Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Marnie and I were driving in my car on Van Ness (east) and on our right I see a 90(s) Saab 900 Cabrio in fair-to-good shape, with top up and obviously patched with industrial tape. The guy driving was in his 30's wearing a brownish earthy bananalandrepubliccrew hat and a button-up shirt. The old hat and repaired convertible top were in exactly the same condition. Probably bought the car and the hat in the same month. "You'll need a hat for a convertible because it will muss your hair." Thankfully, Marnie is persuaded to finally give someone a carma evaluation card. We even converse with the gentleman. He get's a 7 (We've given many 7s.) Why? We've come to realise is that we don't give low ratings because; 1. We tend not to notice boring cars and boring people, and 2. if we do, we're unlikely to tell them need a much better car or to improve their lifestyle for their car. Then there are those who drive the GMC Yukon/Chevy equivalent. They get 8s, 9s even simply because their lack of functioning brain tissue prevents them from doing anything that might expose to them to quality. Hence, even rich dumb people end up buying fully-optioned heavy-duty equipped and pinstriped pickup trucks with chrome wheels. However, we do not include in this category all the daddy macks who drive real slow in all-white Escalades with the system pounding.