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Originally Posted by P-hack
This was all emotional garbage, who in their right mind has an emotional attachment to a car?!?
"I have the most awesome @#@#$@ing hammer!!! you really don't want to sell your soul on one of those other inferior hammers!!"
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Plenty of people have emotional attachments to inanimate objects. I had many adventures in my Subaru, and even dreamed about the car after it was totaled and hauled off. There was a pair of shoes an ex GF had given me that I was sad to part with when I wore them out.
Objects help people to remember important events in their lives and provide a way to feel connected to the past.
That said, I agree with your point of how silly it is that people get caught up in the emotion of purchasing something that is primarily a tool.
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Originally Posted by brucey
When public transport is clearly the logical alternative to personal automobiles in every scientifically measurable way, why are cars sold or driven at all beyond the lobbying efforts of the auto industry and actions such as the GM Streetcar Conspiracy?
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Public transport is not clearly the logical alternative to personal vehicles. The U.S. is not Japan. What public transportation will pick me up from work at 1am, or take me to my parents house out in the countryside? How do I get into the mountains to go camping? Public transportation goes nowhere I'd want to go.