One of the more absurd interior cosmetic fads in recent years is the invention of the dash cover. These pieces of cloth were originally built on two very dubious assumptions. The first assumption was that if you let your dash stay exposed to the sun it will eventually start cracking, which is true in theory but let’s be real here, have you ever seen a cracked dashboard? The second assumption that dash covers were made on, is that you don’t want your dashboard collecting dust over time for… a reason.
Anyway, these are the two reasons for which the dashboard cover was invented. There is also the hidden third reason for dashboard covers, which is cosmetics. People love to customize their cars, even if to do so they must add some of the weirdest and most inappropriate-looking gear. As long as it’s been customized, meaning that it’s yours, you’re happy. While there admittedly are some dashboard covers that provide actual utility, such as those with high friction that allows you to put phones on them, most of these are just a waste of your time and money since they’ll probably start degrading just a few months after purchasing them anyway.
Rotating Lambo Doors
Lambo doors, also known as vertical doors or scissor doors, are one of the worst fads to hit cars in the past few decades. The first car to actually invent these types of doors was the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car (not Lamborghini). The style was appropriated by Lamborghini who was the first to produce a street-legal car with these doors. What makes this fad even worse is that it’s extremely profitable, as many companies have been founded for the sole purpose of adding Lambo doors to regular cars.
While these doors look incredible on Lamborghini cars, they make any other cars look like the home of everything frat-boy-related. News flash - you don't look cool when you struggle to raise the door on your 2015 Ford Escalade or Fiat Mini. These doors just make the car look weird and clunky, which is the last thing you want if you actually care what your vehicle looks like, it's also much less safe than a conventional door in case of a rollover. Please, if you're that interested in Lambo doors, just buy a second-hand Lambo.
A Fully Transparent Car
This trend is a throwback to the 90s when electronic devices were all designed with transparent cases. Too bad we've left the 90s and now this just looks tacky.
Never mind that, it can't be safe to drive at night and how uncomfortable must it be to drive, knowing everyone can see everything inside your car. We'll have to pass on this one!
Your Car A Little Too Shiny
Some people treat their cars like celebrities treat their faces in films. There definitely is such a thing as an overly-shiny vehicle, where it would appear that the vehicle's owner spends more time making sure his car is polished and beautiful than they do on more important activities like being great husbands, parents, or earning money.
It's almost unbelievable that these men consider the obsessive cleaning of their car as "manly" while laughing at women who have to check every 30 minutes that their makeup is well applied. Car owners like this remind us of King Xerxes from Zac Snyder's film 300. The villain was often mocked for being a very metro-sexual guy and having way too much bling and earrings. If you don't mind giving out this image, fine, but just be aware that you'll never be allowed to criticize anyone for being obsessed with their beauty if you don't want to be labeled a hypocrite ever again.
Transparent Fiberglass To Show Off Your Speakers
So you went ahead and paid thousands of dollars for that completely useless overqualified pair of speakers we discussed earlier, fine. Enjoy ruining your hearing and making neighbors feel very uncomfortable. Some people like to take their fad a step further though, and add a horrendous visual element to their already terrible audio device. They do this by adding invisible fiberglass interiors which directly show the speakers, allowing you to see the full glory of your money badly spent.
We guess the idea is that if you're going to spend a lot of money on speakers that you're not even going to use, why not at least let the world know that you have the ability to make windows explode with your high-decibel sounds. This is just the second level of an already bad mistake, like when you have a bad day because you showed up late for work, and then you also proceed to yell at your boss to make things even worse.