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| So, What’s So Great About The Trabant nT Electric Car? | IAA Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:38 AM PDT
In the days when Ronnie was in the White House, penis envy ruled the superpowers' nuclear arms race and David Hasslehoff was the west's epitome of "cooool," one car kept communist Europe running… The Trabant. There was nothing this little runabout wouldn't do to be cheap. Its engine, a 600cc two stroke, would outperform your neighbour's lawnmower… just. The fuel tank was *in* the engine; to refuel you opened the hood and splashed petrol around right next to a red-hot carburetor. Even the bodywork was superior: the Trabant was made predominantly of plastic… it may not take an impact as well as metal, but at least is didn't rust! |
| Hummer Owners Take The High Ground, Defend Overconsumption With Patriotism Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:30 AM PDT
This debate has already taken so many faces, and been argued so many times, that I cannot hope to add much more to it. But I’ll try anyway. A new study published by the Journal of Consumer Research has found that many Hummer owners excuse their large, oft-unnecessary H1 and H2s by crying patriotism and quoting American ideals like individualism. So are Hummer owners the morally righteous in the debate of anti-consumerism versus over-consumption? |
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