Men who drive big

Trope: “men who drove big”.

Peter Moore in Vroom With a View:

“I remember reading an interview with Tony Brancato, a Vespa mechanic in Meichhardt, the heart of Sidney’s little Italy, who said that men who drove big, loud motorccycles were just trying to prove their manhood. ‘Vespa riders’, he said, ‘are content with what they have and know how to use it.’ And discerning women knew that, he claimes.

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