I remember my first car a 1971 Dodge Challenger. She was metallic green with a white vinyl roof. A 340 four barrel pushing 275 horsepower mated to a slapstick 3 speed automatic and a positraction rear end. Which meant to my eager 18-year-old ears I could burn out both rear wheels at once. I remember the guy who sold it to me bragging about how he would race it up the highway and do spin outs on icy roads. At the time this was a selling point. A more mature self would have tra…
First Automobile – Remember When?
Do you remember your first car?
Remember how proud you were of it? It might not have been the newest car on the block, but it was going to be the best.
You took it home and washed it, polished it and took the vacuum cleaner outside to make sure it was totally spotless, every week!
As a teenager, living at home, with brothers and sisters, the car is your space. Your friends judge you by your car and how smart it looks. Your car gives you the chance of privacy that you…