By matthew on 2009/09/04
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. [...]
Posted in Cultural Ephemera, Screenshots Tagged alfa romeo, automobiles, brands, car, european, fiat, google, google maps, hillman, nostalgia, renault, retro, rootes, san antonio, texas
By matthew on 2009/07/27
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
By matthew on 2009/07/21
Does this look lonely? Because it is.
Posted in Austin, Photo Tagged Austin, car, lonely, parking garage, Photo, south austin, texas
By matthew on 2009/07/04
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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, [...]
Posted in Austin, Urbanity Tagged car, convertible, driving, highways, san antonio, sweden, texas, urbanization