I think Schreyer was the first one to jump ship. He basically helped all Hyundai group cars look attractive and unique inside and out. I know he is very instrumental in the company because I read somewhere that he was recently appointed the board of directors, the only non-Korean to be in the position. Car enthusiasts in South Korea basically worship him like Jesus because it helped put Hyundai on the map.
I also read somewhere Albert Biermann was upset with BMW bean-counters or what not and jumped ship when the offer came. Before Hyundai was looking at Biermann, they were actually trying hard to recruit Kazutoshi Mizuno of Nissan, the engineer behind most of RWD Nissan including the 350Z, Infiniti FX, V35 and of course R35. He declined, retired from Nissan and he is now an automotive journalist in Japan.
Do you think Hyundai would be praised as much today without their contribution? In other words, do you think Hyundai would still be producing "shitty cars"? Case in point, another South Korean automaker, which is much smaller and thus does not have financial and political leverage like chaebol Hyundai, Ssangyong, still produce the latter and is not well liked.
Why care?
Say what you will about the New Beetle, but it was an extremely important product in Volkswagen's lineup, and was one of the few cheap cars ever to garner universal praise on launch. Along with launching A4 architecture that would go on to underpin the seminal MK4 Golf and Jetta, this was also the car that kicked off the retro styling craze that persisted through the aughts. It also, you know, was the first successor in fifty years to the best selling and most recognizable car on the planet. Like it or not, in 1998, this car was a big deal, and they were everywhere.
Where'd they all go?
To scrapyards, next to all the Civics with the same snapped timing belts and the same slipping transmissions. Notably, they did not rust like the Civics did, and the mostly plastic body meant they could be kept rust free with ease, if you cared.
Who cares?
You'd be surprised; I know I was. I've always had enthusiast oriented, older, European executive cars. Nice cars. Rare cars. Cars I've put a lot of work into. If I were able to combine every comment and kind word I've heard about my cars over the years... it'd probably amount to a tenth of what I've heard about the Beetle. Everyone just adores this stupid little thing, and they're more than happy to tell me about it, because you're everybody's friend in a Beetle. It's bizarre.
To this day I am floored that no one has made fun of me, or called me gay, or anything else you might expect bombing around in a screaming bright green Barbie car. On one occasion outside of a coffee shop early in the morning, I heard a gruff, burly voice call out to me from a beat-ass Silverado:
> "Heyyy brother"
And I'm ready for it. This is the day the toxic masculinity from the Gilette commercial rears it's ugly head. I look, and he continues.
> "Fuckin' love your car brother! I got a white one, it's lifted!"
Everybody loves the Bug.
How did I end up in it?
I ended up in the do
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
Nothing, he was gladiator.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
