Minivans are perfect. Why do we hate them?
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Vanity also rules the world of cars. Which brings us to the Honda Odyssey, a brilliant vehicle with a single flaw: it’s a minivan. No vehicle genre has a less-sexy set of associations: soccer moms, middle age spread and parental obligation... [more; go to link http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/cheney/minivans-are-perfect-why-do-we-hate-them/article2181460/ ]
Few forces are more powerful than human vanity. We shape and recast the world around us in ways that enhance our image, as if we were jewels, and the world our setting: the society lady commands workers to construct a grand staircase where she can dramatically appear before her assembled guests; the general conquers continents so that they can be ruled in the fashion he prefers.
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Vanity also rules the world of cars. Which brings us to the Honda Odyssey, a brilliant vehicle with a single flaw: it’s a minivan. No vehicle genre has a less-sexy set of associations: soccer moms, middle age spread and parental obligation... [more; go to link http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/cheney/minivans-are-perfect-why-do-we-hate-them/article2181460/ ]
