All for car recovery

Batman had his Batmobile and James Bond had his Aston Martin DBS, so what do you have?

Ever notice how cars are similar to their owners. You can almost pick out the personality of the main driver or the type of family that uses it when you see a car. It’s not only the make or the style but also the color; not only on the outside but also the interior.

Small men seem to pick large, fancy cars and big men seem to want small ones, especially fast sporty models. Young women want a bright colored one, even bright yellow, but older women usually settle for the blue or silver.

It used to be that there were few car manufacturers so when you looked around, you could usually tell every make and model. Things have changed and the world has been taken over with imports from Japan, Korea and now even China.

Granted there have always been the more expensive imported classy Mercedes, Rolls or Bentleys and of course, the imported sports cars from Italy, Germany, England and Italy, But the general public can not usually afford to drive those luxury automobiles. In the 30s and 40s in the states, the buying populace was left to choose between a Ford, one from General Motors or the third big company, Chrysler.

Also back then, there were fewer styles. You could buy a sedan, a coupe, a station wagon and even a convertible. Now you can buy a minivan, a full sized van, a two- or four-door car, a jeep, a hummer, a hatch back, and so forth. If you have a family you still might want a station wagon, but more likely a van of some sort, especially with four-wheel drive; even if you live where it never snows, you might just get caught in a rain storm and need to get out of a water filled gully or something.

If you are young and free of spirit, a sports car probably is to your liking for they go fast, are snappy looking and usually only hold two - say you and your girl friend or visa versa.

Not only are cars more popular now than ever and come in a variety of price ranges, the end result, at least in big cities, has been gridlock, traffic jams and lots of accidents. Therefore, as a side effect, insurance rates have risen. Another bad side effect is the amount of carbon dioxide they emit into the air even though there are strict emission regulations for new cars. We now have “the greenhouse effect” and that will probably affect us all in the future in some way.

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