There’s a phenomenon in the automotive world that I like to call the Bobby Fallacy. It’s the inclination to rate speed as the most important quality to measure a car by.
The first data points we seek are horsepower, 0-60 times, top speeds, even the subtler stuff like skidpad tests are about going faster. I don’t mean to say that speed isn’t important. It’s fun and it’s easy to talk about—or at least it seems to be.
I just don’t think all of these data points really express the fullness of the joy that cars bring.
This short, quiet video hints at a little more of what’s lovely about driving. The surprise of wildlife, the beauty of the scenery, and the tactile joy of interacting with human ingenuity.
The car is a synecdoche for humanity. The cleverness, the love, the hate, and the cost of our hubris. But most of all the deep, dogged dedication to fun.
The first data points we seek are horsepower, 0-60 times, top speeds, even the subtler stuff like skidpad tests are about going faster. I don’t mean to say that speed isn’t important. It’s fun and it’s easy to talk about—or at least it seems to be.
I just don’t think all of these data points really express the fullness of the joy that cars bring.
This short, quiet video hints at a little more of what’s lovely about driving. The surprise of wildlife, the beauty of the scenery, and the tactile joy of interacting with human ingenuity.
The car is a synecdoche for humanity. The cleverness, the love, the hate, and the cost of our hubris. But most of all the deep, dogged dedication to fun.
