Later this afternoon I will be going to a cruise-in located in Greene County Ohio. I'll be driving my 1982 Mercedes 380 SL, a nice-looking car that honesty has taken way to much of my time and money. Why have I spent so much of my adult life working on, driving, and fixing old cars? This video powerfully explains why.
What I have done has been a long-standing act of returning to myself. It answers the need for something permanent in a world of planned obsolescence. My old cars - my 1971 Porsche 911, the Mercedes and a dream to acquire another 1959 MGA is a part of my autobiography. These vehicles meet a need I have for continuity and more.
The collector car is an anchor into time -- the world is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. But your old car slows time down to a comfortable, comprehensible, and manageable trajectory that we can find peace in.
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