You can’t celebrate 20 Years of Driving without a look back at the machines that made it all happen.
My Car History:
- 1985 Ford EXP, White
- 1984 Ford Escort, Burgundy
- 1990.5 Ford Escort Pony, White W/California
Graphics - 1993 Dodge Shadow, White W/Orange Heartbeat
- 1996 VW Golf, Champagne
- 2004 Ford Escape, Silver (company car)
- 2008 Jeep Liberty, Black (company car)
- 1995 Mercedes C280, White
(it is written somewhere that owners of white cars are vain, and look I just wrote it here)
Other People’s Cars I Remember Most:
- Tracey M’s Toasted Marshmallow Escort
- Tracet’s H’s Red Dodge Daytona
- Old boyfriend’s 68 Cutlass
- Kristina J’s Party Wagon
- Cari’s Blue Cavalier
- Brandy C’s Parent’s Grand National
- My older brother’s Nissan Truck
- …and his 73 Cadillac – it had to have been a Fleetwood – it was so big it barely fit in my parent’s garage.
- Sarah’s Blue Buick (aka: Bewy)
- A small wood paneled ford escort wagon I had to share with my brother.
Funny how the cars everybody drives now just aren’t that memorable. I’m sure they are much safer. I think three of the four drivers listed above now drive Audi’s. I really really prefer older cars and I don’t even know what I would buy if I fell into a pile of money and that pile of money said “you can only spend me on a new car” maybe I would just buy a Hummer to teach that pile of money a lesson. And once that pile of money was taught a lesson I would paint my Hummer zebra stripe and start a Benihana and Rendezvous shuttle service and I would use the proceeds to buy THIS or one of THESE.
Ok. Enough. Those are the lists. Stay tuned for the stories.
3 comments:
I love this sort of entry. I experienced the same thing when we got our Corolla last year but I had to have a car and couldn't get financing for an older one. The redemption is that Mark bought an old Bronco off the movie lot riddled with prop bullet holes. So, that keeps me feeling like myself.
I have white car vanity in my first chapter in case you may not recall. It's the truth. But, I think maybe it should also be white car devotion because you gotta scrub her all the time.
S- The blog is amazing, so you! I am truly impressed with your writing, maybe just because I am forever immortalized in it by the association of my parents Grand National! Mom passed away in April, and Dad and I were just in Michigan 2 weeks ago for a family get together. Coincidence that I told him about my taking out the Grand National, and the day I picked you up in the white Corvette and went to MSU to see Kelly T, no my friend I think not!!! Take care, B
Oh my gosh Brandy! I'm so sorry about your mom :(
How could I forgot about the white Corvette? It's all coming back to me now. Those were the days. SKB.
XO
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