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The suburb of failed obscure European imports

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/04/2009

Being unem­ployed means that you pay atten­tion to useless noth­ing­ness while avoid­ing the actual task at hand, i.e. find­ing a job. So here I was, randomly Google Mapping the city of San Antonio, a place I don’t partic­u­larly care for, when I discovered a subdi­vi­sion who must have had a fairly massochistic master developer.  Or, like me, just a fan of under­dog European budget hatchbacks.

(For the record, it’s located off of Rittiman Road just west of Loop 410.)

It is a ..read more

Posted in Cultural Ephemera, Screenshots | Tagged alfa romeo, automobiles, brands, car, european, fiat, google, google maps, hillman, nostalgia, renault, retro, rootes, san antonio, texas | 2 Responses

If you are what you drive…

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/27/2009

Then you’re in the shop weekly, French designed by built in Wisconsin by angry AMC employ­ees, and 0–60 in 12 seconds!

Don’t get me wrong, I love Renaults, I really do, I just can’t think of a worse time in US history for them to have hit the domestic market.

Posted in video | Tagged 1983, ad, advert, advertisement, Americana, car, commercial, Cultural Ephemera, french, renault | Leave a response

Stickshifts as metaphor

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/21/2009

Does this look lonely? Because it is.

Posted in Austin, Photo | Tagged Austin, car, lonely, parking garage, Photo, south austin, texas

Blue barchetta

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/04/2009

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I am head­ing to San Antonio to visit some relat­ively distant …relat­ives.  To be more precise, Boerne.  I haven’t any clue what Boerne is like, only that it seems to be a rather conser­vat­ive escape conduit for upper-middle-class white people who feel the need to vacate San Antonio.  Either way, family is family, and I haven’t seen these folks in at least 5 years, maybe as long as 9 or 10 years.  That means I might shave my ..read more

Posted in Austin, Urbanity | Tagged car, convertible, driving, highways, san antonio, sweden, texas, urbanization | Leave a response

AM/PM

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/01/2009

AM:

PM:

Posted in Photo, texas | Tagged Austin, car, Mazda Miata, rain, sunset, texas, weather | Leave a response

Actual vehicle depicted

By Matthew Rutledge on 06/30/2009

Posted in Housekeeping, Photo | Tagged auto, car, convertible, mazda, Miata, photos | 1 Response

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