# The Segway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150 "2006-05-10T00:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150/41 "2006-05-10T17:24:51Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] People in this country spend far too much time worrying about how cool they look. Many of these same people wore mullets in the '80s. That’s all I have to say about that. [/QUOTE] Certain things are fucking eternally cool. There are trends, lame fads like mullets and pastel colors and the Ray Charles-designed Chevy HHR, but there are certain things that are just archetypes of cool. James Dean with hair brushed back, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, in an American convertible sports car. Jazz. Black leather, tinted glasses, and motorcycles. A classy three-piece suit in dark solid colors. This shit never dies. Fads will come and fads will go - certain things stay cool forever. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150/42 "2006-05-10T17:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] People in this country spend far too much time worrying about how cool they look. Many of these same people wore mullets in the '80s. That’s all I have to say about that. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if we’re so excessive that way. There are one or two people here who often use words like “dorks” and “dweebs”, but that’s about it. (Actually I thought there was only one such person until I read this thread). ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150/43 "2006-05-10T18:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] This shit never dies. [/QUOTE] Right. For that, you need James Dean with a German sports car. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150/44 "2006-05-10T18:22:19Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] I’ll never, ever, ever understand people who buy brand new Ford Tauruses for 18,000 dollars when half of that could get you a used BMW or a vintage Mustang or a Jeep or something else that looked cool and made a statement. The Ford Taurus is a dowdy and boring car, why the hell would someone spend a fortune on one? Do you care that much about it being new? It’ll be dirty and smell like your laundry detergent or your cigarettes or your kids within a year. Mechanical problems? It’ll probably be dripping oil after 5,000 miles. Jesus, people, is the new car smell THAT intoxicating? [/QUOTE] Seems pretty obvious why people buy Tauruseses. Because they want a simple reliable reasonably roomy car that will give them probably 7-10 years of trouble-free operation. They don’t leak oil after 5,000 miles. $18,000 isn’t a fortune since most cars seem to be over $20,000 now, and if you wait until they’re a year or two old, you can easily get a Taurus for $12,000. A $9,000 BMW, vintage Mustang, or Jeep would likely involve quite a bit of maintainence. Maybe good for a second car for weekends, but not for daily use and transporting the kids to school or soccer practice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-segway/356150.md?page=2)