The American ethos has always been “more, bigger and cheaper” and this has worked fairly well. Everything about the American economy is larger than life, from large dishes in restaurants, to large clothes in stores, up to larger-than-life vehicles in the form of super SUVs and pickup trucks that challenge anyone’s sense of what proper size should be. It’s perfectly fine to want bigger wheels, up to a limit, but the abomination we’re about to describe is a completely different beast.
One trend that has recently begun, which acts as a sort of a counterculture movement to the need for everything to be bigger, is having tiny wheels on very big cars – like the car in the picture above. This trend is an absolute disaster on multiple levels. First, it’s one of the most ridiculous things anyone can do to their cars, let alone ugly. And second, it’s extremely unsafe and will likely cause you to end up in a car wreck. Please… just… don’t do this.
Truck Fender Flares And Non-Off-road Wheels
When you're an avid off-road driver, one important piece of equipment for your car or truck is fender flares. This equipment helps protect your SUV or truck from all the dangers that threaten your car such as flying rocks, mud, and debris. These are very important for many reasons, primarily safety, but as a bonus to you off-road drivers, they also end up looking pretty cool.
One thing that fender flares require, however, is for you to actually be driving off-road in order to need them. If you get fender flares for your truck or SUV but the wheels are clearly made for regular roads, it just comes off as weird and completely out of place. If you can't afford to get proper 4x4 tires, there's no reason to buy fender flares. That would be like going to your high school dance in your football helmet, you'd look out of place and everyone will think that something is wrong with your head.
Please Don’t Buy Stick-On Vents
Look, we get it. You were surfing eBay and happened to stumble across a category called 'car accessories', then you said to yourself "Let's check out what's new in the way of stick-on can accessories" (or something to that extent). You look at some cool car accessories, before suddenly noticing that you can buy these really cool vents for $5. Did we say really cool? Sorry, we meant unnecessary and tacky. "What's this?" you ask yourself. These are stick-on vents, otherwise known as one of the most idiotic inventions this world has ever seen.
Stick-on vents serve no practical purpose, as they don't actually vent any of the air. Their only goal is to make your car look cooler because it needs vents to stay cool with all its 98 horsepower and zero to sixty in 12 seconds motor. Nobody looks at a 2008 Honda Accord with stick-on vents and thinks, "Wow, this is a modified Accord!". Their first thought is usually something like: "oh wow, what a waste of time and money." So spare yourself the judgment, just don't buy these things, especially since they only cost $5..
Fake Engine Growl
The rise of electric cars is a wonderful trend that will surely help accelerate technological improvements in the auto market while reducing negative impacts on the environment. Another benefit of electric cars is that they have much more efficient use of energy which leads to faster acceleration and more horsepower.
One unfortunate fad that accompanied the rise of electric vehicles is the demand for fake engine sounds in the interior of the car. We understand why you might want to have external engine sounds since electric cars are completely silent and this could lead to a higher rate of pedestrian collisions. Drivers, on the other hand, don't need engine sounds to know that they're driving. These engine sounds, which emanate from the stereo systems, are absolutely pointless and only serve to make the driver feel cooler while driving. BMW was one of the first to embrace these horrendous features, starting with their BMW I8. The option has since begun to appear in various other car companies such as Ford and Audi.
Insect Cars With Six Wheels
While putting six wheels on your car may look cool in very rare circumstances, it's actually a very bad idea. What ends up happening most often is that your car will turn into what could only be described as a vehicular insect, while losing a lot of its power due to added friction with the ground and it will suffer from some very bad steering due to having a messed up rotation. The middle tires are completely useless and non-functional, so why would you install something that doesn't improve, and even causes harm to your driving experience on a machine designed meticulously to provide the maximum energy for the least amount of effort possible?
This is a really terrible fad, and thankfully not many people are even aware of it. Next time you're walking down the street and see a six-wheeled car, don't be mad at it because it's not the car's fault. Be mad at the owner who would experiment with a car like that, because no vehicle deserves that kind of treatment, not even an old Fiat Punto.