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I simply don't get the decisions people make aesthetically when it comes to certain cars. This refers to everyone: designers, big wigs, consumers. I don't get how people would spend the money on the PT Cruiser, the Prowler, the Asstek, the Honda Element, those box things that I think Mercedes and Nissan are making (they're not "boxy"; they're boxes), the Mustang from about 1980 to 2002 or so, etc.
What I don't get is why spend the money on these options when there are other perfectly okay-looking competitive models? I don't get how people think these cars look good. Okay, I was a bit harsh on the Mustang and the Element, but still....
If I ever get around to buying my first car, there's no way I'm going to spend the money on something that, for whatever reason, is trying not to look like a car. Mind you, the look of the car won't be the top priority, but I would have to look at the thing time and again, right?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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