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mrphAn admission...
I don't actually like modern cars very much. Well, ok, I may possibly enjoy driving them, but from a design point of view, they do nothing for me. Boxes on wheels, with a few curves. A few sports cars don't look so bad, and I'm oddly fond of taxis and some of the more distinctive 4x4s (which I wouldn't actually want to drive), but... nah.
On the other hand, show me an old car - ideally some sort of vintage tourer from the 20s - and a look of childish glee will appear. I'm still slightly fascinated by cars from a couple of decades each side of that time as well, but not in quite the same way. They don't seem to have quite the same "It looks great" and "I'd love to drive it" effect on me.
I know that current designs are safer, more practical, and far more advanced - but, well, vintage cars just look so much better. I may be living in the wrong century. :)
(I spent an hour wandering through the Transport Museum earlier today - does it show? :-)
I don't actually like modern cars very much. Well, ok, I may possibly enjoy driving them, but from a design point of view, they do nothing for me. Boxes on wheels, with a few curves. A few sports cars don't look so bad, and I'm oddly fond of taxis and some of the more distinctive 4x4s (which I wouldn't actually want to drive), but... nah.
On the other hand, show me an old car - ideally some sort of vintage tourer from the 20s - and a look of childish glee will appear. I'm still slightly fascinated by cars from a couple of decades each side of that time as well, but not in quite the same way. They don't seem to have quite the same "It looks great" and "I'd love to drive it" effect on me.
I know that current designs are safer, more practical, and far more advanced - but, well, vintage cars just look so much better. I may be living in the wrong century. :)
(I spent an hour wandering through the Transport Museum earlier today - does it show? :-)
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Date: 2008-10-04 08:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-05 09:10 am (UTC)If I could drive, I'd be selling my soul for a Morgan.