what would [pynchon] drive?

[joeallonby]

on 7/12/03 10:30 PM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:

> I think it would be fun for us to tell what kind of cars we drive. I see
> there's a psychology to it, but I wonder if there's a correlation between
> the degrees of our "fascistic disposition" and the "aggressiveness" of our
> vehicles.
> C'mon, I'll go first: Volvo stationwagon.
> 

International 4700 Diesel.

uhhh....and occasionally a Zipcar MiniCooper.

> Thanks, Doug, for the story:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,995669,00.html
> [   ] In addition to the Hummer, the war helped to launch a broader sports
> utility vehicle (SUV) craze. Psychiatrist Clotaire Rapaille, a consultant to
> the automobile industry, conducted studies of postwar consumer psyches for
> Chrysler and reported that Americans wanted "aggressive" cars. In interviews
> with Keith Bradsher, the former Detroit bureau chief for the New York Times,
> Rapaille discussed the results of his research. SUVs, he said, were
> "weapons" - "armoured cars for the battlefield" - that appealed to
> Americans' deepest fears of violence and crime. [   ]
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