13-01-2022, 08:10 PM
After having to change a flat tyre (thus removing wheel) on a fat Prius this week, I think the thing about the Seven is the celebration of being in control of something which has the capacity to be simple efficient local passenger transport and yet be properly human scale. The Prius jack handle was so badly designed, and the car so heavy, as to make it impossible for someone a bit older or less fit than me to have operated. I had to go in search of a 5lb long shaft hammer to knock the wheel off the hub after the bolts were out.
Celebrating practicality and using the hands and touch, be it music, engineering, art... all these interactions are going to get rarer as digital and electric advance. I notice Goodwood Revival promote their green agenda on re-use of old objects. Ahem. The (vintage) Seven and the 2CV are going to represent the vintage and classic camps well in doing as much mpg as efficent moderns, and better exemplify re-use if their runs are practical ones rather than tearing round a track committing unmitigated enjoyment.
Celebrating practicality and using the hands and touch, be it music, engineering, art... all these interactions are going to get rarer as digital and electric advance. I notice Goodwood Revival promote their green agenda on re-use of old objects. Ahem. The (vintage) Seven and the 2CV are going to represent the vintage and classic camps well in doing as much mpg as efficent moderns, and better exemplify re-use if their runs are practical ones rather than tearing round a track committing unmitigated enjoyment.