>"Does anybody know the origin of the claim that "America is engaged in a
>love affair with the car"?
>
>more like a shotgun wedding...little if any choice of lovers , except
>for color-style variations, which are based on bankroll...most of us
>are in cars for the same reason we used to be on horses, or walk, or
>take public transit...that's what's available, no more no less...though
>some certainly like to clean the car, paint it, or soup it up, but that
>is no more love than showering before going to work implies a love
>affair with markets...
So it's a utilitarian impulse that has people buying new cars before the loan on the old one is paid off, eh?