tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787251822143307648.post5640578467287345150..comments2024-01-24T04:48:22.606-05:00Comments on You Are What You Drive - A Car Blog: Pointless red plasticBill at YAWYDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04965603944750674806noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787251822143307648.post-32509512711819413282011-07-10T12:30:56.346-04:002011-07-10T12:30:56.346-04:00The Hyundai is the worst use of red plastic. And, ...The Hyundai is the worst use of red plastic. And, the Pontiac is just bad design including segmented red plastic.<br />I think car designers wanted to be in the twenty-first century as it was imagined in the Jetsons cartoons and Popular Mechanics Magazine. Somehow, red plastic is the equivalent of excess chrome used in the '50s and '60s to represent modern design.<br />The only thing worse than red plastic, tail-light extensions is fake red plastic such as was used on the Saab 9000. Clear plastic over painted chrome blatantly admits that the designers didn't want to pop for more functional tail lights but wanted buyers to think they did.<br />We need to see examples of "less is more" design.Warren Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320346157245692789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787251822143307648.post-28834331036006608382011-07-10T11:18:25.900-04:002011-07-10T11:18:25.900-04:00Great examples -- something I hadn't really th...Great examples -- something I hadn't really thought about. Car designers use the red plastic to fool consumers into thinking the car looks spiffy-er than it really is, I guess. Can you give some examples of red plastic at its best?Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141078577471323686noreply@blogger.com