A credit to my parents (among many); they turned everything into a “teachable moment”. A new addition to my vocabulary came with a lesson on the root word, and whether it came from Latin, or French or Greek. A new song came with a quick history of Manchester 80′s New Wave, or Delta blues. My allowance was paid after chores and before a lesson on budgeting. A new car magazine had to be read and not just scanned through for pretty pictures.
And so came one of the lessons that ended up changing how I viewed the world. I was in my early teens, and had just discovered Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities, when my father suggested I read Paul Fussell’s Class. “It’s even got some car stuff in there; he talks about how people buy SUVs to look like they’re rich enough to have a country home. Just read it. You’ll like it.”
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cacon - Of course!
Thomas Kreutzer - These are such cool little trucklets and I have never seen one with this many options. If I were going to build a car, a Dodge Rampage would...
Thinkin... - DItto for Honda of America. I guess we should call them American too?
Scott_314 - Nice article, I wanted one of these bad when I was 19 and it was one of those cars that was almost reasonable for a 19 year old to...
racebeer - Just like NASC(rap)AR……
sunridge place - @carrya1911 That is not the same thing. The Accord and X5 are also sold in the US along with those exports. My example was for the Chevy Sail...
danio3834 - A Rampage Prospector!? Who knew such a thing existed? Although it’s hard to imagine anyone prospecting anything but a love seat in a Rampage.
racebeer - You missed it by one year … it’s a 1963. Been in the family since new!!!
Junebug - Hey Racebeer, is that a 1964 Dodge Polara?
AFX - How about a bathtub Nash instead ?. I wonder how this one would stack up against the junkyard Metropolitan in a drag race or on a road course ?. Maybe we...