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It's not a "Nissan Snail."

Nissan gave it a much better name.

Because there’s so much cool stuff to learn about this!

For example: it has a snail on the mudflaps that made with the S from the S-Cargo logo you see on the rear windshield! It has a goofy little face!

They really snailed it! (Don’t boo me, boo the official Nissan website I stole this pun from. No, really.) If you like me are looking at this idiot and wondering how you could possibly love it more, here’s one for ya: though I’ve been unable to source pictures, it came with a sushi tray. Does it look like I’m joking.

This couldn’t be more Japanese if it was made and sold in Japan only, and that’s ‘cause it was! (See, the Japanese only make Japan-only things and things with cooler Japan-only versions.) Hence the steering wheel on the right side, so the crapcans can still inconvenience you even after ferrying them across the world.

This was one of four “Pike cars” - ‘spearheading’ designs based on the Micra of the time. This means to fix ‘em you just go to the scrapyard and walk off with 80s Micra bits (they’re not worth the bother of stopping you). You just need to stop your eyes from skimming straight past ‘em.

Easier said than done. Anyhow, here’s the rest of the Pike cars:

1987-1988 Nissan Be-1

Yeah, this may not look as bold now, but this was first shown in 1985 - compare and contrast with the Micra it was based on and you can see why the limited 10.000 units run was so outdone by demand they had to set up a lottery.

1989-1991 Nissan Pao

“Okay, we’ll make 50.000 this time, so it won’t sell out before we even start making it” wrong again, and it’s clear why! A solid contender for best car name ever, it seems designed from the ground up to ooze joy in a way you can’t comprehend until you’ve been in one (not to brag, but I would know :D)

1991 Nissan Figaro

While the main inspiration was ‘30s cabriolets, I can personally attest it feels like 40s, 50s, 60s and 90s merged into one. It has remote unlock and trigger door handles, the headrest tucks down if you hate safety, the gauges have a serif font and ornate dials, the windows are electric and the switches seashell shaped… it’s WILD and I love it.

The Pike cars were a peak bubble-era Japan moment, but the experiment did have lineage, from cars like the Rasheen and Rasheen Forza to, as some mentioned, the 2nd & 3rd gen Cube!

The 3rd gen Cube got sold worldwide, too, with, well… an ad campaign.

Fun fact: the Cube’s rear glass wraps around the body on the side opposite the rear hatch hinges, which are on the side opposite the curb, which changes with the side of the road you drive on - so as you see above the Japanese and RestOTheWorld models were mirrored.

I have no mouth and I must laugh at my girlfriend's ass piano playing

THIS IS THE POST THAT MAKES ME REALIZE ABSTRACTED FORMS ARE A FUCK OF A LOT LIKE THE FLESH MASS TED GETS TURNED INTO AT THE END OF THE BOOK

I have no mouth and I must laugh at my girlfriend's ass piano playing

THIS IS THE POST THAT MAKES ME REALIZE ABSTRACTED FORMS ARE A FUCK OF A LOT LIKE THE FLESH MASS TED GETS TURNED INTO AT THE END OF THE BOOK

examples:

John William Waterhouse official site

The first thing you'll do is create a USB that lets you test Linux without in any way damaging your current set up, so I encourage anyone who's loathing of Windows is ever growing to give it a try. You have nothing to lose but a little time.

It's also a way to give an older computer new life, since it's generally Windows bloatware slowing your system down, not your computer's actual hardware.

Official guide: