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When Cars Were Cars…Back in the Day When an Audi or a BMW Would Have Looked Simply Pathetic

Posted: October 8th, 2010 | No Comments »

Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to find out that I find today’s selection of cars in the showroom a little dreary. I’ll give you Bentley but the legions of BMWs, Mercedes and GM’s are, as far as I can see, designed for mediocre philistines with little sense of real of real style – the sort of cars men who have those constantly knocking ball things (Newton’s Cradles I believe they’re called) on their desk like.

Oh how different it was in 1941 when cars really were cars and Shanghai streets buzzed with more than a bunch of shitty BYDs and Buick Sails. How about a De Soto or a Chrysler – both with some seriously sleek lines and cars for men who know exactly what they’re capable of and don’t need a canary yellow sports car – remember that prick you saw in Shanghai or Beijing with a pink Lamborghini the other day wearing sunglasses in the rain? He doesn’t get the De Soto!

And a dealership in the Settlement and another in Frenchtown to save you the effort of going far to get one.



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