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lol lol lol Pods...oh, the capsule hotels, you mean :eusa_doh: lolFoofoogal said:I could not believe gasoline was sold by the liter in Scotland. Blew my mind.
This is somewhat to me the housing in Japan that people go to to sleep in pods. To the Japanese it is understandable but to us it is
Gasoline is sold by the liter here, too. Our roads are too narrow and winding and mountainous and crowded to accomodate big cars. Parking spaces are also a hassle with large cars. I drive a Honda Inspire (higher end of the Accord brand in the US) here, however, I wouldn't mind driving a larger car in the US, with your wide, flat, straight highways. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and my belief is that just about everything *native* to that country develops in accordance with the needs of the people living there, so, if it works there, fine. But neither do I expect many of them to work elsewhere.
Anyhow. American luxury cars were in a class by themselves, and symbolic in those days of *some day when I...* I thnk the demise of such cars, as well as the US auto companies, is distrubing to the rest of the world, not just Americans. Even here, driving a Caddy was a symbol of success, until, somewhere along the line, these *status* cars changed to European cars with Mercedes leading the pack. If only someone can do a good job of balancing those *American dreams* with the present day world's demands.