kb58
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 02:53 PM |
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New midi
Seen this?
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=8448
Looked nice in the thumbnails... then I clicked for a better view. Eeeek... I guess I would have done the styling different... but that's just
me. I think it's the high windshield base that gets me.
[Edited on 18/5/04 by kb58]
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Alan B
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 03:04 PM |
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IMO.....
It was ugly before, but consistent...ugly front, ugly rear..
Now, well the same really...ugly all over...
Again, IMO....
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sgraber
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 03:21 PM |
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Oy Vey! That is one F-ugly car....  Good performance apparently, but not my cup-of-tea design wise.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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timf
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 03:25 PM |
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thats the old dax model
hardly a new model saw its debut in 1997 just hasn't been produced for a long time due to lack of takers originally
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Alan B
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 03:41 PM |
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Correct Tim.
It used to have the ugly duck billed platypus front...now it has a different ugly front...
I have doubts about the legality of low headlight...
There is a difference between bold and futuristic stying and plain ugly...these guys seem unaware of that..
IMO
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timf
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 03:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
There is a difference between bold and futuristic stying and plain ugly...these guys seem unaware of that..
IMO
watching gerry anderson reruns doesn't count a market research for futuristic styling then alan 
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Alan B
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 04:03 PM |
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Actually most of the GA stuff was far nicer.....
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 05:31 PM |
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Dax kamala?
Did Dax sell the Kamala off or did they split the company to make them? Just found an interesting point, kamala means hideous in Finnish.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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derf
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 08:46 PM |
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The only real ugly part about it is the position of the headlamps. IMHO
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robinbastd
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 09:15 PM |
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Now, I like quirky,I like different,I liked the original Kamala for the above reasons. I don't like this evolution. They'll be heading on
their way to the bankruptcy courts before long,sadly, IMO,etc.
The doors for the Kamala,when Dax owned it cost a piddling £665+VAT IIRC,and they needed trimming as well.
You could build a car for that ,alledgedly
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Alez
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 12:19 PM |
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Any connection with the car in the pic that John "spunky" is using as avatar?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/member.php?action=viewpro&member=spunky
Looks quite similar to me..
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 12:33 PM |
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I liked the old Kamala - not pretty, but eye-catching.
The new one stirs no emotions whatever, which is probably worse than hating it!
David
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TheGecko
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 12:43 PM |
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Spunky's avatar is a Midtec Spyder, and shown from it's only good
angle (for my taste at least). I think the profile and rear of the Midtec is quite unpleasant - think squashed frog!
The modified Kamala looks like a bad "futuristic" car from some cheap 1960's movie. Awful, awful, awful!!!! Did I mention I
don't like it 
Dominic
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 12:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alez
Any connection with the car in the pic that John "spunky" is using as avatar?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/member.php?action=viewpro&member=spunky
Looks quite similar to me..
Alez, that's the Midtec spyder (in it's second version IIRC), no connection with Kamala that I know of.......
Edit... Ooops, Dominic beat me me too it..
[Edited on 19/5/04 by Alan B]
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Alez
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 02:35 PM |
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Interesting, and really nice NZ site Dominic, BTW.
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