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09-27-2012, 06:44 PM | #101 | |
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Objective means something that can consistently be measured to be the same by two separate individuals/groups. Say the height, weight, length, hp...etc. of a car. Those are all objective values. The height of a stock Impreza WRX will be the same in NYC as it will be in LA. Same with the weight of a stock car. Those are objective values. They are independent of any opinions. Subjective is the opposite. It takes into account your personal feelings, beliefs, past history, perspective...etc. and allows you to come to a conclusion. Like stating MBP or DGM are the best colors on a car. That is subjective. So I laugh when you state that something has objective good lucks. That is an oxymoron.
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09-27-2012, 06:46 PM | #102 |
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I have to agree with the opinion that EVERY SINGLE SUBARU looks good lowered. Next gen Foz not an exception...the uglier the Subaru the better it looks 2-5 inches down.
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09-27-2012, 06:49 PM | #103 |
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Sure the Foz XT looks good lowered, but for many (even on NASIOC) it defeats the purpose of getting a vehicle with ground clearance due to winter's or off-roading capabilities.
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09-27-2012, 07:27 PM | #104 |
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Got through 10 inches of fresh snowy goodness in a lowered Forester. No sweat. Looked damn good doin it. Purpose: Wins!
Looking forward to the same in this new ugly stick designed failure of a model! |
09-27-2012, 08:08 PM | #105 | |
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Sure, but could you go through 20 inches of snow? Could you take your lowered Forester off the asphalt and onto an off road trail without taking off your front lip or bottoming out? I don't think so. |
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09-27-2012, 08:17 PM | #106 |
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Which is why we need a full blown XTI alternative!
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09-27-2012, 08:28 PM | #107 |
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I live in Alaska and travel 1,500 each month on average. We have an average snowfall of 75.5 inches. My 2008 Forester Sports XT was lowered throughout the winter and it was FINE. I do agree with having enough ground clearance for crappy parking lots and such, but 20 inches of snowfall is kind of a ridiculous example. Lowered or not, 20 inches will still need to be overcome. This past winter was record-setting snowfall and my 2011 WRX was fine. It wasn't the snow that got it, but the ice.
Current Forester is VERY nice and the 2014 just looks like everything I enjoy about the current Forester and current Impreza. Keep those pics coming, Hip! They're on-topic. A Forester is a Forester is a Forester, sons! lolobjective |
09-27-2012, 11:16 PM | #108 |
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I hate 95% of lowered anything. I like the tall, rugged stance of a crossover and do not see the merit in lowering anything that's meant for daily-driver purposes. (Track uses and such are fine) Those are my two cents, anyway.
I also want pics... but only of the new Forester. |
09-28-2012, 11:33 AM | #109 | |
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09-28-2012, 11:55 AM | #110 |
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If I get an SH Forester or an 08-11 5-seat Tribeca... it will get new wheels and tires, and a modest profile that is not bulbous, nor low-profile electrical tape wrap on the wheels... Probably 17 or 18 on a Forester, 18 likely or 19 at most on a Tribeca.
It will get a wheel design that isn't ridiculous, isn't dowdy, but isn't spider-web thin sports-car wheels, either. I'd like to hope that I can find a nice set of *forged* aluminum wheels. meaty SUV-suitable 5, 6, or 7 spoke. Maybe BBS-CH or RE style... if they would look just right. The tires will not be stretched... conversely, they will be substantially WIDER than the wheel rim, and protect the wheel. Widest tire tread with that is rated to fit on the wheel rim width... the wheel rim and tire width will be closer to 9" wide than 7" wide, and offset to fill the depth of the wheel wells, without sticking out of them. With a little bit of additional rolling diameter, it might actually lower cruising RPMs a tad bit, which is good for distance highway mileage. It will also fill out the fenders better, height wise. With that wheel and tire I am not sure it will need to be lowered. But maybe a very slight lowering (an inch at most perhaps) on the front, to rake the vehicle just a little bit to look less dowdy than stock and not have a saggy-butt stance, but not really to impact ground clearance effectiveness much. Which Forester I choose to consider will depend on the 2014 specifications... and so far, aesthetics, and inference of what the drivetrain is likely to be... it will probably be an FB25-powered SH, instead. I would consider the XV Crosstrek if it gets a performance model, such as a turbo engine and a stick shift together, like a proper rally car... but until then, no consideration. It would be easier to raise the suspension of a GR STI hatchback than to put a whole performance drivetrain under an XV crosstrek after it has already been manufactured and sold. |
09-28-2012, 11:59 AM | #111 | |
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Nope you still don't know the difference. Why don't you go to an online dictionary and post the definitions of the two terms. Because I'm not convinced you know the difference. |
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09-28-2012, 12:04 PM | #112 |
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Spacewilly is right.
An emotional response to a design is subjective. Liking it, or dis-liking it... being indifferent... hating it with a white-hot fury... obsessed with it like a love-sick puppy-dog... whatever. The response is subjective. The traits of the design, the lines, the surfaces, the angles, the density of changes, the linear flow that the eye physiologically follows when looking at the design... are objective traits of the design, they are facts of the rendering, and exist regardless of the emotional response they generate with people who see it. |
09-28-2012, 12:08 PM | #113 | |
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Apparently you missed this: There is no such thing as objective good looks. That would be subjective good looks. |
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09-28-2012, 12:32 PM | #114 |
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I object on the subject !
Back to foresters and possible sti goodness ! |
09-28-2012, 12:43 PM | #115 |
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I guess the study of aesthetics, design, and the engineering aspects of design are just un-founded opinion then?
An object has an appearance. It's appearance is factual. It can be dimensionally measured, it's color, texture, hardness, and other aspects can be measured. The looks are objective. A set of appearance traits that generates the same opinion in almost all, and certainly the vast majority and plurality of viewers... that they think it looks good... is considered to be objective good looks. The plurality of viewers having a BAD reaction to a specific set of traits would be considered to be objectively bad looks. A mixed reaction, is something of more controversy. Saying that object A, compared to object B, has more objective traits in common with other objects that are widely accepted as good looking is a valid estimation, and an objective evaluation. It is objective because the person making the evaluation is doing so without a high degree of personal investment in favoring A over B. In this case... SH Forester is object A, Previous Foresters would be Object B or C. Saying that A has more design traits in common with other vehicles that are considered by almost everyone to be good or great designs, is an objective evaluation. Saying that you like Object B or C, because perhaps you used to have one, and you though it was a good car for you, is subjective, because you are basing it on your internal opinion, and not comparing it on an aesthetic level to other archetype vehicles. So, YES there are objective, analytical evaluations of aesthetics, even if there are subjective aspects of human response to an object. There is truth in beauty. Truth is objective at it's core, even if it is surrounded by subjective opinion. Nature has pristine examples of truth in beauty. Human enterprises and constructs can approach truth in beauty, some things closer than others. That is aesthetics. There are contrarians who have negative subjective opinions about what others think is classically and truly beautiful, including examples of designs considered masterpieces. A contrarian opinion disagrees with, but does not disprove the truth in aesthetic beauty. Let me guess... you probably don't believe in objective truth (things exist regardless of perception, not as a function of perception), or morality either. (there are things that are actually right or wrong for anyone and everyone, not self-determined)' You sound like a relativist in more than just aesthetics. |
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HTBS, read the quote again. "Objective good looks". There is no objectivity to "good" looks. What looks good to one car owner is ugly to another. Sure color and shape are objective. But what looks good as he was referring to is subjective. There is no definition for "what looks good for all mankind." There is a definition for color codes, shapes and designs. But not what looks good.
Btw HTBS less is more. If you can't state your point in 4-6 sentences in a concise manner you probably don't have anything to say. |
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Holy crap y'all know how to wreck a thread...
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Example, a certain curve could appear appealing to one person, but not an other. While the curve itself is an object, the appeal to one's senses (vision) is wholly and completely subjective. Quote:
Can we just ban H2BS now and get it over with? He's vomited on his keyboard again and this time, proven that he's been NASIOCs longest troll. Jokes all on us. --kC Last edited by KC; 09-28-2012 at 02:02 PM. |
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09-28-2012, 03:14 PM | #120 |
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Where is a moderator when you need one...seriously lets get this thread back on topic.
Anyone have anymore imges they can post in here? |
09-28-2012, 03:17 PM | #121 |
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"Objective good looks".
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09-28-2012, 03:39 PM | #122 |
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Is the new Forester going to have a manual transmission option?
No. Therefore this thread is pointless. |
09-28-2012, 03:40 PM | #123 |
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Two Foresters... Wait. Check that. One of them has an H on it... I guess maybe that one is a Honda instead. Not sure which interior this is... they all look about as bland and the same as all the others... so it probably *is* the Forester interior, then. |
09-28-2012, 03:57 PM | #124 |
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was there any reason for reposting these old photos?
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^^^ It is Friday afternoon. He is just keyboard happy, hitting all the threads in N&R. Must be a slow day at work
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