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| Subject: | Re: abingdon pillow |
| From: | David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com> |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:23:49 -0800 (PST) |
--- Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> wrote:
> I fail to see how you can consider a style of dashboard padding
> that was
> never seen before 1968 in any type of vehicle to be somehow "more
> in keeping
> with the aesthetics of a 1960s car" (especially one introduced in
> 1962) --
> it's simply beyond logic.
Here's an execrise in logic. If today Chevrolet introduced a new
Camaro with a vinyl top, one could rationally state that such a
car contained a styling anachronism that was more appropriate to
cars of an earlier age. Simpy the fact that the car was introduced
in 2005 would not make that observation illogical; in fact it
would demonstrate the anachronism that the observation is
meant to reflect. A styling faus pas does not make its
own correction non sequitir, it requires the very correction
itself. The fact that a US government regulation lead to the
reconsideration of the design is only marginally relevant.
Could the design have been better? Sure. Am I an irrational
idiot for believing that the design is better than the
1950s-style dashboard that it replaced? I'll leave that an
an exercise for the student. :-)
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