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The New York Times Doesn't Know What Car Culture Is
Jalopnik ^ | July 1, 2013 | Matt Hardigree

Posted on 07/01/2013 4:19:46 PM PDT by jjotto

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Cameras and radar. Black boxes. Road rage. High vehicle beltlines. Not enough fun anymore.
1 posted on 07/01/2013 4:19:46 PM PDT by jjotto
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I just bought a 1970 Olds HO 442 that is almost identical to the one I drove inverted over a barbed-wire fence in 1973.

That makes 7 drivable vehicles for me and I'm only one driver.

2 posted on 07/01/2013 4:25:29 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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I hate the Prius. They infest the CA freeways like mosquitoes at a Summer picnic. They’re boring.


3 posted on 07/01/2013 4:25:43 PM PDT by Signalman
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How in the world can your realistically expect the NYT to understand car culture?

The only way to get a parking place in NYC is to buy a car that’s in one.

Sorry, old joke. But really, cars are the least of a Manhattanite’s worries.


4 posted on 07/01/2013 4:26:06 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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New Yorkers are jealous of everything they can’t have. And there’s very little they can have.


5 posted on 07/01/2013 4:29:40 PM PDT by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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Price. Of. Gasoline.


6 posted on 07/01/2013 4:29:42 PM PDT by Paladin2
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7 posted on 07/01/2013 4:31:03 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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Free Parking is what made America great.

Where's one has to pay to park, it's likely a 'rat hell hole.

8 posted on 07/01/2013 4:31:16 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Plymouth Roadrunner. Pontiac GTO. Oldsmobile 442. Pontiac Firebird. Plymouth Cuda. AMC Javelin. AMC AMX. All gone.


9 posted on 07/01/2013 4:31:52 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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A “Related” story at the link shows the favorite new vehicles in each state. The Pious is indeed the Cali favorite.

Subaru Outback in Washington state. Flyover land mostly picks F150. NE surprisingly goes big for Tacomas.


10 posted on 07/01/2013 4:34:01 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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i see the stooopid ass knows as much about the car culture as he does the gun culture...
11 posted on 07/01/2013 4:34:38 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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the Times that is...
12 posted on 07/01/2013 4:35:11 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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Since I left the USSA, I have never needed or wanted a car.
Public transportation outside of the US is often as good as one could want. This is especially true in central Europe.


13 posted on 07/01/2013 4:36:02 PM PDT by AlexW
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hehe

I was wondering if Hardigree wasn’t slipping into ‘Cars Are For Rich People’ mode.


14 posted on 07/01/2013 4:36:51 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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I hate Prius drivers far more than I hate inanimate cars. Prius drivers sneer at everyone else like they’re the new priesthood of environazis but then when my family drives on I-80 what do we see? We see lots and lots of Prius drivers pulled over on the side of the road by Wyoming and Utah state troopers for SPEEDING!!!

Curious, what kind of mileage does a Prius get at 100mph?

(No, I really don’t care)

I just hate the hypocrisy of the people who own those cars to think they’re so much better than everyone else that it gives them a license to speed. Jerks.


15 posted on 07/01/2013 4:38:59 PM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
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Ten times the population density of the US makes a lot of things different.


16 posted on 07/01/2013 4:40:18 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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High vehicle beltlines.

Yeah, what's up with that? Must be a safety thing. My mid '80s BMW with its low beltline and tall greenhouse really stands out as being from another era, which is one reason I like it.

17 posted on 07/01/2013 4:44:17 PM PDT by Yardstick
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if the cost of a new car keep going up at the rate they are now, and with less and less people working, it may almost come to pass...
18 posted on 07/01/2013 4:46:02 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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I’m seriously considering a Land Rover just so I can stick my elbow out with the window down.


19 posted on 07/01/2013 4:47:26 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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20 posted on 07/01/2013 4:51:49 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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