One of the things I've been thinking about lately is what makes things cool. It's a lot like the current websites that are considered cool. I'm not on facebook, I don't use twitter, and I don't really understand the appeal of myspace with the kiddies (the pages are an eyesore, and filled with noise).
One of the cars I thought was ugly from it's inception is the Scion XB. 
Apparently for teenagers, this is the cool car. I really don't see the appeal, but this is what kids like these days.
In my day, this was the car most teens worshipped: the Lamborghini Countach. Sleek, beautiful, exotic, it was a car that none of us would probably ever own, but it was a dream car, and it was cool.
. Of course, my tastes definitely skewer towards the sleek and beautiful cars, as my current cool car is the Tesla Roadster.
It's fully electric, it goes 0 to 60 in 4 seconds, and it's wonderfully sleek. I want one. Eventually. But I've sat in the second prototype. It's really low to the ground, both inside and outside -- you are sitting on the floor, and I can't imagine this thing not getting scuffed up anytime there's a dip or a speed bump.
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