> Aerodynamics and safety legislation about things like gaps between engine and bonnet (hood) are harsh mistresses. Yeah, but it is also a bit of an excuse for

> Aerodynamics and safety legislation about things like gaps between engine and bonnet (hood) are harsh mistresses. Yeah, but it is also a bit of an excuse for everyone just copying a model that sold well in the previous year. You can find "sport" cars which are still pretty different and yet perfectly obey the legislations. > I'm not a car guy I'm not either. I probably only step in a car once a year (I do everything by bike). However, we are talking about aesthetics. External aesthetics. That is, what is exposed and seen by others: other car drivers, motorbike riders, bicycle riders, pedestrians, horse riders, everyone passing by. The huge majority of the time, cars are just parked with no one inside. This exposition is continuous. The number of cars in my country has doubled since the 80s (despite basically every home having a car already then). It is aggravated by the fact that nowadays the paint jobs are much more resistant and many people don't bother parking the cars in a garage or any kind of shelter and just leave them in the street, in the public space. Even in the country, in my village, the streets & roads are now surrounded by a never ending line of parked cars. Those wheeled devices are seen much more than what they are used.