Reply #31: Ashamed? [View All]

[charlie]

Pfft. Forget that, revel in your independence from fashion, your imperviousness to the opinions of your peers :)

My Dad bought a used Renault Dauphine in the mid-sixties as a second car. In Japan, of all places, back when Datsun and Toyota had reputations for turning out tin-stamped cheapjack rollerskates. I loved that car, much preferred it to the family stationwagon, a Mercury Comet. You didn't mindlessly glide to your destination, but were very aware of motion, the lay of the road. Each ride was a fresh experience, not some tedium to be endured between A and B. And the orange-lighted flags it deployed when hitting the turn signal were supremely cool.