Hummer H1

In 'The Magnificent Ambersons', the character Eugene gives a little monologue about cars.....

"I'm not sure George is wrong about automobiles. With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization. May be that they won't add to the beauty of the world or the life of the men's souls, I'm not sure. But automobiles have come and almost all outwards things will be different because of what they bring. They're going to alter war and they're going to alter peace. And I think men's minds are going to be changed in subtle ways because of automobiles. And it may be that George is right. May be that in ten to twenty years from now that if we can see the inward change in men by that time, I shouldn't be able to defend the gasoline engine but agree with George - that automobiles had no business to be invented."

The Hummer H1. Totally unnecessary but oddly desirable if you have an ounce of red blood in your body. Secretly, especially after watching something like Black Hawk Down, I think, 'Yeah, wouldn't mind a Hummer as part of my ten-car fantasy garage'. You know, not 'blinged up', but maybe olive drab, beaten up. Actually the original HMMWV. Something industrial. With a trailer, so I can take stuff down to the tip. And then when I go to Bluewater or Westfield, I can just park exactly how I want across three bays and answer to no-one.