Not much. None, really. Well,
total dollars paid, but all look alike.
“A few years back, I
attended a wedding where the bride and groom ordered an antique car to leave
for their honeymoon. It was a Studebaker, a 1940 Commander convertible. This
car was still fabulous, after all these years. We stood in a parking lot packed
with new models. No one cared about them. We were all obsessing about this old
Studebaker. It is rightly named: It commands attention. The shape makes it a
work of art. The hood looks like nothing made today. The red leather interior
is luxurious.
“We stood there in total admiration. We wondered about the gas
mileage. It can’t be more than today’s gigantic “light trucks,” but we all
agreed that paying more to drive something that cool would be worth it.
“Yet it’s not a choice. No manufacturer can make a car like this
anymore.”
Link at neverytmelted.com/
Yes, you would buy a
1930s-style car, but the only way to get one is to buy a real one.
Box cars are the fault
of government regulators. Gas mileage, pedestrian safety, passenger safety, driver safety -- Every government regulatory agency that can get into changing cars and trucks and highways has done so. We wound up with your car, my car, who knows?
But what about pistols
and Interstate highway exits? All pistols look alike. A Glock looks like a Beretta
looks like a Smith & Wesson. And, whatever exit you take from an
interstate, the intersections all look the same – convenience stores, car
washes, fast food places called “restaurants.”
Soon governments will
decide what we all should look like.
