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A sad reason bridges aren’t just used for driving over
I would imagine that a goodly number of people who drive over the Mores Creek bridge in southwest Idaho are anticipating a happy time at the nearby Lucky Peak State Park. However, when trying to […]
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What would you think if it was 1965 and you could magically see this truck?
Our pictured truck may be unusually beefy, but jacked-up big pickups are quite common in rural parts of Washington state. As I was taking pictures of this recent-model Ram, I wondered: How would someone from […]
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Is ‘peak car’ being held off by lack of urban housing construction?
Daniel Knowles, the midwest correspondent for The Economist, grew up in the United Kingdom and as a reporter has traveled extensively around the world. So when he recently wrote a book about the automobile, he […]
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Bumper stickers about pets and kids can get really dorky
(UPDATED FROM 11/13/2020) It makes sense that parents — both of kids and pets — would stick with PG-rated bumper stickers. But why are they so dorky? The obsessiveness of pet parents is amply displayed in […]
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Auto history: A bastion of older white male privilege?
My perception is that there has been a fairly good gender balance at the auto shows I regularly attend at the LeMay Collections at Marymount. Thus, I wonder why so few women appear to participate […]
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You can drive your car to a uniquely American twist on Stonehenge
If you wanted to see Stonehenge but haven’t managed to fly to England, there is an alternative in the United States. Around a century ago philanthropist Sam Hill built a replica in a rural corner […]
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Some women just want to express themselves
(UPDATED FROM 10/9/2020) Cars plastered with bumper stickers are a relatively rare occurrence in western Washington state, but they are most likely to be found where college students frequent. When I started taking pictures of well-decorated cars, […]
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