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Old 05-11-2016, 07:49 PM   #199
A. van Hooydonk
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Originally Posted by JST View Post
The stylists they talked to in the MT piece have an interesting perspective on this, basically saying that the Continental tire look for the front is calculated as a signal to show that something is missing--it's less about coming up with a pleasing, simple front end and more about telegraphing in a graphic way the absence of the grille.

It doesn't make it any less weird or homely, but I get the reason for it.
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Originally Posted by ZBB View Post
The thing is... the front is growing on me.

But it is possible Tesla modifies it -- they could very easily eliminate what I call the "duck lip" and JST called the Continental Tire look by just aligning the break line a bit lower. There's a thread over at TMC where someone photoshopped the front to do that, and it completely eliminates the negative aspect of the front...
It seems that the work of Mr. Bangle and myself is finally done now that our love children are employed and making waves.

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