Only recently, 5 days ago at the time of writing this in fact, did I receive my license. After many hours spent driving with various people -- parents, friends and a particularly bizarre driving instructor named Hans -- and two driving tests did I finally lay my hands on a piece of paper that says I am legally allowed to drive without anyone else in the car, should I choose. Albeit, I do not, as of yet at least, have my own car, leaving me no other option than to seek permission to use one of my parents cars. As I said, I have only had my license for 5 days, but so far my parents have been fairly generous with how much freedom and usage of the car I have. This may of course change in the future, but as it stands at the moment, the car is free for my own personal use whenever it is not in use by either of my

And so, are cars simply machines used in getting us from point A to point B, or are they more than that? Obviously they are more than that, one develops a certain rapport with ones car, they become a small part of our identity for the most part. Where as cars serve as functional things, they also serve in both unifying people and making each person unique to a certain degree. They allow us to be part of a general group, the car driving community, but allow us to be unique to a certain degree by the millions of permutations and combinations available for cars these days. Standard cars are just blank canvases on which to grow, ready to be designed and personalized by each prospective driver.

And then we come to a question that cannot be overlooked, are we just avoiding our own impending and ultimate death by investing so much time, care and attention into our cars? Are we really just fending off our fears of death by investing in our cars? To a certain degree, given the proper care and attention, cars can be immortal creatures, they can be maintained forever. The age old question remains, can humans in all fairness, be compared to machines? Are cars just like babies? If one carefully looks at the facts, the similarities are astonishing. Both babies and cars are in need of constant care and attention, regular feedings or fill-ups and checkups, bathing, shelter from the elements. We seek reassurance that we will live forever, if not in person, then through our cars.

Has our view of cars changed within the past few decades? Could this change be attributed to the increase in styles, speeds, variations of cars? Within recent decades, in particular, cars have become status symbols. One can presume, correctly most of the tim

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