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- Know-it-all about German men is almost unbearable
- The Americans are crazy about tuned golf carts
- My new car was ridiculed as a "hairdresser’s car"
- The mysterious yellow sports car
Know-it-all about German men is almost unbearable
The auto know-it-all, a nasty species
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Why does anyone who has ever sat in a 15-year-old cheap car thinks they can have a say in car discussions? German men in particular consider themselves great experts.
E.t will never cease to be astonishing that even the worst driver in the most boring rattle box feels called to add his mustard to the topic of automobiles.
Sex and cars – these have always been the two topics in which at least men are all real experts. It doesn’t matter whether you are really a virgin or have never had a real sports car in your life or drove a luxury sedan; nobody has a better idea than the one who is speaking.
But while when it comes to sex it is easy to smile at you if you emphasize your ignorance too much, when it comes to cars, it is perfectly okay not to know what you are talking about. The main thing is to have an opinion. Yes, it is no coincidence that this is reminiscent of politics and football.
The Americans are crazy about tuned golf carts
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Golf carts are usually not exactly the automotive fulfillment, unless they are based on icons like a Ferrari Enzo.
Source: Manufacturer
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Tuned golf carts have been all the rage for several years, but you shouldn’t drive them on public roads in Germany – in contrast to the USA and the Ve…cleaned Arab Emirates.
Source: Manufacturer
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With all the boring cream-colored golf carts you do with a shrunken Mustang or …
Source: Manufacturer
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… or a Shelby Cobra.
Source: Manufacturer
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The miniature version of a ’56 Ford pick-up is also stylish.
Source: Manufacturer
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The parquet flooring is actually much too good to put golf clubs on.
Source: Manufacturer
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If you drive up in a small Ford F-150 Raptor, you should be considered a fearful opponent on and next to the green.
Source: Manufacturer
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And who is not a real Bentley or …
Source: Manufacturer
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… Rolls-Royce should have a look at the golf cart tuners at Caddyshack or Luxury Cars.
Source: Manufacturer
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There you can get a shrunk luxury vehicle from $ 17,000. But there are also dealers who specialize in used copies.
Source: Manufacturer
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Golf carts with a star on the radiator grille are often seen in the USA, but now they have …
Source: Manufacturer
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… Mercedes also designed its own copy, which has inherited much of the big cars from Stuttgart.
Source: Manufacturer
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For example, there is a dashboard with an integrated touchscreen. Functions such as range, power consumption, speed or the F…Read off the parking brake function.
Source: Manufacturer
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However, it has not yet been finally decided whether the prototype designed by Mercedes chief designer Gorden Wagener will go into series production.
Source: Manufacturer
In fairness it has to be said that there is an important perceptual difference between men and women. A majority of people think it is perfectly fine when a woman says straightforwardly that she is simply not interested in cars and therefore has no idea about them. This doesn’t affect their social standing or their intellectual attraction in the slightest.
On the other hand, it is different with men. Of course, there are also quite a few here who are not really interested in cars, which at least I personally have no problems with. Or would have, because the sex comrades in question never admit this and would probably not stop even after such a "confession" to text me in the most unpleasant way.
If you don’t have to be instructed about super sports cars, which the respective speaker has of course never driven personally, you have to listen to the even more boring justification about why the four-wheeled cucumber of the unpleasant preacher is the best, because "most sensible" automotive choice ever.
My new car was ridiculed as a "hairdresser’s car"
When nothing works anymore and the faces are already the color of turkey necks, the luckily infinitely flexible topic of the environment is dug out of the moth box. And that by people who usually miss the same environment when it comes to buying furniture, discount food or a vacation trip.
As an example, I remember two experiences that occurred in quick succession, which were connected with my six-cylinder convertible, which was new at the time, albeit a second-hand one.
In the Rhineland, where gossip and popular speeches that no-one-wants-to-hear-hold are extremely demanding sports, this beautiful vehicle encountered absolute incomprehension among several of my friends. Which, as always when the cognitive dissonance gets too strong, led to funny verbal effusions.
The mysterious yellow sports car
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Dieter Castenow, 55, from Ratingen near Dusseldorf drives an extremely eye-catching sports car with a double-door bonnet. Most …
Source: Stefan Anker
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… do not immediately guess that this is a DeTomaso Mangusta. The 1966 …
Source: Stefan Anker
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… The built car is constructed according to the mid-engine principle (engine in front of the rear axle), which can also be seen from the ventilation slots in front of the rear wheel.
Source: Stefan Anker
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The idea, design, chassis and body came from the Italians, but the Germans from ZF supplied the transmission. and …
Source: Stefan Anker
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… It’s no secret that the 305 hp 4.7-liter V8 comes from Ford: In addition to the DeTomaso lettering, the Ford logo can be found under the hoods, here lin…ks in the picture.
Source: Stefan Anker
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In the interior, too, everything is typically Italian: but also clear lines …
Source: Stefan Anker
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… lots of little switches to play with. These are especially fun.
Source: Stefan Anker
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Dieter Castenow fits well with his 1.76 meters in the tightly cut DeTomaso Mangusta, the …
Source: Stefan Anker
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… with a roof height of just 1.10 meters, it is one of the flattest closed cars ever.
Source: Stefan Anker
The first time I stopped just in front of an office community to pick something up, whereupon, as soon as the door was closed, I had to hear that my new car was a real “hairdresser’s car”. A “criticism” I received considering the fact that the man in question recently became a Renault Kangaroo himself had grown, of course went particularly close.
A few days later I was at a backyard barbecue afternoon, where a few graphic designers and architects with a more left-wing alternative immediately complained about my choice of automobile without my asking for their opinion. Do I have to mention that the spokesman drove an ancient Golf?
There remains one helpful tip for young petrolheads: Don’t take anything personally, always smile nicely and stroll over to the women at the first opportunity.
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