As I have become older, I have realized what it is to be cool. ( Something I'm not .)
But what cool is ..is
confidence in yourself as many of you guys have mentioned.
I remember in high school the 'cool' kid that had an old junk car that barely ran and he would have to push it to get it started sometimes.
If i had the same car, things would have been totally different.
I would have been laughed at.
It was the way the guy carried himself. If you made fun of him, it didn't phase him.
I went through the period of having 'muscle cars' like the cool kids. It didn't work. I was just a geek with a cool car. ( a '69 Camaro )
I didn't have the attitude to match the car.
If you think about the title 'muscle car' versus 'economy car', it's just the way it is in real life - the guy that wants to show off his masculinity drives his 'muscle' car. And the poor fellow that can't afford anything else has his car labeled as an 'economy' car.
Even the styling reflects this. Think outside the box and think like an artist here :
Give the car a "face and a body" and you will see what i mean. Artist personify cars all the time this way :
Muscle Cars have large wide tires which appear like thick arms or broad fists - while economy cars have tiny, skinny tires much like skinny legs.
Wide tires make a car look powerful.
Small, skinny tires look weak.
Muscle cars have broad " shoulders " in the form of bulging fenders
Economy cars have rounded droopy shoulders.
Muscle cars have "mean" grilles and eyes ( the lights or the windshield )
Economy cars have tiny grilles that look like a puckering or sad face and sad or 'cute' faces.
Muscle cars have a small window area. This makes the car look as if it is squinting and looking mean.
Economy cars have a large glass area and high beltline. This gives the car a 'cute' look much like the way a cartoonist will give a girl large eyes to look cute.
Muscle cars are low to the ground and appear to be ready to pounce.
Economy cars appear to be on their tip toes and off balance. ( high ride height )
I wonder how many people have passed up buying 'economy' cars based on the fact that they are classed as '
economy' cars and therefore make them feel poor.
When i had my muscle cars years ago, I found out that if you wanted to attract attention from
guys, you drove a muscle car.
Girls wanted someone that had self esteem -
no matter the car.
In fact as my sister later told me, girls would rather drive home in a Toyota Corolla, because they know they guy was not going to wreck showing off.
It's not the car you drive but the attitude you carry eh ?
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