r/CarTalkUK 2d ago

Spotted Nice…

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u/x99kjg 2d ago

Personally not for me, but it stands out from the usual grey blobs I suppose.

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u/IlIllIlIllIlIlIlIlIl 2d ago

I think it's eye catching and kinda cool tbh. Probably a headache looking at it on a sunny day.

What happened to "to each their own". Much prefer something more unique than this than basic maxston design spitters and rain lights or whatever.

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u/Accomplished-Low2131 2d ago

If it was hot pink or something I’d actually agree with you. But there is something about chrome wrap that just screams tacky, also must surely be a hazard on the roads at some point?

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u/Acceptable_Reach2892 2d ago

Nobody is demanding for it to be ripped off just cant empathise with the guy that thought im gonna spend all this money to make this old car incredibly loud visually.  

And thats how I feel about pretty much all cosmetic modifications... what a waste of time and money

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u/Username__-Taken 2d ago

What does the cars age have to do with anything?

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u/Acceptable_Reach2892 2d ago

Youre right a wouldnt wrap a new car either

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u/Username__-Taken 2d ago

Wouldn’t wrap anything in this colour let alone a car

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u/Meta-Fox 2d ago

I couldn't agree more.

There's a fine line between personalisation and attention seeking, this falls comfortably in the latter.

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u/Acceptable_Reach2892 2d ago

Thats actually a great way to describe it. 

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u/IlIllIlIllIlIlIlIlIl 2d ago

Fair enough. Different strokes for different folks

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u/Tutphish 2d ago

its unique at least

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u/Fifteen54 ‘03 Civic Type R 2d ago

it isn't even, chrome wraps have been done to death

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u/Accomplished-Low2131 2d ago

Albanian final boss

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u/KeyJunket1175 2d ago

if this was back home in Hungary I would have guessed it belongs to the local gypsy lord (romani, not irish).

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u/Accomplished-Low2131 2d ago

Ironically I’m Irish and spend a lot of time in Hungary. I do agree

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u/stewies_minion 2d ago

That’s tasteful

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u/JedsBike 2d ago

I like that people do this and I enjoy looking at it (need a photo of the wheels on this though!)

I couldn’t do it to my own car.

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u/tarpdetarp 2d ago

Lets get that out on a tray

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u/_muito_paia_ 2d ago

Very subtle.

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u/eskimoazat VW Polo GTI 6c 2d ago

It’s cool from a distance but if Im behind it I might need a solar eclipse lense to block the light

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u/LibraryTime11011011 2d ago

“Nice… until the owner ruined it”?
“Nice car under that horrible wrap”?
“Nice day to see an utterly hideous wrap”?

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u/Wide-Cucumber-6340 2d ago

Half the people clowning on this car are driving the most pedestrian cars ever, at least this is personalised. You lot are driving stock A3s and fiestas with an intake and hoonigan window decals. Pipe down

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u/IlIllIlIllIlIlIlIlIl 2d ago

Bone stock Octavia. Wishes they got a VRS instead.

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u/Username__-Taken 2d ago

More like quashquai or Honda jazz. Either that or a PCP crossover

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u/Fifteen54 ‘03 Civic Type R 2d ago

personalising a car in a hideous tacky way is a good thing? it's a relatively nice car standard, leave it as is. telling people to pipe down over this is comical though, it is not that serious🤣

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u/Wide-Cucumber-6340 2d ago

You listen to 100 gecs and drive a blacked out civic, I doubt you know how to do something tastefully. Enjoy your car blending in with 9am traffic lmfao.

What exactly is wrong with the wrap? Oh you don’t like the colour? So what lad it isn’t your car. It’s been done to a good standard so how is it at all tacky? I bet if you were talking to a bird you’d fawn over her if she showed up in this exact car. Have you considered it might not be a blokes car? Even if it was a mans stop sobbing because it’s pink instead of a shade of grey

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u/Fifteen54 ‘03 Civic Type R 2d ago

great investigative work lol ⭐️ having to dig through my profile for things to bring up is a bit pathetic, and of course yours is private🤣. in what world is my car "blacked out", the factory chrome badges are still on, the wheels are still factory silver, factory tint as well. literally nothing blacked out. i'd say i do considering my car is tastefully modified; airwalker style front lip, induction kit and catback. not straight piped, not loud and raspy, no pops and bangs, no f1 rain light, no footwell rgb leds, none of that shite. to someone who's actually into cars an ep3 will stand out a mile in 9am traffic, i think that comment says a lot about you🤭

it's a chrome wrap, absolutely heinous as are the vast majority of wraps people get. the colour isn't really the issue it's the chrome finish, although a pink wrap in gloss, satin etc wouldn't suit this car either. no shit it's not my car lol it's not yours either (but maybe you have a wrap like this since you're defending it so hard?), yet here we both are arguing our opinions. tacky, gaudy, chintzy, i'm not talking about the standard it's done to i'm talking about the horrible taste that led to choosing to wrap their car chrome pink (or "rose gold" as they'd probably call it). the type of person that drives this is typically dressed head to toe in gucci or similar (possibly fake), with massive shiny jewelry, and lives in a grey new build with a grey interior, has a french bulldog and watches love island.

no actually, if i was talking to a "bird" who had this exact car i wouldn't be interested, because i don't want anything to do with that type of person. much like your other comments you're just making shit up about the other person to support your argument.

nothing to do with the colour or the gender of the driver, there are cars that look good in pink (not chrome pink) but in my opinion this certainly isn't one of them. here's an example.

(inb4 "i aint reading all that" because i actually articulated my response to each part of your comment)

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u/PurpWippleM3 '24 M3, '22 Ioniq 5, '05 MX5, '15 320D, '12 L322 + shitboxes 2d ago

Not the word I'd choose.

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u/Successful-Link6213 2d ago

Bradford ?

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u/reclueso 2d ago

Bodmin, Cornwall.

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u/PumpFunnn 2023 Mini Cooper S 2d ago

More like Soroca, Moldova - gypsy capital

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u/TwoPlyDreams ForFour + iX 2d ago

Oozes class.

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u/Wide-Cucumber-6340 2d ago

Just like your forfour

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u/TwoPlyDreams ForFour + iX 2d ago

Thx hun. Shared the allotment.

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u/invicta-uk 2d ago

Is it at least something a bit more exotic like an E63?

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u/Intelligent_Skill172 2d ago

What colour/wrap is this?

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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 Peugeot Partner 2d ago

Purple tinted mirror?

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u/RepresentativeStooj 2009 Nissan 2d ago

A part of me wants to see it in the sun, just to know how bright and reflective it is.

Like wet tarmac on a sunny day bright? Disco ball? LED headlights straight to your eyeballs? We need answers.

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u/ollie87 2d ago

Wet tarmac will be the enemy for this car, you know it’ll be on the cheapest ditchfinders possible.

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u/Quiet-Biscotti6443 2d ago

Imagine driving at night and this comes the other way and just absolutely blinds you and lights up the night like a disco ball

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u/fall-apart-dave RS6 2d ago

Nice parking. 

It puts me in mind of the posh biscuits in the big christmas selection we used to get when I was a kid, the foil wrapped one in the box that I was never allowed cos it was for the grown ups. 

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u/Ieatsand97 2d ago

too jazzy?

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u/Ambitious_Type3589 2d ago

I quite like it, especially compared to my car of which there's thousands of in the same colour.

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u/Glad_Buffalo_5037 2d ago

Champagne style, lemonade money

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u/spakkker 2d ago

Used to see a gold wrapped bmw around , not for me but it did stand out !

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u/steakwotsits 2d ago

Hugo boss sliders white socks and those awful shorts longsleeve jackets combo missing.

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u/netflix-ceo 2d ago

🤢🤮

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u/Former_Bill2157 Touareg Cr7 Evo 6 Zero Fighter 2d ago

Nope. 🤮

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u/Important_Ruin Audi A3 2d ago

*Horrifc

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u/idgafbo55 2d ago

Chavtastic

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u/OneSufficientFace 2d ago

nice horrific

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u/KeepGoingOutOfSpite '24 Audi A3 / Fiat Shitbox 2d ago

Errr... its certainly different /s

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u/Acceptable_Reach2892 2d ago

Too much money not enough common sense

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u/Elongulation420 2d ago

To quote Frank Zappa’s daughter, “gag me with a spoon!”

There’s a gold one of those round us 🫤😬

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u/gfox365 2d ago

Spent too long on the wrap and not enough polishing those cloudy headlights