quote:Originally posted by rob6145:
First of all if we want recognition we have to get out and drive the cars. Too many are sleeping in garages and scared to go on an outing with them. If WE don't take them out to be noticed how can we expect others to desire something they never saw?
Sorry for all my sequential posts, but I keep reading things that resonate with me.
I drive my Pantera daily (we don't get much rain, and no snow here in Vegas) and I have patiently answered "what the heck is that?" questions from hundreds of people. Patiently waited for people to take pictures of it, patiently listened to people's stories about how they knew a guy back in the day that had one. Patiently explained that it is Italian, not a kit car, won't go over 200mph, only gets 8mpg, has 550hp, isn't stock, isn't uncomfortable, doesn't have vertical doors, runs 345 tires on 14" wide wheels, has the motor in the back, was imported for only a few years, is inexpensive to maintain, and anything else that reinforces the exictement people have that makes them walk across a parking lot and approach a stranger with questions. God bless them for loving cars like we do!
I am single handedly trying to convert the 1.8 million Vegas residents to Pantera believers. Maybe someday I will pull up next to another Pantera at a stop light.
R.