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Car buyers don’t care about ‘some hard plastics’

Published by Gavin Big-Surname at 6th October 2020
Some hard plastics

The world of motoring writing was plunged into crisis today when it emerged that car buyers don’t give a hoot about ‘some hard plastics’.

For years, ‘some hard plastics’ has been used as a throwaway term to say something negative about a car’s interior. New research* shows that new car buyers are happy to accept ‘some hard plastics’ in a cabin. Plastics are thought to be superior to door panels made from blancmange and dashboards constructed using Fuzzy-Felt.

That said, the idea of an interior ‘swathed in Fuzzy-Felt’ is curiously appealing. Because Nappa and Alcantara are so overrated.

The revelation has shocked new car reviewers and road testers. Many rely on ‘some hard plastics’ to provide some balance after praising a car’s ‘pliant ride’ and ‘cavernous boot’. YouTube reviewers are wondering if the customary knock on the top of the dashboard is now redundant.

There are rumours that footage featuring ‘scratchy plastics’ and ‘some hard plastics found in the lower half of the cabin’ will be replaced by catch-all phrases such as ‘the interior is a nice place to be’ and ‘the controls fall nicely to hand.’

Daewoo Nexia dashboard

The entirely fabricated study found that motorists only come into contact with the top of the dashboard when they’re retrieving a wayward pay-and-display ticket from that crevice at the base of the windscreen. It also revealed that more people have visited North Sentinel Island than have ventured south of a car’s ‘Tropic of Capricorn’ (the centre console).

In a separate development, a new car buyer was left scratching his head after he bought a car after a review commented on the ‘woolly steering’. The chap was disappointed to discover that this didn’t mean a steering wheel wrapped in a sheep’s coat. Best not venture down the road of the ‘nuggety’ ride…

*Probably.

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6 Comments

  1. TheoP says:
    7th October 2020 at 9:31 am

    Hahaha. This has been a pet hate of mine for years, mostly because some soft touch plastics seem to age quickly and terribly (not sure about the latest cars but the early 2000’s VW/Audi products which kind of started this thing were a case in point. Journalists were waxing lyrical about their interiors when new but by the time they were five years old some looked properly tatty.)

    Reply
    • Gavin Big-Surname says:
      9th October 2020 at 10:36 am

      Spot on. Anything too fancy just looks very dated, very quickly.

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  2. CK says:
    8th October 2020 at 3:12 pm

    I have to say that I hate, hard grey plastics. For the finishing touch, you just need some shiny dressing and a sickly air freshener for the full, knackered minicab effect.

    That said, clever, charming concepts like Fiat’s Centoventi give me hope.

    Reply
    • Gavin Big-Surname says:
      9th October 2020 at 10:36 am

      The dashboard in the Centoventi is delightful. Such a clever concept.

      Reply
  3. Ben Hooper says:
    8th October 2020 at 4:45 pm

    I like hard plastics over soft touch ones, feels sturdy and clean. Our 2008 Golf has them, and it just feels right

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    • Gavin Big-Surname says:
      9th October 2020 at 10:35 am

      Agreed. It’s why I like Japanese car interiors. Subaru, Toyota, Honda – robust, solid, hard-wearing… nice.

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