[DeTomaso] Hemmings

cengles at cox.net cengles at cox.net
Fri Apr 2 10:23:11 EDT 2010


Dear Goran, 

You're a Renaissance Man: Music, Motorsports Fabrication and Testing plus Automotive Sports Car psychoanalysis! Well said, sir. 

Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


---- hemipanter at hemipanter.se wrote:
> I've been thinking a lot on this reasoning for the cars, and I have
> the perception that this is a rather philosophical problem. Two examples ...
> 1.t
> A sports car sends out a variety of signals that "the owner is very
> masculine" "the owner is rich" "the owner is a boastful person" "the
> owner would like to pick women". Finally, perhaps a broad-minded person
> may be thought that the owner loves to drive, even in total isolation
> from others eyes. Whichever option it depends on the person who sees
> the sports car whiz by.
> 2.
> The owner of the sports car has the same thoughts about their environment
> and believe that his sports car ownership is seen from his own point of
> view by others.
>
> This means that we NEWER know what the situation is like when we are out
> there driving our cars. With this in mind, I think you will find it more
> justified with a more humble attitude to the situation because the real
> situation may be the total opposite to what we believe.
>
> Mike says...
> "Not if you were objective and professional. If you drove the
> car, with an open mind".
> G
> All of us would benefit from beeing more objective.
>
> Gary says...
> "I have never met an auto enthusiast
> not jaded by other cars or even their own car history".
> G
> That is because of we have not meet yet.
>
> Gary says...
> These cars become revered by their followers as "Anything else
> would be worthless to own"; albeit a Ferari, VW, MG or corvette.
> G
> Well, this is the thing in a nutshell. If we are not objective,
> honest and open minded we will tell others that we love sportscar
> driving when we in fact bought the car for other reasons that we
> dont really like to admit. Then the car become an icon fo our
> missing strength in personality, rather than a tool to be driven.
> Attacking a personal icon, is like attacking the person himself
> then, which is rather dangerous. And since the icon is part of
> the owner identity, IT CAN NOT BE REPLACED. Other cars are to
> worship false images of the owner.
> Goran
>
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