--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> "Hub cap puller"? You mean, a "screwdriver"? =)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: erikgeerdink
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:47 PM
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Hub Cap Theory
>
>
> Perhaps they lost or broke their hubcaps if they do work on their
car
> (brake work). Its a cheap repair if you do it yourself, and not
> everyone has a hubcap puller. I know I've broken a few in the
past.
> Just a thought.
>
> Erik
>
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand"
<dave.stragand@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Simple: Generally, the more money you make, the more you are
> concerned about appearances. Hubcaps serve little function aside
> from aesthetics, and therefore are not replaced when lost by
folks on
> lower incomes, who are not as concerned about appearances.
> >
> > Same reason why most folks who make more money wear nicer shoes
> and/or have nicer haircuts. Function generally overrides form
for
> those on lesser incomes.
> >
> > -Dave
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> > From: billsfanmd@xxxx
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:34 PM
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Hub Cap Theory
> >
> >
> >
> > Alright I had a quick second between classes and I had to
write
> about this. I hope this post does not offend anyone but since I
was a
> young whipper snapper this has made me curious. maybe "Vixen"
Dave
> can put in his two cents or perhaps our DMC owners accross the
> Atlantic can comment if this persists in their country.
> >
> > Why is it that less fortunate people with lower incomes have
cars
> that are missing all or most of their hubcaps? :-) I have
noticed
> for some time that in nice neighborhoods motor vehicles seem to
have
> all 4 hubcaps. Whenever I visis job sites of students in lower
income
> areas almost every car seems to be missing at least one but
usually
> all 4 hubcaps?
> >
> > Is this becasue hubcaps know how much their owners make? Is
it
> that the strength of the clips that hold these things on are
directly
> tied to the earning power of the owner? Or perhaps these owners
> prefer the look of the black tire rim??? I guess also if one hub
cap
> falls off it is more economical for them to take the other 3 off
then
> to purchase a new one :-)....Perhaps in an effort to save money
they
> have found a better household use for them then wasting them on
their
> tire rims? Maybe the local kids take them and sell them on ebay?
> >
> > While driving today in a not so nice neigborhood nearly every
car
> was missing their hub caps. At one point I almost wound my window
> down to ask one owner where all his hub caps went?...However, I
> decided against such action...There is even a man who has
profited
> from this hub cap dillema. In a not-so-nice area there is a
roadside
> shop called "Hub Cap City" where owners can brouse through
thousands
> of stray caps looking for their long lost match.
> >
> > Any one of our automotive historians that that wants to chime
in
> on my theory I would like your comments :-)
> >
> > Mike C
> > 2109
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