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Originally Posted by jane_says
... I hate low riders. I hate big trucks with big tires. I hate rice burners. I hate car clubs. I hate stereo competitions. I hate it all. To me a car is simply transportation. I cannot understand all the bullshit that goes along with the "car culture".
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Properly noted are examples of misplaced intelligence. For example, the hood ornament once had purpose. It enabled the driver to open and refill a hot radiator. No longer required. So why is it still there to gore pedestrians? For the same reasons that some brag about the size of their penis?
What is the rear spoiler for? It does nothing because cars just dont go fast enough. But the mentally challenged among us think it is 'cool' to spend $400 just to have a chunk of plastic that obstructs rear view visibility.
Why mufflers that make a car sound like a low performance vehicle (ie Harley)? Again many fail to first learn facts. More noise means the engine now has less power to wheels. Lower gas mileage. And yet these fools actually 'feel' it creates more power. Why? They 'feel' it has more power because they feel the noise. Missionaries for the church of mental inferiority. They hear more noise. Therefore the car must be more powerful. One can only pity those financially poor perverts who have yet to learn how to think for themselves.
The same can be said of chrome, V-8 engines, SUVs that sit so high as to increase road fatalities by 11% (HumVees are not designed that way because HumVees are for the intelligent off road drivers), windshield wipers that use two blades per arm, and neon undercarriage lighting. Somehow style to no benefit is more important no matter what the cost.
I see some CA entrepenuer laughing all the way to the bank about making his first million on fools who spend everything on wide tires and chrome plated rims.
Yes it is rather interesting to see a monster truck - little body atop tires that are larger than the truck. Impressionistic art is also interesting when done right. However that is only for looks and shows. Why waste so much money on basic transportation when it does nothing but say, "I have no values?"
Well there are people who have no brain and no values. Just like the girl with a pierced face. It makes the "public" interesting and individualistic much like circus freak shows. I don't condemn them for trying something different - for learning by making mistakes. Its called fun - nothing more. As long as they realize that all fun - ie casino gambling - is about throwing money away just for fun. As long as it is fun and as long as they do have the disposable income to pay for that fun; not at the expense of a 1 year old child.