[Napa Skip]

The way people act in society has been characterized (by David Riesman, co-author of "The Lonely Crowd") as tradition-directed (acting according to the norms of earlier generations), inner-directed (acting according to their own beliefs, often based on experience) and other-directed (acting in whatever way will gain approval from others; that is, their own self-worth derives from the constant assurance of others that they are acting "correctly" with regard to what they own, consume and believe).

I suspect that most Model "A" owners, besides - in the best Lake Wobegon tradition - all being above average, are inner-directed. We own, drive, repair and maintain our Model "A"s because that's what we like, whether others agree or not.

Besides, they're well engineered and well built.

And they look sharp.