Aptly we write this before filming our first full review in 4 months, you've guessed it, *drum roll The Motor Car, the first one was patented by Carl Benz in 1886. In a word without this there'd be no Planetauto, this motorised carriage has many names from automobile to jalopy, it's primary goal was a to b.
However, it soon became so much more, with a whole evolving round it, no longer just a form of transport but a way of life for many, detailing, modification, tuning, art, entertainment The auto spawned pickups, vans, suv's, limos etc etc etc -
Where do you start with car? It's what you might call versatile especially fuel wise LPG, Petrol, Diesel, Hydrogen, Electric, Bio Fuel and who knows what moving forward.
Then in 1895, Carl Benz, a first once again invented the truck.
The car has allowed us to express our love, creativity and so much more.
Thank you @Galenkp, what a great idea
Hmm, there's no surprise here...Mechanised transport has been one of the most important inventions and it's amazing at how fast the technology advanced...Not just the vehicle itself but the manufacture of it, of components and materials...Rubber, carbon fibre, ceramics, paint, wiring, computers, plastics and injection moulding, robotics end so on...I'm a car guy so...Massive invention for me. Although, I wold have saved a lot of money had it not been invented!
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Predictability... and yes what the car etc created is crazy, just google Fordlandia - PS the engagement on this post fantastic, takes literally a day to read it, love it.
I'll google it tonight...And yes, there's always good engagement on these posts. I'm glad people show up. 😬
Oh, yes. A fine rest for horses and legs. Definitely motor vehicles changes transportation and lifestyle. Hopefully they will become less of a hazard to the environment in the future. And it's interesting how after things have filled a function we start to make it more appealing. I mean aesthetically. Modify it for other functions. That's human skill at its finest!
it's always an interesting one, until someone runs a car on water they'll always be some kind of an impact, mind you we're certainly heading in the right direction.
Well, not even on water. It should run on some other kind of fuel, but that remains to be seen.
I gotta confess, I am a guy who isn't all that interested in cars, this comes shortly after admitting on another comment I am no good at tools, I fear my masculinity is being eroded away evermore as I scrollm down this feed haha.
Having said all that. When it is time for the annual service or the car is getting work done and we are without it even for a day, we feel like prisoners in our own home lol. In many ways it is not a good thing that we are so utterly reliant on our vehicles, but how on earth could we not be? The freedom this one invention has allowed people from every corner of the planet, the ability to find work further afield, the socio-economic benefits are staggering.
As you correctly point out, there would be no @planetauto and what would self-improvement books be filled with, without all those Henry Ford quotes? 🤷♂️😎👍
Whether you know you can do a job or can't - you're right - yes the vehicle is a vehicle to so many other avenues, transport, then there's the people that drive the people to the destination, the people who repair it, make parts, grow the rubber and so on - no doubt you know of Fordlandia, thank you for H Ford bit :)
Oh I am fascinated to know how transformative it would have been if Fordlandia had been a success, I remember reading that Ford's wealth at it's height, by todays standards would compete with those at the very pinnacle of industry today, Musk and Gates would still be a fraction behind him even now, if we can ever describe the odd ten billion in fractional terms!
The man certainly did have a way with words that still makes them incredibly relevant and not at all dated today and an innovative and enlightened style of management that many would be well advised to adopt today, he was the perfect meeting of practicality, dreams and ideas, (not at all a perfect man, who among us is?) Quotes are a passion of mine and a big part of the reason I started the self improvement community where Ford's words make more than an occasional appearance.
Great to cross paths, Galen's weekend engagement post does that for the community, opens new doors.
Take good care and keep motoring 😎👍🚘
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ENGAGEtokens.I love my car! It's one of my best friends, it goes everywhere with me and gives me great comfort. I really love this invention 😍
We're attached to our cars too, which car do you have and does it have a name?
I have a Jeep Cherokee Sport, model 2012, in Spanish I call it the "nena", I don't know what would be the equivalent in English 😊. It is a silver colored "nena" that has turned out to be very faithful and strong.
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