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Geez; always with the serious.

To be fair; you made no attempt to clarify your interest in Cyber prior to the "unproductive opinions", so what do you expect?

"Show winning" is entirely subjective when you're referring to Auto Salon in the nineties; even back then, that stuff was bloody gaudy and awful.

The guys building those "show cars" were experts at putting lipstick on a pig.

Saying nothing of the designers; they were producing a product, and plenty of people bought it.

Not sure it's art per se; but it takes talent, no doubt.

Frankly never bought into adding tonnes of non functional fibreglass to any car; but again,

Good to see nothings changed lmao I have no interest in Cyber you ill informed door handle. I simply think it's great for the car scene generally to have kits and cars custom designed and created in Australia.

Geez; always with the serious.

To be fair; you made no attempt to clarify your interest in Cyber prior to the "unproductive opinions", so what do you expect?

"Show winning" is entirely subjective when you're referring to Auto Salon in the nineties; even back then, that stuff was bloody gaudy and awful.

The guys building those "show cars" were experts at putting lipstick on a pig.

Saying nothing of the designers; they were producing a product, and plenty of people bought it.

Not sure it's art per se; but it takes talent, no doubt.

Frankly never bought into adding tonnes of non functional fibreglass to any car; but again,

Good to see nothings changed lmao I have no interest in Cyber you ill informed door handle. I simply think it's great for the car scene generally to have kits and cars custom designed and created in Australia.

Oh gawd; are we back to this again?

I'll go & consult with my legal team before I post in your thread again... :rolleyes:

wheres the love button, they produced ugly as f**k cars in the 90s that were consider ugly even back then and if they haven't evolved, won't be around for long this time

You'd be surprised the direction they are taking. It's original new and refreshing. Check out the website. He wasn't about performance he was about automotive art. It has to be good that it's signalling that the modified far scene has a one-off customiser back in it. Everything has been quite boring for a while now in our scene. It isn't about whether you liked it or not. It was about did it get your attention and did you have an opinion on it. Comment can be critical as art is subjective :-)

You'd be surprised the direction they are taking. It's original new and refreshing. Check out the website. He wasn't about performance he was about automotive art. It has to be good that it's signalling that the modified far scene has a one-off customiser back in it. Everything has been quite boring for a while now in our scene. It isn't about whether you liked it or not. It was about did it get your attention and did you have an opinion on it. Comment can be critical as art is subjective :-)

Why are you so aggressive against people for having their opinion then?

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Why are you so aggressive against people for having their opinion then?

Daleo's a door handle - always has been

Dude you quoted above is a good guy - no issue. I was actually giving his comment merit.

Zebra's always a pretty good bloke - should stay away from his ex though.

And you - I have no idea. You seem to be mistaking annoyance at Daleo for me being aggressive.

Daleo's a door handle - always has been

Dude you quoted above is a good guy - no issue. I was actually giving his comment merit.

Zebra's always a pretty good bloke - should stay away from his ex though.

And you - I have no idea. You seem to be mistaking annoyance at Daleo for me being aggressive.

Yeah; we're old buds from waaaay back, I get nostalgic about your threats from yesteryear.

You obviously didn't read or weren't able to comprehend my previous post; because you actually echoed my comments regarding the subjectivity of art as a concept.

I have no interest in being part of your man orgy though; I like to stay out of the cockforest. ;)

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