Why Do We Love Cars?

Are cars just machines used for getting from point A to point B, or are they more than that? Do they serve as status symbols within our society, or is society less vain than that and just view cars as a means of getting from one point to another? Were cars originally just a bunch of mechanical parts put together that have now assumed personalities and places in society that we would never have imagined …

…as functional things, they also serve in both unifying people and making each person unique to a certain degree. They allow us to be part of a general group, the car driving community, but allow us to be unique to a certain degree by the millions of permutations and combinations available for cars these days. Standard cars are just blank canvases on which to grow, ready to be designed and personalized by each prospective driver.