At 08:45 AM 5/30/96 -0400, you (Will "Zen-man" Zehring) wrote:
>I call upon the wisdom of the net: I had a bad day and I'm a weak man and
>I'm being tested. May I rant for a screen or so?
We all are tested at some point or other. Rant on, brother........
>thing the first: last night a member of my car-guy support group stopped by
>to show me his new/used 1993 RX-7 (a car we can all agree is a classic in
>the making). Black with a red leather interior. Drop dead good looking
>car, and cosmetically in great condition. Awe-inspiring performance for the
>price of a new Miata.
But it is STILL a RICE Burner... Keep in touch with your
friend. Can he maintain the RX-7? Can he repair it?? (Can he AFFORD to??)
Does he know every little sound and shake??
> I want you to know that it soured my evening, even
>tho my beloved and I were watching an inspiring Disney movie about sled
>dogs. Later that night I pulled Olde Whitesides into the driveway and
>started to think what a frumpy car it was (the MG, that is). There, I said
>it. Of course I don't really want a three year old RX-7, with the
>associated costs, but it is a great car.
HELLO!!, McFly !! Did you hear what you just said??? You
need to take this car out for a LONG weekend somewhere special. Drive
through a college campus and watch the little co-eds stare at you (Olde
Whitesides) with longing, lustful gazes. Stop somewhere REALLY public and
crowded and have a drink while leaning against Olde Whitesides. Watch
people look at your car (and, oh yeah, you). Then jump in and take off
again. Find a winding road and put her to the test. Afterward, ease off
and enjoy a GOOD STOGIE. All this should take you NO LESS than 3 hours.
Fall in love with your car again.
>thing the second: the commute has been **horrendous** lately, and I almost
>got into an accident yesterday in the B (cars behind me plowed into each
>other and it chain-reacted up to about a quarter of an inch short of my rear
>bumper). I saw it all in my rear view mirror, in a state of helpless
>pannic.
Be thankful you (and Olde Whitesides) remained unscathed.
>Traffic is severely stop-n-go on my urban interstate commute and I
>don't even get to use OD. Surface streets are washboards here in
>Deeeetroit.
So what??? The TIGERS just won their 13th Game of the
Season. That ought to put things back in perspective.
>Has the world spun off its axis?
NO! It's just that, to quote Tom Cruise from TOP GUN,
"you've lost that Lovin' feelin, whoa that lovin' feelin....."
>Seriously: What does a car guy do when its no fun to drive !!??
GET BACK IN THE SADDLE!!! AND DRIVE UNTIL YOU RE-DISCOVER
the FUN. Recall that post about a month ago about the feelings associated
with top-down driving.
TTFN !
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Tim Moses, Esq. http://www.csra.net/moses
U.S. Naval Academy `86 http://www.csra.net/moses/86.htm
Live from Augusta, Georgia - We're a Hole in One !
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