<VV> Evening Orchid--no longer Corvair

Chuck Kubin dreamwoodck at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 7 21:15:56 EDT 2006


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> And of course in the German language MIST means
> "Sh!t"... so I'm SURE it 
> wasn't PURPLE!... Maybe a brownish color?


I saw a "mist" colored Pontiac Aztec today, and an
hour later, a "mist" colored Scion.  Two of the
ugliest and most unfortunate car-color combinations in
the world. 

It could be worse.  At the international auto show
here in Denver last week, my grandson and I saw a Ford
concept car that looked for all the world like they
took a Brinks truck and sucked all the class out of
it.  It was, indeed, some sort  of "urban" revolution
in cars with automatic roll-up bulletproof windows,
computer plug-ins, a 60" flat screen on the back panel
INSTEAD of a window, swivel seats so you can watch it
(driver too!), a bank-vault style handwheel on the
back, and little cameras behind the side windows. The
nearest Ford rep was on the turnstyle with an '07 
Mustang, so I asked him about the abortion we just
saw. My grandson asked him how much it cost, and the
Ford guy said they spent $3m in R&D. My grandson
slapped his foprehead and shouted "WHY?????"
Pretty smart for 9 years old.
We both dug the new Dodge Challenger. Everything the
German engineeers did wrong resurecting the Charger,
they did right on the Challenger.  Put the two side by
side and at a glance, not much different.  The new one
has updated lines and 2007 appearance upgrades and of
course, is 2007 under the skin.

Chuck Kubin

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