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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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What do you think is the 8's worst angle?

What do you think is the 8's worst angle? I think from the front, 3/4 view.

Best is head on and rear 3/4. I can't wait to get one... these are the things I've begun thinking about since I am not ready to buy quite this month.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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upside down
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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From others the tailights, from me the left side when I see the gas filler.

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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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I don't like its butt. Direct view from behind the *** is the worst, IMHO. Too high and narrow. I like pretty much every other angle.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:29 PM
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Any view except the one I get from behind the steering wheel!

Think of the millions of unfortunate people who've never seen that!
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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The rear - it needs the MS kit or the Fabulous kit, or something. I hate that fake plastic crappy grill job they did. Makes it look cheap.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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The rear, it looks a ton better with the MS kit.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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+ 1 for "upside down"
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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The butt view.....but from a high angle, like standing on a ladder. Ugly shot
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 02:48 PM
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I pick any angle with the 16 inch rims....lol, sorry for those with those tiny rims...
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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Any view except the one I get from behind the steering wheel!
Nice one...+2, lol!
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 03:22 PM
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Y'all are some witty bastards. Yeah, I agree the rear view is kinda narrow. But I love the other views a lot. I am one of those poor saps who doesn't get to sit behind wheel on the daily.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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The rear half from the side. The way the rear window and the two rear side windows just don't flow very well IMO.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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I think it looks great from all angles....If it has a bad view, I would have to say straight on from either side. Looks a little high..
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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Straight on side view to me is perhaps the blandest.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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Everyone hates my backend as I pass them on the track.

Yuc yuc yuc LOL
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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sitting behind the steering wheel, doing choulder check while changing lane.....
the top of passenger seat and rear quater window
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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my dad seems to think the worst angle is if you stand at the drivers door, take a half step away from the car and look at the front fender, he says it looks like a PT Cruiser
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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Butt! Don’t like it. It's too bulky and I don't think anything will help it except a re-design.
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Takeshi_Nakazat
my dad seems to think the worst angle is if you stand at the drivers door, take a half step away from the car and look at the front fender, he says it looks like a PT Cruiser
I happen to agree with your father on that one, although that's really the only angle I don't care for, it mainly has to do with the fender vents, I think they make the fenders look a little too wide.
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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I don't like the angle from the front diagonal view for cars with the OEM spoiler.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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I don't like the view from underneith...ugly oil pan gets in the way of seeing the pretty battery. Plus, my hair gets all tangled up in the parking brake cable.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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Some days I like the back half , like from the free style doors to the rear , other days I don't . At work when I see it from inside it looks bad to me , but up close it looks good . I think if they would have made the *** end a little bigger and a long back window would have been better . But! I still love my car
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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I really like all the views. But the one I like least is 3/4 from the rear. But at ground level this view is nice, too.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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I totally agree. I have a pretty large distaste for the pt cruiser. The first 8 I saw was yellow and all I couldn't get past the pt cruiser like front fenders.

Many months later I saw a Titan and thought stealth bomber

Originally Posted by Takeshi_Nakazat
my dad seems to think the worst angle is if you stand at the drivers door, take a half step away from the car and look at the front fender, he says it looks like a PT Cruiser
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