Cars 71 and 2071 a Tale of Woe and Joy
Cars 71 and 2071 A Tale of Joy and Woe
While looking for my Daytona Top Banana Charger, I had the pleasure to drive two cars-cars 71 and 2071. When I found Car 2071, it was hidden behind the dealership as a small piece of plastic had been dislodged upon its arrival. No one had yet taken it for a test drive. It only had a mile or two on it. It was shining and rumbled happily at me as I drove it, hugging the curves, sparkling in the sunlight. The salesman who loved cars, carefully advised me of the 2000 mile break-in period as I merrily did 85 on a local interstate so I didn’t quite bring it up to its highest gear. I was in love..this was my car. My husband insisted (quite reasonably) that we visit a couple of dealerships with Daytona Top Bananas.
We called another dealership in Westchester County, NY an hour or so before our arrival and made arrangements to drive their car. Car 71. Alas…poor car 71. As this dealership didn’t have much space, car 71 languished on the rooftop in the hot sun for months and was brought down for me to drive covered in birdshit and the end of summer kamikaze suicides of every species of mosquito and moth known to man. But beauty is only skin deep and I know many good deals have been made with the eye on the carwash in the very near future. I gingerly let myself into the car not allowing my clothing to touch any part of its exterior. The dealer tossed me the keys and said, ” Have fun!” I turned out onto the road and noticed, not that the car was near empty, but the gas tank red light was on with an estimated gas mileage of under a mile. The engine sounded labored. And the car handled oddly, as if it had quite a few very adventurous test drives. I brought the car back and one of the people working at the dealership managed to reach its highest gear and chirp the tires while driving three feet into a parking space. Poor car 71!
So today I happily picked up car 2071. It is a delight and a joy. Picture below! I only hope car 71 has as happy a fate!
