Is it any wonder that people don't like sports cars with snarling, growling and nasty faces and prefer rounded, cute designs instead, asks matty_prior?
Those few with medical roles aside, pets have no discernible value. You don’t need them to get to work or to heat your food, they don’t pay the bills and they’re not going to cure hay fever. They just make their owners feel a bit better. That’s it. That’s all they do. Basically, they’re destructive yet pretty much pointless.
It’s hard to find any estimate of just how destructive, but one study put the environmental impact of a large dog at 2500kg of CO2 or equivalent per year . If true, that makes them at least as harmful but way less useful than the car that you absolutely need so you can go to work, the shop, the hospital or to care for other people. Yet it’s the car that cops all the flak and not the pet.
Go on, look at a puppy’s world-class floppy ears and big paws. Have a little squeeze of a cat’s toe beans and a stroke of its impossibly soft fur while it purrs. Melt at the way they look up at you with those big adoring eyes that say “yes, you’re my entire world”, or at least “Prior, I believe my next meal is due”.
Meanwhile, there’s a good chance that a sports car will make an angry, spiteful noise and have a snarling, growling and nasty front end – very much its face. Is it any wonder that people don’t like those as they pass loudly by when there’s an adorable golden cavapoo in the vicinity? Maybe the industry could learn a thing. Some Japanese cars, notably, used to have sweet faces, and I don’t find that people get irate over pretty classic cars. Perhaps if modern cars appeared less aggressive, shouted less and were cuter, they would get an easier ride. Cars: be more dog.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sam’s Film Room: Should the Seahawks trade down for Matt Corral?Video breakdown looking at Matt Corral, the quarterback out of Ole Miss, and his abilities as he enters the 2022 NFL Draft.
Read more »
Company car tax bands 2022/2023: everything you need to know | AutocarAutocar’s guide to the complicated world of benefit-in-kind tax, giving advice on what you will pay and why
Read more »
Why Shell's oils and fluids are still vital in an electric car | AutocarFuel giant’s latest technology shows how the electric switch will still mean a role for Big Oil
Read more »
Autocar magazine 13 April 2022: on sale now | AutocarIn this week's magazine, we drive the Aston Martin DBX 707, put the Volvo C40 Recharge through the Autocar road test, and run down what BTCC fans can expect as the UK's premier tin-top race series enters the hybrid era
Read more »
6 Key Facts About How Dogs ThinkHere's what you need to know to give your dog a long and satisfying life
Read more »