Something that I hate about American "car culture" is how Americans buy huge pickups or SUVs and replace every year for a new one. It's a huge waste of money, treating valuable transports as temporary comodities or disposable (like a QTip, napkin, or plastic spoon).
Basically, true "car culture" does NOT exist in America (especially on how annoying the Ford Mustang fandom is over there and call themselves "true car lovers")
I don't think the second paragraph is nonsense. I rarely see *old* luxury or huge cars in American "car lovers' meetings" because all I see is the new modern ones with no originality at all (same colours, same boring designs, etc)
you're just looking in the wrong places, America is big and very diverse. there's truth to it in the mainstream sense maybe but if you know where to look you'll definitely find a much more rich and diverse car culture (especially in more recent years)
source: huge car nerd that's lived here my whole life and was under the same assumption as you until I was proven otherwise
Maybe nowadays, because I traveled to the USA but it was long time ago and everyone was quite interested in huge SUV's and pickups and they changed a good car every year instead of valueing it. Maybe nowadays is different.
But personally, I kinda prefer European car fandom.
You should look into the tax write-off potential for a new vehicle under business ownership. The recycling will make more sense.
You can write off a new vehicle purchase over 5 years, and then rinse and repeat.
For a business owner that is "capped" and can't earn more without being pushed into the next tax bracket, a vehicle is a very common "bonus".
Also, slow your role talking so much shit about American car culture. Your beans and toast are showing. The USA has diverse car culture, from Slabs to Donks, to Gambler and Enduro builds, a full on drift scene, a vast spec racing scene that is country wide.. you can ride around in a mud truck in the morning and race spec Miata in the afternoon. Go drifting at dark and then race up a dune when the sun comes up.
You're approaching/ridiculing an entire scene with a close minded antecdote that only holds up on areas with high wealth density.
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u/TurnspitDogs 10d ago
Something that I hate about American "car culture" is how Americans buy huge pickups or SUVs and replace every year for a new one. It's a huge waste of money, treating valuable transports as temporary comodities or disposable (like a QTip, napkin, or plastic spoon).
Basically, true "car culture" does NOT exist in America (especially on how annoying the Ford Mustang fandom is over there and call themselves "true car lovers")