[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Mad or Glad

[paxiljunki <paxiljunki@xxxxxxxxx>]

I love the attention I get when I drive my 78 Gremlin.
 People from all walks of life and in all sorts of
cars rubberneck when they see me coming down the road.
 It's not mint, it's not all fixed up, but it's in
good shape and I'm proud of it.

The reactions vary from amazement -- "you just don't
see those anymore!"  to polite ridicule -- "did you
know that was voted the worst car ever made?" to pure
nostalgia -- "I remember being stuffed in the back
seat of my aunt's gremlin with my cousins when I was a
kid..."   One lady next to me at a red light was
laughing herself to tears looking at my car and it was
ok.  We met eyes and laughed together.  I've had
bikers almost fall off their motorcycles giving me big
thumbs up while smiling and gawking on the highway. 

I'll take any of the attention.  In this day and age
so many people are driving cars that "define" them. 
Think of all those Hondas that are modified to look
like... every other modified Honda.  Those kids stop
and stare too, because I've got one of the most unique
vehicles in the state capital.  The attention my car
gets is overwhelmingly positive -- for whatever reason
people are happy to see it on the road, even if they
think it's a rolling junkyard compared to their ride. 


So this Saturday I'm hoping to ride out to the
Wolfpack car show at the Litchfield Drive In (IL). 
It's not mint, it's not suped up, but it's in good
shape and I'll make a few people's day by being there
in the most functacular American car ever made.  

pax

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>>Message: 9         
>>   Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:36:44 -0000
   From: "hemmigremmie" <hemmigremmie@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mad or Glad

Not to make anyone mad, but I kinda expect people to
act a little 
silly when they see my Gremlin, but thats why I like
em.
Its not that there really making fun of our cars, but
the Gremlin 
kinda lets people enjoy a car while having fun with
it. Does that 
make sense?
I like my car and thats all that matters. If I wanted
to be like 
everyone else, Id have got a Mustang or a Camaro.
Let em giggle and have fun. Rod 

"I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." -- Douglas Adams


		
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