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Photo by Muffy Aldrich
THE THING BEFORE PREPPY
Muffy Aldrich
Muffy Aldrich, Editor of Salt Water New England: The Thing Before Preppy, since 2010. And a 12th Generation New Englander.
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Email Muffy at editor@saltwaternewengland.com
Beautiful pictures of beautiful cars. Cars are no longer as elegant as they used to be
ReplyDeleteThey don’t make cars this good looking anymore
ReplyDeleteSuperb photography. And yes, today’s cars are no where near as distinctive looking as formerly. All the SUVs cross-overs what have you all look the same. Did you ever think the day would arrive when you can hardly tell the difference between a Porsche and Chevy? Everything is sacrificed on the altar of efficiency.
DeleteMy parents used to tell me that when I was a young child (1950’s!) I could identify each car make and model. Now that I am old, I can’t tell the difference between any of them.
DeleteLovely photographs, as always. I would add that, not only do so many cars look the same, they often have the same narrow color spectrum (bluish gray? grayish blue?). My last car was a fire engine red V-70. Loved it. After driving Volvos for years, I now drive a white Dodge Grand Caravan. I'm so ashamed.
DeleteThe "altar of efficiency" has many aspects, some of them insidious. New cars are laden with microchip technology, and unless you have all of the diagnostic tools that your dealer's mechanic has, there are very few repairs, or even aspects of routine maintenance, that you can perform yourself.
ReplyDeleteThe various true classics so beautifully captured here remind me of that most vexing question: Which? Some days I pine for another 2002, but gracious, that three liter coupe is attractive, and then one gets redirected to looking at 356s or XK anythings. Yikes!
Good one… “the altar of efficiency.” And it does have many aspects. Grocery store bar codes. Great for the store to track stock. Lousy for the customer who has to wait as the cashier picks up and swipes each individual item. Used to be, the bagger couldn’t keep pace with the cashier. I know, I did that job. We had to set up the bags in advance for a big order. As the order was “rung up” we struggled to fill the bags as fast as possible. The customers - cash - were checked out in a flash.
ReplyDeletePorsche... there is no substitute.
ReplyDeleteAmazing to drive but a bit tacky.
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