The 00's were an absolute disaster for interiors

>>28515133 (OP)

Better than 2020s screen slop.

>>28515133 (OP)

>>28515133 (OP)
My only complaint is having to use a fucking Bluetooth radio shit. Aux connectors should have been the standard way earlier they when they did. Same with Bluetooth.

>>28515145
Nigger i literally owned a chevy cobalt, it was a disaster. A rattly piece of plastic junk, and every car i've driven that was made after 2020 feels far better to drive

interior in my W203 was better than in my W205
in fact the interior in my 2000 Skoda Octavia was better than the interior in my W205.

>>28515133 (OP)
My 8th gen civic isn't bad but I feel that is the exception rather than the rule

>>28515145
This.

>>28515133 (OP)
for american cars

>>28515161
Who asked?

>>28515145
>look /o/, I posted it again!

>>28515133 (OP)
I disagree with you. its 2013 where disaster for interiors started.

>>28515318
The germans sure did great things with softouch coatings. And alcantara (on your picrel S4 or whatever VAGshit that is)

>>28515375
The dash has vitiligo, don't be rude

>>28515133 (OP)
>An econobox interior is shit
Wow!

>>28515400
I would honestly try to polish that even.

>>28515133 (OP)
>able to reach over and do anything without looking
It's fine.

>>28515160
Agreed, though most phones killed the functionality on their end. But I agree.

>>28515161
That's just GM build quality. Give current cars time to dry out and all the cheap faux leather will be peeling/melted. Plastic will shrink and rattles will return. What car over 10 years old doesn't rattle?

GM interiors are now aping Mercedes.

>>28515576
not a single dial, shame

>>28515571
> What car over 10 years old doesn't rattle?
My 8th gen civic

>>28515341
ewrly 2010s interiors were awful

>>28515606
Holy fuck, wish I could say that about my wife's 10th gen. The dash rattles constantly, but the one that drives me nuts is the headliner directly above the drivers seat rattles... I don't even know how Honda managed to fuck up a headliner.

>Awful 2000s interiors
>Nobody posted the Z's

>>28515610
those era focus and fiesta interiors were so ugly. I hated working inside them just because how ugly they were

>>28515160
Sometimes you can get an aux to cassette or bluetooth cassette, those are silly fun.

>>28515580
I see 3 you retarded faggot.

>>28515781
Are they in the same room as you?

>>28515606
hard to rattle when failed seam sealer has everything waterlogged and packed with mold

>>28515650
I had to felt around the door panels but the dash doesn't rattle

>>28515133 (OP)
>oughts interiors sucked
>cites GM as example
I can't take you seriously, man

>>28515133 (OP)
but, somehow, it got worse. i'll happily take the physical buttons and knobs in my shitty 2000's scratchy grey and fingerprinty piano black plastic interior over touch screen uis and stupid capacitive touch "buttons"

>>28515610
As an extra bonus insult on top, the lettering on at least some of those center consoles was kept angled for the left seat in the RHD version.

>>28515133 (OP)
It started in the 80's with the ford taurus. Once the ameribarges fell the japs took it to mean they could spend zero (0) dollars on the interior. Now look where we are.

>>28515786
They're blatantly obvious in the picture, queerbait.

>>28515133 (OP)
It's a customization dreamland. Modern cars are impossible to fix manufacturer mistakes.
We are living in the era of dogshit car design.

>>28515133 (OP)
It's true. This shit is actively suicide inducing it's so fucking ugly, plastic and disgusting.

>>28515133 (OP)
That looks great tho

>>28515576
That looks unfinished kek

>>28516686
How did they make a car interior so soul crushing?

>>28517626
But enough about Tesla.

I drove the family yaris (2007) for 9 years before getting my own car. it was soul crushing, but at least I had sex in it

>>28516686
>>28517658
>beige interior is actually beige

>>28515576
>red interior is mostly black, especially the doors

>>28515610
>>28517722
>stone grey interior is mostly black, especially the doors

Only blind people are actually okay with this shit.

>>28515650
10th gen civic is famous for rattly interiors. Everyone I know who drives one complains about rattles.

>>28517722
>having sex in a toyota parts bin shitbox
I kneel

>>28515145
>>28515327
>look /o/, I posted it again!

Its still true.

>>28515763
>>28515160

Redmi cigarette FM bluetooth adapter, its decent quality

>>28515571
>Give current cars time to dry out and all the cheap faux leather will be peeling/melted
Can confirm.
Modern car interiors are already disintegrating. I know a lady with a mercedes. It's 2.5 years old. The a-pillar headliners are already falling down, the dash is already warping, and the drivers seat bolster is wearing pretty heavily, and yes she's thin. Even the computer sometimes freezes for a minute or just fails to work with bluetooth (random). It's been fine mechanically at least. I've told her to find a different brand or go for an older car when the lease expires but I don't know if she'll remember.

After seeing some old restored Barracuda, I wish interiors (and including engine compartment and the trunk) were all bright high contrast colors. It makes it so much easier to see shit.

>>28515133 (OP)
>The 00's were an absolute disaster for interiors
No, they were the era of just enough tech, and if you didn't drive an absolute bottom of the barrel econobox, they looked good too.

>>28515133 (OP)
Do you not look at new car interiors?

>>28518906
an extreme downgrade from the previous gen (6th gen best gen) accord

>>28519013
The fit and finish of the 7th gen is much better and everything feels like it was made just for the Accord (because it was).
Sure you can't replace the radio easily, but that's part of the luxury, why would you want to?
I do admire the sleekness of the 6th gen's exterior, but the 7th gen's interior wins out.

>>28518964
Yeah.

>>28519036
We did not cherish the cars we had, so this is the future we have earned.

>>28519037
There's still decent looking cars, they're just harder to find because normalfags love their screens and RGB lighting.

>>28519040
I really like the new mazdas. I haven't seen a lot of other manufacturers keep a driver's experience in mind.
Sucks that everything is getting harder to mod.

>>28515133 (OP)
Contrarian opinion, but I really like the C5 interior, especially at night. People shit on it but it's pure late 90s comfy.

>>28519013
>CG accord
>acres of blobby 90s shitplastic
I get that CAD had just been invented and the fillet/round tool was awfully satisfying to use, but would it have fuckin' killed them to have ANY clean lines in that mess? Everything so round and blobby, it looks like a fisher price toy. And you're calling that an upgrade from the USDM 7th gen? It looks cheaper than a fucking Del Sol interior.
Also the airbag is a bomb and will violently kill you if you get in any kind of accident.

>>28515133 (OP)
goddamn its fucking perfect

>>28515133 (OP)
My friend had a Cobalt coupe and I had a Focus coupe when they were new in the late '00s. The Cobalt interior was clearly cheaper overall. No center console, no soft touch pads where you arms rest on the door, the cheap plastic wheel, the seats.On a mechanical note the getrag transmission felt better than the MTX-75 and the 2.2L Ecotec was a little stronger than the 2.0L Duratec in the Focus 148hp-143hp and 152lb-ft-136lb-ft. But the Focus had a much better steering rack and rear suspension than the Cobalt.

>>28515375
Maybe it's the owner and not the car. Mine is still like new? I bet if you take care of your car you can keep it on the road in great condition for years. Pic definitely related.

>>28515145
I 100% agree with this.
And fuck everytinng with stop/start crap fucking with the engine and keyless ignition

>>28519545
Turn key cars are best. They will keep the fun alive until people start to see sense.

>>28518906
>>28519022
Based 7th gen, such a nice comfy place to spend time.

>>28519158
Werx but the 90+ c4 has the real night drive dash
Only thing that'd make it better is if the LCD polarization was flipped to orange text on black instead of black text on orange. There's a kit for that for the speedo but none for the radio or ac displays, thus it'll all stay OEM for me

>>28515145
even if 2000s cars interiors were less annoying to look at the cars themselves were shitty boring fwd slop

>>28519036
The fact that actual interior color is only a top luxery option infuriates me. The only option now is all claustrophobic encroaching black.

>>28519766
>two tone interior only comes on the lowest trim
>everything nicer has to be all black because that's the definition of "Sport"
Absolutely hate this trend.

>>28519590
I miss mine so much. It was just a shitty econobox, but the highlight of many days was driving it, even just to work and back.
My new car, by comparison, has no soul. I never feel like just going for a drive like I did in my 7th gen Accord, my car has become just a tool for getting from point A to B.

>>28519502
>Mine is still like new

>>28520347
>My new car, by comparison, has no soul. I never feel like just going for a drive like I did in my 7th gen Accord
I call it the 7th gen effect, the things are so dynamic and wonderful combines with insane feedback from the road, it's a total driver's car despite how slow it is.

>>28515133 (OP)
IT'S THE 21st CENTURY!
IT'S THE FUTURE!
LET'S MAKE SHITTY, UNAESTHETIC, UNAPPEALING INTERIOR DESIGN A NORM!
NO ONE CAN STOP US!
[spoiler](government regulatory interference notwithstanding)[/spoiler]

>>28515145
Okay, this is valid.
I do not wish to own or drive any vehicle whose dash looks like a refugee from a 1980s video game arcade.

>>28515610
Not universally...

>>28519766
Concur, it feels like driving around in a goddamn cave.

>>28519022
NTA, but the 7th gen is alright. Late 90's/Early 2000s were the best interiors that didn't feel like GM fisher price. Th quality of the plastics and general invitation of the interiors were much more fun in some cars, and comfy in others. Granted some cars fell short completely with cheap interioirs all the way around.

>>28515133 (OP)
90s were too.

also, that's my mom's cobalt

>>28515145
/thread

>>28521255
I miss the plastic they used in the early 2000s. It looked good, felt premium and was resistant to scratches and fingerprints. The late 2000s-today trend of piano black gloss and spray painted silver flat plastic is a terrible step back and in my opinion doesn't look as good even in showroom condition and it ages like absolute shit.

>>28515160
I really wish the cheap cars would just go without a radio/screen altogether and hide the aux in the glvoe compartment or center console. then we can go back to mp3 players in cars

>>28515146
this both hurts my brain and also gives me anxiety simultaneously

>>28515133 (OP)
Son, you should have seen 90s exteriors.

>>28517722
is it bad that I like this

>>28523847
>is it bad that I like this
No, my sister has the hatch and she thinks the center mounted cluster is exactly how it should be.

>>28523844
unfortunately, I fear we may never reach that peak aesthetics again.

>>28523858
>misaligned HVAC vents
Thank god they don't make em like they used to holy fucking shit

>>28524560
I prefer the old ones. This new shit is ugly as fuck.

>>28524562
>new shit is ugly as fuck.
True, and I really loved the W126 when it came to old ones, and the W220 when it comes to kinda newer ones.

Are you ready for launch?

>>28524593
oh no

>>28515318
deutschesister?

>>28515145
ipadniggers on suicide watch

>>28524657
>beta KISS-FM from yurop
>not the chad KIIS-FM from LA

>>28524593
The CR-Z is such an ugly car. Inside and out. Shame that because of that blunder Honda will never try a hybrid manual again.

>>28515133 (OP)
Is that a CD player combined with the radio? Knobs and dials to control the ventilation? Gauges instead of screens behind the wheel? A fucking glove box? Did they really wear driving gloves in the 2000s? Help me niggerman, I'm going insane!

>>28515145
they both suck

>>28524593
>Blue LEDs
Mexican rice straight from the factory. Honda really knows their customers.

>>28515145
fpbp

>>28519158
>Metric
Where is this?

>>28526396
Probably a Canadian, they're like burgers, but not.

>>28515160
Its an easy mod, there are just two wires. I wired up a small amp and then just spliced it into the speakers wires. I did that when the first ipod came out.

le quirky baguette interior

>>28517658
considering what car this is, that perfectly desirable comfy cruiser interior

>>28519158
the worst thing here is the Alpine headunit

>>28519590
you can smell the car dripping with Armor All here....

>>28526505
>Armor All
Just a superficial layer of Meguiar's protectant

>>28526515

okay, but thats not superficial and needs wiped in/off more.

>>28515161
That's because it's a chevorlet you retard. Drive a low km Acura or lexus from that era and you'll change your mind real fast.

>>28526575
I assure you the dash and everything felt dry Anon, it just gives you that "I just got back from the detailer look" when I use it to get dust of the interior.

>>28515133 (OP)
literally all i need is aux input

>>28526503
>gee Billy, four pillars

Pretty bad job covering everything, the contrast of greasy and matte throughout the car really funny. Pro-tip: wipe off the excess.

>>28526596
Currently it gives it the "I just bought it from Ahkmeds Used Cars" look.

>>28526824
I'll take it, throw a lil tire shine on that piece for maximum scum effect.

>>28515375
I remember scrubbing the soft touch rubber off the interior parts of my saab because they were turning back into liquid

>>28519502
The softouch issues are with pre-LCI models. Of course it looks worse with poor ownership. If yours is an LCI the interior will hold up better.

>>28515133 (OP)
I like my interior.

>>28527066
I like your TSX interior too, Anon.

>>28527069
I should specify that pic rel is not my car (though it's pretty close because I kept it clean all these years). I like how simple it is

>>28527075
>I like how simple it is
Same, A simple radio with some climate controls can't age, new cars are so over the top, that even zoomers and Gen A are starting to see beauty in base model cars of old, which is something I've never seen in my life, back when I was a kid and the "new" 2000s cars were out, I didn't even think about shit from 20 years ago, and neither did previous generations because things weren't cooked, now the young kids are looking at cars that are extremely expensive, and break so catastrophically that you're gonna be using that warranty that came with the car, and god help you when you're out of warranty and your turbo Civic needs the cylinder head pulled off for $5000

>>28527081
people did it to themself by demanding i toddler shit in a fucking car, dont come crying now.

>>28527273
True, but you think with the retard car buyers running the show, cars would become easy to use fisher price toys with wheels, not some clusterfucked shit to the point where you can't even make it move.

>>28527292
nu cars are pretty much braindead to use.
auto hold, automatic gearbox, forward looking radar.
The gaping issue with modern infotainment is the fixation on app shit that will drop support in a couple model/os cycles, while neglecting the stand alone user interface. They will age really bad

>>28527300
It's brainded to use for people like us that get it, I am so glad my grandparents are fucking dead, because I couldn't imagine sliding them into a nice new shitbox and explaining why it's bonging at them and how this and that works, and how to work a digital dual zone climate control that they all need to have for some fucking reason, these people wanna turn a knob and put it in drive, that's it and that's all.

>>28523778
That is absolute as. Looks good at first but becomes shit as it ages like you said. Chrome inserts inside is also becoming an issue with the glare blinding drivers. I don't own any car newer than 2001, but the screens may be the worst part of it all.

>>28523778
>ordered black gloss trim
>complains about the black gloss trim

>>28529581
You don't typically get a choice. Every car comes with this crap.

>>28529620
>You don't get a choice
the exact car you bongoloid posted did come with a wide assortment of trim options, and on top of all the one you posted is the only gloss
dishonest twat

>>28529625
I just searched gloss black scratched on Google. I recently shopped for cars (Honda, Toyota, Hyundai) and zero of them were completely gloss black free. All had at least a couple trim pieces in gloss black.

>>28526503
I dont know what is it about them but I fucking love French cars.

>>28515133 (OP)
It was a step up in the GM base model shitbox role it was designed for, and was itself replaced with something even worse (Cruze)

>>28515318
now see a Golf 5
>>28524657
get the fuck outta here nigger that merc is good... compared to the SHIT they make now

>>28515133 (OP)
That is perfect tho