Volkswagen “Ugh” Ad
Posted: August 28th, 2009 | Author: CB | Filed under: random | Tags: class fisticuffs, ephemera, race matters | 1 Comment »
This is an awful picture of a Volkswagen.
It’s just not us.
We don’t go in much for trading bees or sales jamborees or assorted powwows.
Maybe it’s because we don’t quite understand the system.
We’ve never figured out why they run clearance sales on brand new cars.
If there are cars left over every year, why make so many in the first place?
And how come the price goes down, even though the cars are still brand new?
How does the poor guy who one last week feel about this week’s prices?
Imagine what a problem it must be to keep enough ports on hand when they’re always changing. And for the mechanic to keep track of what he’s doing.
It’s all very confusing.
Either we’re way behind the times. Or way ahead.
We were discussing this over brunch yesterday… planned obsolescence and the culture of waste…. I drive a 25 year old german car and want it to run forever…. a