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Jul 25, 2009 - Ask Dub Schwartz!

Dear Dub,
Things are changing so rapidly in the automotive world. We're almost wondering if ten years from now if cars will be anything like they are now at all. Where do you think it's all heading Dub?
Tony Newman and Doug Phillips

I might not know for sure, but we're certainly always moving down the road guys. I know it feels like a lot of folks are trying to force change,  but you can set aside your dubiety. Change will come, but at its own pace. You can't stop it, and you can't rush it.

At the 1964 World's Fair, the GM Futurama showed us a future of cars drving themselves on highways while the passengers simply enjoyed themselves and the modern cityscape. I waited 3 hours on line to get into that exhibit to see the future. 45 years later and we're still waiting. I guess their TIme Tunnel was on the fritz.

GPS units are neat, but they haven't driven the mapmakers out of business and don't prevent people from having no idea of where they are or where they are going.

So keep a positive outlook and remain dubious of "the future is now" claims when people are trying to force change. I haven't run into an electric vehicle enthusiast yet who doesn't honestly believe it's going to cost them less than $1 to "fill up" their EV when they charge it. Having visions and dreams about the future is one thing, hallucinating is another.

So relax, kick back, have a dubonnet, and ignore the dubious doomcasting as much as you can. From Dubois, PA to Dubuque, IA to Dublin Ireland, the automobile will be here to take us down the road... indubitably.

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