Why cute?

[VehiGAZ]

Your VX's get called CUTE?!?! Wow, that sucks. I'd sell it if someone called it that, I think. The stupid-loud FlowMaster muffler probably prevents those thoughts.

On the other hand, my Mini gets called "cute" almost exclusively...



"Cool" is a very distant second - maybe 15% of the time.

[tom4bren]

I don't think I've ever gotten 'cute'.

Almost all of the comments I get are unprintable (local jargon dicatates all compliments contain at least 27% 'explicative deleted'

[circmand]

I think people are just being nice. Cute is still what you say when you see an ugly baby. I think the mini looks like the bastard love child between Herbie the Love Bug and a Chevy Vega.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, what's the deal? Why can't they make small, fuel efficient cars that look cool?

Bart

[nfpgasmask]

OOH! They do, the Tesla!

Sorry, I forgot to add "affordable".

Bart

[Cobrajet]

Sorry, I forgot to add "affordable".

Bart

How about the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice. I looked into a yellow Saturn Sky Redline, but two things stopped me -- the name "Saturn" and the name "Sky".

[nfpgasmask]

How about the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice. I looked into a yellow Saturn Sky Redline, but two things stopped me -- the name "Saturn" and the name "Sky".

Yeah, my wife likes em, and quite honestly, it is an impressive design for both Pontiac and Saturn. Kinda like a poor mans Lotus Elise. They look nice, but like you said, I ain't buying a Pontiac or a Saturn...no way, no day.

Bart

[WormGod]

How about the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice. I looked into a yellow Saturn Sky Redline, but two things stopped me -- the name "Saturn" and the name "Sky".

I test drove a Redline last month. The things that turned me away from it:

- the price ($34k sticker)

- insanely poor factory tune (end up hunting under every rock in the state and spending a small fortune on a custom tune, only to find out the exhaust, turbo, and intercooler need a swap)

- ONLY convertible, no hard top option (not a convertible fan at all)

- lastly, my $25k WRX, with $4 worth of mods, outperforms in across the charts.... worth noting the argument I got into with the salesman over this, hahaha. when i told him the drive was fun, but still disappointing, he pointed to my WRX in the lot (not knowing it was mine) and said it would "send that car to the pits crying". I guess that's what car salesmen get paid to say, but he is wrong, heh.

What I did like was the numbers and the fun factor. Insanely fun little car to drive and I think it looks great. Poor man's exotic design. However, for the price of the car all else listed above, I would just assume get the '08 STI. All the bang for all the buck.