I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era conceived with passion by unknown artists and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive he was impressed at my natural talent for driving not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mothers car around the neighborhood. When I took the test and got my license and my father gave me my own set of keys to the car one night at dinner it was a major rite of passage for him and my mother. Their perception of me had changed and was formally acknowledged. For me the occasion meant a private sanction to do in public what I had already been doing in secret.
The marvels of modern technology include the development of a soda can which when discarded will last forever and a $17000 car which when properly cared for will rust out in two or three years.
Take most people they are crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them they are always talking about have many miles they get to a gallon and if they get a brand new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that is even newer. I do not even like old cars…. Id rather have a horse. A horse is at least human for Gods sake.
Cameron: The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love it is his passion… Ferris: … it?s his fault he didnt lock the garage.
You know somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen it said Parking Fine.
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era conceived with passion by unknown artists and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
PEDESTRIAN n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.
Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But dont be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.
People can have the Model T in any colour so long as its black.
When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive he was impressed at my natural talent for driving not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mothers car around the neighborhood. When I took the test and got my license and my father gave me my own set of keys to the car one night at dinner it was a major rite of passage for him and my mother. Their perception of me had changed and was formally acknowledged. For me the occasion meant a private sanction to do in public what I had already been doing in secret.
The marvels of modern technology include the development of a soda can which when discarded will last forever and a $17000 car which when properly cared for will rust out in two or three years.
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end it would probably be Labor Day weekend.
The car has become a secular sanctuary for the individual his shrine to himself his mobile Walden Pond.
THe car has become the caraspace the protective and aggressive shell of urban and suburban man.
Take most people they are crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them they are always talking about have many miles they get to a gallon and if they get a brand new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that is even newer. I do not even like old cars…. Id rather have a horse. A horse is at least human for Gods sake.
A tree never hits an automobile except in self?defense.
Everything in life is somewhere else and you get there in a car.
If you think nobody cares if youre alive try missing a couple of car payments.
If you think nobody cares about you try missing a couple of payments.
Cameron: The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love it is his passion… Ferris: … it?s his fault he didnt lock the garage.
A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense.