| Motoring: Ford Fiesta 03/12/2008 01:20. “ch brings me to our test Ford Fiesta: £15320. As an impecunious friend pointed out, you could get a massive new Skoda Superb for that, or indeed,” // Belfast Telegraph30/11/2008 07:08. The anti-car lobby can never win its argument until it begins to
understand that here in the West the car is not a tool. It is not a
white good. It is not an alternative to the bus or the train. We do
not buy cars like we buy dishwashers and toasters. It’s not a
decision made on cost or practicality and it certainly has nothing
to do with the environment. Otherwise everyone would have a Hyundai
Accent with a three-cylinder diesel engine. Or a bus pass. The reason we don’t is that cars, here, are status symbols,
they are penis substitutes, they are cherished members of the
family, they are heart-starters, they are art, they are sex, they
are glamorous, they are cool, they are something you probably
don’t need. But, my God, you want one so badly that it hurts.
Giving up your car is... // Times Online
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