I think I've changed my mind.

[daniel]

When I first got my Prius, I really didn't like the looks of it. I got it in spite of the looks, because of all the features, the comfort, the luxury, the techno-geek factor, and the Kermit factor.

But now, six months down the road, I was looking at it, and I've decided I'm getting used to the looks. I kind of like the look of it now. Mind you, I think the tzero blows it away entirely for looks. But as long as I can't get a tzero, and it wouldn't do for winter in ND, I've come to terms with the way my car looks. Washing it on Monday didn't hurt any in either.

[mshappe]

Way back when Pontiac first changed the style of the Grand Am from a box-with-angles to something much sleeker, I remember complaining that it was really quite an ugly car. In particular, I thought the way they'd redone the nose gave it a 'snarling' appearance that I just didn't like.

A couple years later...it had grown on me to the point that I bought one :-)

So I know what you mean. Sometimes, a new aesthetic takes time to grown on you...

[DaveinOlyWA]

i always thought the Prius was kinda cool looking. its distinctive front end is unmistakeable even from a distance.

plus most of the people i talk to think is cool looking. of course looking INSIDE the car may have swayed their opinion just a bit.

[mshappe]

i always thought the Prius was kinda cool looking. its distinctive front end is unmistakeable even from a distance.

I have to admit, my initial reaction to the '01 Prius was, "Hrm...kinda funny lookin'." I mean, in the end, it's just a sedan with a short nose. If you don't catch it at the right angle, it doesn't look all that distinctive at all.

My initial reaction to the '04 Prius was, "Hrm...damned funny lookin'." It's definitely growing on me, and I'd already half-sold myself on the car despite its looks before I got used to them, because I understand and appreciate the trade-offs that produced those strange looks: short nose because the HSD is smaller than a traditional engine, sharply angled for aerodynamics; relatively high apex for the roof to provide decent headroom; sharp drop off toward the back for aerodyamics.

Since the result is a car that is externally compact yet internally spacious, I can learn to live with it :-D

[Starbug]

I never looked twice at the Classic since it did look like an ordinary sedan. The '04 made me go "ooooooh, futuristic-like!" (such observations at objects/vehicles/buildings, etc are due to being an uber-geekess..I can't help it! lol). The other day while defending the Prius' looks to somebody that thought it was ugly, I noted that it's kinda like a slightly longer Acura RSX, the way it would be if they made the RSX into a sedan.

[bruceha_2000]

I'd already half-sold myself on the car despite its looks before I got used to them, because I understand and appreciate the trade-offs that produced those strange looks:

Same with me on my first new car - '78 Celica GT hatchback. Thought they were wierd looking and ugly when I first saw them. Thought it looked pretty nice by the time I bought one :-)
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Mine was gold.

[mshappe]

Same with me on my first new car - '78 Celica GT hatchback. Thought they were wierd looking and ugly when I first saw them. Thought it looked pretty nice by the time I bought one :-)

Exactly. By 1978 aesthetics, that was a funny-looking car! My parents had a Chevy Chevette at about the same time, and man, did we think it was funny-lookin' at the time!

[bruceha_2000]

I tried to look up the specs, hoping for 0-60 numbers but the best I could find was it had a 2.0 L , 90 HP engine. Never lacked for power. But then, it replaced a 1969 Volkswagon Squareback :-) Still the 90 HP did OK, I have always been a rule follower, so frequent speeding wasn't my thing, but I did get it over 110 once taking my cousin's bird to the vet early one Sunday morning.

[DaveinOlyWA]

wow you must have really loved that bird~!

[Starbug]

... But then, it replaced a 1969 Volkswagon Squareback :-) Still the 90 HP did OK, I have always been a rule follower, so frequent speeding wasn't my thing, but I did get it over 110 once taking my cousin's bird to the vet early one Sunday morning.

OMG! My mother's first car was a 1970 (ugly orange) VW Squareback! Every once in a while I'll still see one drive by (there's a powder blue one, and a beige one around here, and once I even saw another orange one!). I have to admit that the car took a beating, and kept on going. It never really did die... I think it was immortal. We called it Chucky.