My newest car is a '78 New Yorker Brougham, and I've had several people refer to the Golden Fawn behemoth as "a nice old Lincoln", and one asked what year Cadillac it was. Ross Klein 'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Grove Grove Automotive" <groveautomotive@xxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: [FWDLK] Gahhhhh!!!!! > I hear ya'! Don't know how many times people have asked me what year > "Cadillac" my 59 Sport Fury was. > Owning "newer" cars won't help either - last time I had my 81 Imperial out, > I had two people tell my how nice my "Rivvie" was (Buick Riviera I had to > assume). > On a similiar note - how many of us "car guys" can tell what make of "brand > new" car we just saw without actually *reading* the nameplate? (they all > look like 4-door jellybeans to me) Things may be even worse in the future!! > ;-] > > Regards, > DaveG.
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