View Poll Results: The cosmetic plastic head covers in the engine bay. Do you like them or not?

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Jun 30, 2009 | 01:03 PM

fluffyninja

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From: Chester

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Trying to put an arguement together for keeping/removing them and would like a few opinions please.

Jun 30, 2009 | 01:06 PM

Dan Hale

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From: On the back wheel. . .

Pointless.

The people who'd open the bonnet and think "that looks nice" are the people who are least likely to ever open the bonnet.

Normal people on the other hand like to see an engine

Jun 30, 2009 | 01:18 PM

loftust

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They look 'tidy', but only in the sense that you can't see all the interesting bits...so they get the

from me.

Jun 30, 2009 | 01:20 PM

j8mie

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From: There's no i in toast!

I want to see chromed inlet manifolds and belts spinning about which can easily take the end of your finger off

I want be to able to appreciate an engine not a lump of plastic.

Jun 30, 2009 | 01:39 PM

Ultra_Nexus

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From: Frustration

A bit like breasts.

A nice set can be freed for all to see.

But sometimes they look better all "bra'ed" up

Jun 30, 2009 | 01:48 PM

fluffyninja

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From: Chester

Maybe a petrolhead forum isn't the best place to ask this question

However since I have a certain bias maybe it is

Jun 30, 2009 | 11:45 PM

MarkB

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Alfa V6 - that's how to make an engine bay look.

Petrolhead or not, the Alfa engine says 'special'.

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