“This car just looks terrible; it looks like it was designed by a blind child with arthritis. In a coma.”

— Maddox

on the Honda Element
Proof that wealth can't buy class: the top four ugliest cars on the road. http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ugly_cars
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