Marie Kondo and why she's not right about classic cars
02/23/2016
Do you know Marie Kondo? Have you perhaps even read one of her three books? Marie Kondo is a fanatic about order and her books, which have sold millions of copies, teach you how to create and maintain order. The principle is simple and, to put it simply, you should throw away what you don't really care about and store the (small) rest according to fixed rules. Simple.
But thank goodness not everyone sticks to this motto, especially not for decades and centuries. Because what may well work for modern people today would have had terrible consequences for the classic automobile. In practice, there would hardly be any classic cars if everyone had disposed of their cars as soon as they no longer enjoyed them. And there would be no more old magazines and books about the cars of yesteryear, because they would have ended up in the waste paper as soon as they lost their "favorite book/magazine" status. And the same applies to spare parts and all the bits and pieces that are now part of the classic car and its surroundings, be it neon signs from back then or the old workshop equipment.
Order and a focus on the essentials certainly have many advantages, but today we are glad for all the collectors and enthusiasts who have kept thousands of magazines, once useless accessories and spare parts and, of course, the old cars so that we can still enjoy them today.
