{"id":7790,"date":"2023-03-20T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2023-03-19T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T21:28:42","slug":"quibbles-bits-of-auto-and-planet-fidelity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2023\/03\/20\/quibbles-bits-of-auto-and-planet-fidelity\/","title":{"rendered":"QUIBBLES &#038; BITS: OF AUTO- AND PLANET-FIDELITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner_1.jpg&#8221; 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module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>A<\/span>UTO FIDELITY\u2014While most of us still won&#8217;t give up owning a car, our loyalty to particular brands is evaporating, according to a recent story in The Wall Street Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As more car makers roll out electric vehicles, they are discovering an important trait among early customers: They are far more apt to try new brands,&#8221; 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generally credited with inventing tools).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, consumers\u2014mostly men, mostly American, in the 1950s through 1970s\u2014tended to buy one particular brand of car and defiantly remain with it. But not my Dad. In the early 1960s, he bought a used 1961 AMC Rambler American, whose radiator was designed to overheat every 20 miles or whenever I borrowed the car to go on dates in high school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, I kind of loved that two-toned crate (beige with overripe-tangerine detailing) because another feature it had was a reclining, single front seat. You&#8217;ll recall I borrowed the car to go on dates in high school.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Pop got so fed up with the car that his next purchase, also used, was a 1967 Volkswagen. It was shutter-green and could have been a movie star if Walt Disney&#8217;s VW Herbie, the &#8220;love bug,&#8221; had a side-hustle as a forest ranger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This car had a quirky design element\u2014the trunk was in the front, the motor in the back\u2014but also one unmissed, <em>absent <\/em>ingredient: a radiator. It would overheat only if one drove it through the Ring of Fire at Barnum &amp; Bailey&#8217;s. Not even a common-nonsense high-school boy like me would do that. Not even if dared to by his date. Or so I like to think.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, my Dad had bought other cars before the Rambler and VW. One was a used 1951 Oldsmobile, also forest green, which featured an early version of GPS: a spherical compass mounted on the dashboard. This made us feel pretty space-age as a family.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The other one was a 1955 Milk-of-Magnesia-toned DeSoto Firedome, which had a Hemi V-8 engine and a speedometer indicating you could drive 100 miles per hour. Since this was before I was driving age, I had to keep asking my Dad when I was alone with him in the car if he&#8217;d just kind of &#8220;step on it and see what this baby can do.&#8221; He reminded me that &#8220;this baby&#8221; was in a parking lot at Sears and we wouldn&#8217;t be detouring through Le Mans on our way home.<\/p>\n<p>I always wanted him to save that car for me but the Rambler and VW succeeded it. 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You\u2019ll observe we\u2019re no longer fighting in Vietnam and that marijuana is legal in almost every state of the union.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re most welcome.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Amazon_Pet_Essentials.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Amazon_Pet_Essentials&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/36u0M1o&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon &#8211; Pet Essentials &#8211; Banner&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4315&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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