Gasoline engines might become rare in the future…
People might say things like “I saw a gas car for the first time in ages,”
or “Wow, what an amazing exhaust smell,”
and we may be heading toward such an era sooner than we think.
When you ask smokers “At what price would you quit smoking?” the answers vary—some say 1,000 yen per pack, others 1,000 yen per cigarette.
It all comes down to “luxury goods”—that’s why people keep doing it. A taste, a refinement…
I think motorcycles fall into that same category.
Hot in summer, cold in winter, you get rained on, you get dirty, and you can only carry two people max—it’s incredibly inconvenient. But flip that around, and maybe there’s joy in that very hardship.
A time may come when sound and smell diminish, but we’re not there yet with strict regulations. Maybe the time to enjoy it is now? You could even think of it that way.
