The Love Affair is Over???!!!
#1
11-18-2008, 02:10 AM
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The Love Affair is Over???!!!
Is the love affair with the automobile over? Say it ain't so! Well, I don't think it is...I wouldn't have my Monte Carlos otherwise.... But, the owner of a couple area car washes (1 in S Elgin; 1 in Elgin) seems to think so....
Eh, what?!
The full article is here:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/c...ASH_S1.article
SIDE NOTE #1:
I'm disappointed that South Elgin wants to do something else with the land because that is the car wash I most-frequent during the winter months. It has the shortest driveway/waiting area, so the shortest waits.... Though, if I get a winter beater, I won't have to worry about that so much...eh?
SIDE NOTE #2:
I'm a bit intrigued with the business itself; it might be an interesting opportunity....
Anyway ... do you agree with businessman Mark?
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[Mark Bohne] said he first noticed the beginning of the current economic decline in 2003 when gas was more than $2 a gallon. His car wash business was down about 3 to 5 percent that year and it's gone down every year since.
"Plus, the love affair with cars is over," he said.
"Plus, the love affair with cars is over," he said.
The full article is here:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/c...ASH_S1.article
SIDE NOTE #1:
I'm disappointed that South Elgin wants to do something else with the land because that is the car wash I most-frequent during the winter months. It has the shortest driveway/waiting area, so the shortest waits.... Though, if I get a winter beater, I won't have to worry about that so much...eh?
SIDE NOTE #2:
I'm a bit intrigued with the business itself; it might be an interesting opportunity....
Anyway ... do you agree with businessman Mark?
Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"All the water in the ocean couldn't put out the fire this time" ... Atlanta ... 'Atlanta Burned Again Last Night'
#2
11-18-2008, 07:45 AM
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RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
I agree the the love affair with cars is over for most. Not you or I. We drive beautiful cars which we take pride in. But what about those buy soulless econo boxes like Corolla's and Jetta's. These cars sell well, and it because their owners have no pride in their cars, accept the fuel mileage they get. To enjoy the best fuel mileage, they don't drive at all - with those sh*tboxes they won't enjoy it.
That's the thing with being hung up on mileage. You can't enjoy it. You can't say "Where can drive my car today to save gas?" The love affair becomes not driving.
Me... I say F 'em! It's only money! I drive 2 superdcharged cars and a Bronco. I enjoy driving them and could care less if the ******** beside me gets 30mpg in his Kia. He'll just be a specs in the mirror in a few seconds and I'll have my love affair.
That's the thing with being hung up on mileage. You can't enjoy it. You can't say "Where can drive my car today to save gas?" The love affair becomes not driving.
Me... I say F 'em! It's only money! I drive 2 superdcharged cars and a Bronco. I enjoy driving them and could care less if the ******** beside me gets 30mpg in his Kia. He'll just be a specs in the mirror in a few seconds and I'll have my love affair.
#4
11-18-2008, 02:31 PM
RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
ORIGINAL: JuniorCar
I agree the the love affair with cars is over for most. Not you or I. We drive beautiful cars which we take pride in. But what about those buy soulless econo boxes like Corolla's and Jetta's. These cars sell well, and it because their owners have no pride in their cars, accept the fuel mileage they get. To enjoy the best fuel mileage, they don't drive at all - with those sh*tboxes they won't enjoy it.
That's the thing with being hung up on mileage. You can't enjoy it. You can't say "Where can drive my car today to save gas?" The love affair becomes not driving.
Me... I say F 'em! It's only money! I drive 2 superdcharged cars and a Bronco. I enjoy driving them and could care less if the ******** beside me gets 30mpg in his Kia. He'll just be a specs in the mirror in a few seconds and I'll have my love affair.
I agree the the love affair with cars is over for most. Not you or I. We drive beautiful cars which we take pride in. But what about those buy soulless econo boxes like Corolla's and Jetta's. These cars sell well, and it because their owners have no pride in their cars, accept the fuel mileage they get. To enjoy the best fuel mileage, they don't drive at all - with those sh*tboxes they won't enjoy it.
That's the thing with being hung up on mileage. You can't enjoy it. You can't say "Where can drive my car today to save gas?" The love affair becomes not driving.
Me... I say F 'em! It's only money! I drive 2 superdcharged cars and a Bronco. I enjoy driving them and could care less if the ******** beside me gets 30mpg in his Kia. He'll just be a specs in the mirror in a few seconds and I'll have my love affair.
But yeah, why care about mileage if it's not a car that you actually enjoy driving?
#5
11-20-2008, 02:08 AM
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RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
ORIGINAL: manny
what JUNIORCAR said thats good enough for me
what JUNIORCAR said thats good enough for me
Summed it up very nicely
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#6
11-20-2008, 07:01 PM
RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
I don't know about that love affair thing being over. The economy has interrupted this affair, but we THRIVE on automobiles! Not everyone, but once you get the bug, you're HOOKED! My wife, LadyT as an example. Always drove, and still does drive a truck. 99 Z71 Sportside. 195k and still a nice truck. So I bought her the 07 Solstice GXP for Christmas last year. COMPLETE metamorphosis! Now she even looks forward to car shows, meets and runs! Besides, a 2800 lb roadster with 350 hp, that get 26 mpg all day long, EASY to have an automobile love affair when you drive cars with BOOST! YA BOOST!
#7
11-20-2008, 09:32 PM
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RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
Ill always love my cars, hell i spent hours sitting in my old pontiac just thinking. Now i drive my car everywhere, and i would have got it even if it didnt get 30 mpg, i actually thought it got 20 till i was driving it home hehe. I washed it every night for the first few weeks but now it gets really dirty and with frost once a week. If you buy a prius for the mileage, have fun with that, because while your not saving any money with the extra dough you caughed up for the mileage, im having a blast.
#9
11-21-2008, 08:00 PM
RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
i think that the "love affair" of the car is over. yes. but that is only for those who dont know. the people who are the "american dream" i think is were the love affair has ended.
then theres me: my list of priorities:
1: WORK(eating, sleeping, basic needs)
2: CAR
3: FEMALES
4: SCHOOL
were as the "american dream would have it more like this:
1: FAMILY
2: WORK
3: FRIENDS (relationships)
4: now adays keeping that damn house (sorry to those who have lost it)
then theres me: my list of priorities:
1: WORK(eating, sleeping, basic needs)
2: CAR
3: FEMALES
4: SCHOOL
were as the "american dream would have it more like this:
1: FAMILY
2: WORK
3: FRIENDS (relationships)
4: now adays keeping that damn house (sorry to those who have lost it)
#10
11-22-2008, 01:25 AM
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RE: The Love Affair is Over???!!!
ORIGINAL: RocknSS04
I don't know about that love affair thing being over. The economy has interrupted this affair, but we THRIVE on automobiles! Not everyone, but once you get the bug, you're HOOKED!
I don't know about that love affair thing being over. The economy has interrupted this affair, but we THRIVE on automobiles! Not everyone, but once you get the bug, you're HOOKED!
I've been hooked since I was a kid ... way before I could drive
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