solarpunk memes

I like things with history thus I‘d never modify something I consider vintage, as long as I can keep it working in its original condition. And for any modifications that go beyond swapping the radio or the wheels, I don’t have the know how anyways. And if I‘d have to pay someone for modifications I could just invest that money into a better car that doesn’t need modifications.

Also, I’m German, so a lot of the 20-40 year old cars you can still get probably have better efficiency than most US cars of the same age. A 30 year old VW Golf doesn’t need much more fuel than a modern one.

For analog music it’s similar to photography for me. It’s about the limits. The same way I love that I only have 36 pictures on a film, I love that I only have 90 minutes I can put on a mixtape and that, to get those, I have to split it as exactly in the middle as possible. It’s a challenge and the reward is a perfectly mastered little object that holds my playlist. I do play vinyl records on my sound deck but I don’t always want to listen to an album and just plugging in a bluetooth receiver is so hopelessly unromantic. A carefully crafted cassette though… Although I will probably listen to more CDs when I get the CD-Deck fixed, eventually.

But yes, that’s all very much not utilitarian, which is why, when I just want to listen to music, I listen on Apple Music and why I bought a bluetooth-fm-transmitter for the one car at my work that doesn’t have bluetooth or aux-in.