Me, Myself and Hurricane Irene

Fat Freddy wrote:

It does have a pretty bad-ass stereo, I'll give it that much....

That's all that matters...

This car is soooo much like something like from a BarbaPapa cartoon, or maybe something you would create out of PlayDoh.

(Yes, I do like it!)

mlotek wrote:

This car is soooo much like something like from a BarbaPapa cartoon, or maybe something you would create out of PlayDoh.

(Yes, I do like it!)

take off the top and it looks like my daughters Barbie Dream car circa 1970.

You guys are brutal.

When I got the Cube home I read some reviews of it online and many of them point out the many weirdnesses of the design. The best one I read sums it up thusly:

At its core, the Cube is a compact hatchback with a low price, a generous amount of passenger space and a fuel-efficient engine. To fully appreciate these talents, though, you first have to appreciate the Cube's unusual character. Such boxy and quirky cars are all the rage in Japan. However, the Cube is so boxy and so quirky that it almost seems like a Japanese caricature -- the car equivalent of a ninja dressed in Hello Kitty pajamas riding on the back of a robot Godzilla.

make your new car has one of these:

I always thought the Cube looked like a refridgerator on wheels. Looks better than a smart car though.

My band's guitarist has a Cube! He loves it, and I kind of do too xD
It's very comfortable, has surprisingly good carrying capacity, and also has a good stereo. I used to mock it whenever he'd show up in it, now I only do that once or twice a week

My god, that thing looks horrid! haha!

the good news is that hurricane katia may grace the east coast by friday...

Drove The Cube to work for the first time today... not a bad ride, though it definitely could use a bit more power/pep when going uphill. It handled fine in the rainy weather.

It is a lot lower to the ground than I'm used to, though, which made me VERY aware of every crack and bump in the road. From that, I would imagine that this thing would not do very well in snow if it was more than a few inches deep. Fortunately it's early September and I only have this thing for a week, so I sincerely doubt I'll be finding out about that first hand.

You do get noticed when you drive this thing, though. Over the long weekend I drove it around town quite a bit and every time I stopped @ a red light or parked it in a lot I could see people looking at it. I would hope they were merely wondering "What the heck is that thing?" but more than likely it was something along the lines of "What's that big dude doing driving that silly looking little car?"

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

DallasBlack wrote:

I always thought the Cube looked like a refridgerator on wheels.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

Keep the comparisons coming, fellas. I plan on writing a HubPages entry at the end of the week detailing my experiences with this weird little car and I could probably use some of these in it.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

its a sixpack on wheels...

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

its a sixpack on wheels...

Trust me, this thing has a multitude of cup/drink holders. There are two on each end of the dash board (a large one for coffee cups and a smaller one for water bottles), two in the center console, and a couple in the back for the back seat passengers. It can hold way more than a six pack!

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

its a sixpack on wheels...

Trust me, this thing has a multitude of cup/drink holders. There are two on each end of the dash board (a large one for coffee cups and a smaller one for water bottles), two in the center console, and a couple in the back for the back seat passengers. It can hold way more than a six pack!

a super gulp?

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It reminds me of a tissue box with wheels.

its a sixpack on wheels...

Trust me, this thing has a multitude of cup/drink holders. There are two on each end of the dash board (a large one for coffee cups and a smaller one for water bottles), two in the center console, and a couple in the back for the back seat passengers. It can hold way more than a six pack!

a super gulp?

If you kept a drink in every cup holder in this vehicle, you'd never get anywhere, cuz you'd be stopping to pee every five miles.

Fat Freddy wrote:

You do get noticed when you drive this thing, though. Over the long weekend I drove it around town quite a bit and every time I stopped @ a red light or parked it in a lot I could see people looking at it. I would hope they were merely wondering "What the heck is that thing?" but more than likely it was something along the lines of "What's that big dude doing driving that silly looking little car?"

You only noticed this, because the Cube is like 67.8% windows or windas (like they say in Indiana). The Cube is the 70's version of the Pacer, which was about 77.2% windows

metalinmyveins wrote:

You only noticed this, because the Cube is like 67.8% windows or windas (like they say in Indiana). The Cube is the 70's version of the Pacer, which was about 77.2% windows

Yeah, it does kinda feel like you're driving in a fishbowl. On the other hand, with all those big windows, there aren't any blind spots!

Looks like a space age washing machine. Or the lunar Uranus rover.

Fat Freddy wrote:

metalinmyveins wrote:

You only noticed this, because the Cube is like 67.8% windows or windas (like they say in Indiana). The Cube is the 70's version of the Pacer, which was about 77.2% windows

Yeah, it does kinda feel like you're driving in a fishbowl. On the other hand, with all those big windows, there aren't any blind spots!

That is definitely a good thing. Congrats by the way on not having to invest in a brand new furnace and water heater. If you ever need a water heater in years to come, DO NOT get one at Lowes!!! My brother had to just replace the one that he and his wife got 18 months ago. I think the only carry one brand, and that particular model is made by Whirlpool. Not only that, but Lowes makes you bring back the old one. My brother said it was nearly impossible to drain, as it leaked all the way down the road (as he took it back in his friend's pickup). My brother did not feel at all bad, as the piece of crap leaked all the way into the store.

metalinmyveins wrote:

Congrats by the way on not having to invest in a brand new furnace and water heater.

Yeah, we dodged a bullet with that one. The guy who came to look @ it told us we were extremely lucky, if the water had been an inch or two higher we would've been completely screwed. The only thing that got wet on the furnace was the bottom of the cabinet, none of the electronics inside. (*WHEW*)

Fat Freddy wrote:

metalinmyveins wrote:

Congrats by the way on not having to invest in a brand new furnace and water heater.

Yeah, we dodged a bullet with that one. The guy who came to look @ it told us we were extremely lucky, if the water had been an inch or two higher we would've been completely screwed. The only thing that got wet on the furnace was the bottom of the cabinet, none of the electronics inside. (*WHEW*)

you really did. It is no fun having to have it replaced.

Turned my experience with the Nissan Cube into a new Hub article...

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/My-Nissan-Cube-Experience

We got lucky here mostly wind hardly any rain but I woke up Sunday morning to no power and it came back only on Friday it was a very long 5 days not to mention I got alot of reading in lol

Mother Nature is apparently not done f**king with my life yet. We've been having heavy rain for the past 18 hours or so and my cellar is taking on water again. Nowhere near as much as LAST weekend, thankfully, just a couple of inches' worth, but damn, Universe, go pick on somebody else for a while, for cryin' out loud....