any warning lights that pop up

[Tru2Chevy]

same reason why our saab has the night panel switch that turns off all the dash lights except part of the speedo and any warning lights that pop up

That's awesome. I pretty much always have my dash lights turned down low.

- Justin

[ryanfx]

I have them on a notch below high but then again... how bright do the interior's of fbodies actually get :lol:

[Teds89IROC]

Ever try to jump start an X5? You need so much to get it to crank. The automatic HID's on with ignition don't help either.

and referring to jake's sister's car..just hope you never have to replace the bulbs in the taillights, those are fun :-D

EDIT: Yes, I know the X5 isn't japanese :lol: but it happens all the time at work and it's a pain in the ass.