Nobody understands why car shows don’t happen in the winter. Maybe it’s the softening of our resilience as a culture and now we’re so coddled and fragile the idea of standing outside, in some converted parking lot or requisitioned city street, staring at a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo in high-gloss black metallic at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 12th - when the forecast calls for dense fog and a high of 41-degrees - is now unbearable.
A: In the 50's during the height of nuclear threat and annihilation, car companies focused on distraction and the illusion of power/control and protection with massive cars with the delusion of futuristic design and concept models. All of which provided an escape for consumers to avoid out of control and futureless aspects of national headlines (nuke war with USSR, fear of nuclear tech, etc.)>
B: The gathering of dudes reminded me of whenever I would work on my car growing up, it would somehow attract every bored dude on the block, with a beer in hand, observing and offering "suggestions" comparable to backseat driving with the occasional "hold my beer" comment.
C: Midlife crisis analogy of women going 'health/wellness' crazy. Funny shit dude.
Great read! Laughed out loud in the subway :)
Thank you...Oh good that makes my day!
Great read. Reminds me of several subjects:
A: In the 50's during the height of nuclear threat and annihilation, car companies focused on distraction and the illusion of power/control and protection with massive cars with the delusion of futuristic design and concept models. All of which provided an escape for consumers to avoid out of control and futureless aspects of national headlines (nuke war with USSR, fear of nuclear tech, etc.)>
B: The gathering of dudes reminded me of whenever I would work on my car growing up, it would somehow attract every bored dude on the block, with a beer in hand, observing and offering "suggestions" comparable to backseat driving with the occasional "hold my beer" comment.
C: Midlife crisis analogy of women going 'health/wellness' crazy. Funny shit dude.
Thanks a bunch! Funny indeed.