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muriel_volestrangler

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13. The Jar Jar Binks? Chevrolet Corvair? Ford Edsel?

Reply to Collimator (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 10:14 AM

Jan 2021

It's hard to think of something that was both a failure and fundamentally malicious. The "Unsafe at any Speed" aspect of the Corvair may fit well.

Here's another one: bullbars. Popular with people who wrongly think they need special protection, and who don't give a damn about the danger to innocent pedestrians. And who really liked them because they thought it made them look "rugged".

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45 Was The Star Trek V Of American Presidents [View all] Collimator Jan 2021 OP

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This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #3

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Agreed! ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #12

Blasphemous ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #11

The Jar Jar Binks? Chevrolet Corvair? Ford Edsel? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2021 #13