Quite a bold blanket statement you've got there... Just because we ridicule it doesn't mean we don't understand it, and it certainly doesn't mean we're not smart. It's easy to understand the thought process of car show participants and judges, since they spout it all the time; more different = more good. It's EXTREMELY simple-minded, and in 99.9% of cases, utterly sophomoric.

Judges look for a car that stands out, and frankly, that's not always a good thing. Painting everything a contrasting color to make it an obnoxious eyesore isn't something that's above our comprehension, we just call it like we see it, which is an obnoxious eyesore, not, "custom" or "unique" or "heavily modded."