on corvettes...
Perhaps someone can feign to tell me where the appeal in that vehicle lies. A co-worker of mine just test drove a 2008 Corvette in fuck-me red to the office to show it off to the populace of this beige box. For what reason, I'm sure we'll never know but I can only surmise that the reason has something to do with a man's need to show himself young and virile into his aged years.
Perhaps.
This is not new though as he already owns a fuck-me red corvette of slightly older but not vintage status that he occasionally drives to work and parks in the only handicapped spot in the lot, presumeably so that no scratches from lesser vehicles could infect the car. hmm. Let's think about this for a moment... yes. Jury has returned. That's a little overkill in my opinion. If I had the ability to drive a Porsche to work, I would park in the front row of the lot, naturally, but I would not take the only handicapped spot for my able to walk body. Scratches can be buffed out of the clear coat if necessary. Touch up can be done if it comes to that and if it's that bad, I'm traking down the party responsible and their insurance is taking care of it. Simple. I drove a vintage car to work a few weeks ago, a 1973 Volkswagen Thing, and I didn't take the handicapped spot for it, why no! I parked in the front line and everyone commented on what a happy car it was in bright yellow in the warm sunlight.
So I suppose that I will never see the appeal of the Corvette. I can imagine many Corvette owners would never see the appeal of the Porsche. As it stands though I wouldn't care to try and explain the appeal of a well tuned piece of German engineering because there is a vast ocean between those two cars that is not easily navigated. American muscle car owners do not understand the silky feel of a car that hugs turns to lovingly or accelerates so effortlessly. It's as foreign to them as the metric system.
Ah well. The vette is gone, we're all back to work now and I'm sitting quietly, dreaming of a coastal highway and a Basalt Black Porsche Cayman S.
Perhaps.
This is not new though as he already owns a fuck-me red corvette of slightly older but not vintage status that he occasionally drives to work and parks in the only handicapped spot in the lot, presumeably so that no scratches from lesser vehicles could infect the car. hmm. Let's think about this for a moment... yes. Jury has returned. That's a little overkill in my opinion. If I had the ability to drive a Porsche to work, I would park in the front row of the lot, naturally, but I would not take the only handicapped spot for my able to walk body. Scratches can be buffed out of the clear coat if necessary. Touch up can be done if it comes to that and if it's that bad, I'm traking down the party responsible and their insurance is taking care of it. Simple. I drove a vintage car to work a few weeks ago, a 1973 Volkswagen Thing, and I didn't take the handicapped spot for it, why no! I parked in the front line and everyone commented on what a happy car it was in bright yellow in the warm sunlight.
So I suppose that I will never see the appeal of the Corvette. I can imagine many Corvette owners would never see the appeal of the Porsche. As it stands though I wouldn't care to try and explain the appeal of a well tuned piece of German engineering because there is a vast ocean between those two cars that is not easily navigated. American muscle car owners do not understand the silky feel of a car that hugs turns to lovingly or accelerates so effortlessly. It's as foreign to them as the metric system.
Ah well. The vette is gone, we're all back to work now and I'm sitting quietly, dreaming of a coastal highway and a Basalt Black Porsche Cayman S.