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(Geoff Miller) wrote in message news

> > As to Buicks, they were long considered a 'nice' car, but
> > not show-offy like a Caddy.
> 
> That would be true across many demographics, not just among
> old people.  It's my observation that disproportionate numbers
> of old people drive Buicks. Back in the Seventies, that was
> more true of Chrysler products -- not just thrifty Valiants
> and Darts, which old people were certainly partial to, but 
> the full-sized models as well. 


Around here Suburus and Corollas seem to be the pokey old people's
vehicles of choice.  A handful of big tank cars but most seem to be
snowbirds who spend 8 months a year in Florida.



> I guess that reflected the tastes of an earlier generation of
> senior citizens.  Maybe when we get old we'll all be driving 
> BMWs and be doing 20 miles per hour below the speed limit in 
> the left lane with the blinker on, listening to "Dark Side Of
> the Moon" as we look *through* the steering wheel.

That's a scary thought.