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C O M Free Email New Store Sweepstakes . Play our relationship game . . . . . . . . . This consumer anxiety is one of the few that New Yorkers lack, if only because the vast majority who live there don't drive in the city. But if you live in L.A., your car speaks volumes before they even get a look at your outfit. Car buying is like clothes shopping.