You Tell 'Em, Scotty.
I never was a fan of Scotty Kilmer's In-Your-Face mannerisms, hand/arm waving, and high-decibel speaking style, especially compared to a true professional like Alex Dykes. But, in this video, though I don't totally agree with Scotty about the fake vents (I personally don't think they are a big deal), he hits the nail on the head with just about everything else that s**ks on modern vehicles. Much of what he complains about agrees with exactly the things I myself have been complaining about, for a number of years, in my own reviews. I could have made most of this video myself.
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Lots of Lexus and Toyota in the video. Are we sure this is not an attack on Toyota or Lexus?
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
(Post 10520425)
Lots of Lexus and Toyota in the video. Are we sure this is not an attack on Toyota or Lexus?
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Scotty can be be a blow hard at times but in this case he's not wrong.
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Scotty is hard to watch. I'd much rather watch the savagegeese video with the same title, which he released a few months prior to Scotty.
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I agree with everything he said!
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Spoken like somebody who doesn't own one car that's newer than 15 years old lol
Times change, trends change. Take that Lexus, I had the same Lexus, it was nice at the time but today its bulbous, ugly, the wheels look silly small on it and the tires huge. If he prefers the look of that to a new Lexus ES, good for him lol |
Originally Posted by SW17LS
(Post 10520829)
Spoken like somebody who doesn't own one car that's newer than 15 years old lol
Times change, trends change. Take that Lexus, I had the same Lexus, it was nice at the time but today its bulbous, ugly, the wheels look silly small on it and the tires huge. If he prefers the look of that to a new Lexus ES, good for him lol |
the ES 330 always looked weird and bulbous lol... fatter tires and no spindle grille is definitely better though
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
(Post 10520841)
I do agree. He is stuck in the past.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
(Post 10520829)
Spoken like somebody who doesn't own one car that's newer than 15 years old lol
BTW, Josh (ArmyofOne) owns the same 15-year-old ES, and loves it. ;) Times change, trends change. Take that Lexus, I had the same Lexus, it was nice at the time but today its bulbous, ugly, the wheels look silly small on it and the tires huge. If he prefers the look of that to a new Lexus ES, good for him lol |
Originally Posted by mmarshall
(Post 10520858)
Actually, in this case, it's not a question of whether one is "Stuck in the past" or not. He is (correctly) pointing out why some features on today's vehicles emphasize form over function....and why some things worked better in the past than they do today, particularly with low-profile tires and the general lack of conventional spare tires. Glass headlight covers (vs. plastic), assuming they weren't damaged in an accident or vandalism, often lasted the life of the vehicle without having to recondition them. In short, what is newer is not always better.
Spare tire I agree with. |
Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
(Post 10520841)
I do agree. He is stuck in the past. While I have very old cars and some that are just old, the new Lexus (and other cars) are more interesting, I actually saw a new LS500 F-sport today in the wild, it looks very good when next to regular non Lexus branded cars.
Originally Posted by Stroock639
(Post 10520844)
the ES 330 always looked weird and bulbous lol... fatter tires and no spindle grille is definitely better though
As for the spindle grille, I like the spindle grill, and with some exceptions I like the bigger grills car companies are using. Tastes change, and older cars with smaller grills look...old. As for ride, modern ES350s ride just as well as my old 2003 ES300 despite having much lower profile tires. My LS460L rides just as well as your LS400 despite having much lower profile tires. Technology both in terms of suspension and tire design has improved a lot, and the "penalty" of having lower profile tires is much overstated. I have never had a tire or wheel damaged by a pothole on a car with lower profile tires...
Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
(Post 10520869)
when have you personally had to recondition your lights? I have some older vehicles. Never had to do it.
Bottom line is, you can't do the sort of things you can do stylistically with glass, and "glass lamps were so cheap to replace" refers to old sealed beam headlamps which put out terrible light and weren't built into the styling of the car at all. A modern car headlamp with a glass lens would be MUCH more expensive to replace than the same lamp in plastic, and much more prone to breakage. Spare tire I agree with. I think the bottom line is, tire construction is such that catastrophic flats that REQUIRE immediate replacement of the tire before you can drive anywhere are really very rare. |
Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
(Post 10520869)
when have you personally had to recondition your lights? I have some older vehicles. Never had to do it.
SCRATCH-OUT, BTW, will take out at least some of the clouding and milkiness, but is not really the best product for the job....there are better treatments. |
Originally Posted by sm1ke
(Post 10520693)
Scotty is hard to watch. I'd much rather watch the savagegeese video with the same title, which he released a few months prior to Scotty.
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