1/31/12 This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

There are typically two reasons why we can't have nice things. Either someone else ruins it or we ruin it ourselves. Yesterday I saw good examples of both. I saw a slightly beat up z32 300zx turbo parked near my apartment. Being a Z guy I noticed it immediately. Passing it this morning, I saw that someone had smashed it's back window. That sucks. Please excuse the awful picture.

This next one was a decent car ruined by its owner. Above is a Porsche 944. If you can't tell what's wrong with it, let me show you a photo with flash.

Yes, it seems that the owner has added a bunch of fluorescent yellow trim to the rear of this car. Maybe the front isn't as bad.

IT IS AS BAD! If you look closely, there are even different and clashing shades of fluorescent yellow stripe on the car. Let's take a closer look 

First of all, the state of the natural paint on the car is appalling. It's faded, the clearcoat is gone and its scratched everywhere. Just in case you didn't  know, it's a 944. It says so on the front...and back.... and on the hood.... and on the roof... Wait wait wait is that a prancing horse? I know there's a tiny horse in the Porsche logo, but the image is much more traditionally associated with Ferrari. For a car that proclaims it's identity on every panel, it really causes a bit of an identity crisis. 

Even more logo ridiculousness on the hood. This is the problem with affordable cars from exotic companies. Unlike their more expensive bigger brothers, they are used and abused as daily drivers, and fall into disrepair. Some, like this guy, use the prestigious badge to try, in vain, to distract from the fact that the car is old and in bad shape.

This is why we can't have nice things.

-W.W. SBSS