http://www.ikelite.com/packards/big40.html
or, for the family man, the sedan:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2330843730010957762vuKWyI
Because it's tew kewl.
Doug, you'd have to pay a lot more for the garage than for the car. You probably could actually afford the car. It would take a bite out of the lil tyke's college fund, but, hey, there's always CCNY, right? ("My dad went to Yale and all I got was to ride in his lousy Porsche.") The garage space, though, now that's hedge fund money.
--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
>
> >From: Doug Henwood
> >
> Charles Brown wrote:
> >
> >> What are the fantastic sensations in driving
> these various cars ?
>
> Power, eros, risk.
>
> And:
>
> >From: Dwayne Monroe >It's not entirely unlike very
> good sex.
>
> Wow, does my mileage vary. Whatever model car I'm
> in, my automotive
> experience is the same: boredom, interspersed on
> long trips and congested
> Interstates with moments of claustrophobic terror.
> In fact, I credit the
> humongous traffic tie-ups of the NYC-Baltimore run
> with turning my lifelong
> dislike of confined spaces into a full-blown case of
> panic disorder. Way to
>
> go, Rt. 95!
>
> Carl
>
> ^^^^^^
>
> Since I asked the question I've been trying to
> "feel" if I get any
> fantastic sensations when I drive cars. I can't
> think of any imaginary ones,
> just the actual sights, smells , sounds and feels,
> most of which are in the
> surrounds, not the car itself. The music on the
> radio triggers my
> imagination in the ordinary way that music does.
> I'm thinking a car is
> similar to clothes for me. They are there around me,
> but I'm not much aware
> of them.
>
> There must be some way I suppress the sense of risk
> Doug mentions, because I
> know that auto accidents are a leading cause of
> death and serious injury ,
> but I don't feel scared when I drive. I don't feel
> power or strength because
> the physical power is all in the car not me. As to
> eros/sex, I've never felt
> it in relation to the car itself, just someone in
> the car.
>
> Charles
>
>
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