cake and eat it, too

[Pottree@domain.elided]

We want to have new parts for exotic cars that haven't been cobbled up by old 
world craftsmen for 30 or 40 years sitting on suppliers' shelves waiting for 
us to decide to place an order,.and we want them right away...

We want to have a unique, top-quality car that is at least the equal of 
anything on the road and probably its superior, and we want it to be crafted 
from expensively cast rare metals and worked with exquisite precision; we 
want it to function flawlessly for an indefinite period of time, and we 
expect it will be sold worldwide for less than the price as a Daewoo...

We want the company that builds these cars to be able to stay afloat without 
having the money to advertise them because they are so good everyone will 
want them by osmotic action, yet they will still be so rare that they will 
turn heads where ever they are driven...

We want them, of course, to be spectacularly cheap to buy, run, and insure 
and at the same time return an astronomical profit that will keep our 
favorite manufacturer in business to satisfy our whims for years to come...

We want them to conquer the track and lend a sense of boy racer excitement to 
mundane commuting, with reliable air conditioning...

We want them to last just about forever but still somehow keep their maker 
solvent by selling more of them, as long as no one else is seen to use one...

We want them to be as different as possible from what is commonly available 
yet at the same time conform to all the required national laws that would 
permit their sale...

We want them to be fire-breathing power monsters than cost mere pennies to 
insure...

We want to laugh and sneer at the Porsche and BMW and Jaguar crowd and their 
pitiful excuses on wheels and also are the cheapest buyers on the planet...

WHO ARE WE?

Charlie
LA, CA, USA

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