I recognize appreciating cool machines, I really do. I’ve just never been able to wrap my head around being a car guy. Spending huge chunks of change on a car, consistently modifying it, watching car shows all the time. I just dont get it. What’s the big draw for you?
If cars could just be a hobby where I go to car shows and appreciate the effort people put into making old cars look nice, or drive around curvy back roads with the top down, or learn about the intricacies of ignition timing, they’d be great.
Everything wrong with cars is about how they are integrated into society at large. They should not be the default transportation option. They’re not a hobby at that point, but a mandate. The common NIMBY refrain against walkable/bikable infrastructure of “you’re taking away my freedom to drive a car” is pants on head stupid.
This seems to be an increasingly common sentiment among car enthusiasts. Being an enthusiast and agreeing that FuckCars has it 95% correct are not the mutually exclusive opinions they appear to be.
This. Can’t unser cars making cities worse. So much wasted space on parking, dangerous to other people, etc.
But I do kind of get vroom vroom machine fast and strong.