So true. I work on vehicles every day and I still have to look at the logo on the bumper every time
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When I used to watch commercials^1^, this shit would just register itself in my brain, lurking silently for when/if it comes up. I'm not even a "car guy" by any stretch of the imagination, and credit this mostly to the insidious and brain-worm-like quality of car advertising. For a while there, I could identify most cars just by seeing the shape and position of the headlamps at night. It is/was the most useless superpower, and I'm still a little spooked that one can be low-key programmed like this.
I suppose it's possible to come by this while racking up commuter hours, since the make/model is usually right there on the back of most cars, but that doesn't explain the headlamp thing.
^1^ - I will leave it as an exercise to the reader as to how one might dispose of most advertising when watching shows.
If it's trains or planes on the other hand...
Haha thats me. Just was always into knowing what I was looking at. Comes in really handy too.
Knowing the headlight shape of Chevy Impala, and Ford interceptors at night is handy to know when you are speeding towards a cop on a lonely highway.
I recognize one particular vehicle that lives near my house quite well, since it looks like Calculon as a werecar. It's even orange. (I think it's a Jeep?)
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