Miata Mailing List: May 1994, Message #12
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   From: "Kate W. Hughes 607/974-3861" 
Subject: Just a car???
   Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 08:13:16 -0400

    Chunglu@bnr.ca writes:
    
    >> Before I miss my point, they are just car. Anyone is
    >>entitled to call or treat their car as "baby". They are still just 
    >>cars.
    >>
    >>        Does it worth it to aggrovate your spouse not letting them
    >>touch your car? It is a choice to show yourself as over obsessed.
    >>
    >>      How about spending time to argue this? Waste!
    
    
    	Lucky me!  No spouse, no time spent arguing!
    
    	Seriously, though, I thought we were _all_ a little obsessed... 
    after all we own two-seaters with no practical function except fun 
    drivng.  I like my car because of the way it looks/handles.  If that 
    changed, I'd be sad.
    	I have a 1974 Toyota Landcruiser, a true classic 4WD crawler.  I 
    let a boyfriend borrow it while I was away for the weekend.  He went 
    4-wheeling and trashed the transmission.  Brought it back filthy.  Left 
    it in the garage.  EX-boyfriend.  (Yes, it does look and handle very 
    differently from before I lent it!)
    	It's like microwaving pizza on your mother's best china.  If you 
    don't appreciate the value to the _owner_ of what you're borrowing, you 
    will prbably make them flinch/cringe/cry/argue.  Is it just a car?  
    NOPE.  It's my hobby, my pet and my investment.  Other people don't 
    feel the same way if their car doesn't fit into the hobby/pet 
    categories, but Ol' Brian would probably have been pissed if I treated 
    his dog the way he treated my truck.
    	My mileage will vary, but since I hang around with a bunch of other 
    car-nuts, folks usually understand.
    
    (pause while I parachute off my soapbox)
    
    	Hey, if you've got a miata that's JUST A CAR can I talk you into 
    trading it for a '72 Opel GT?  It runs!!  It has two seats!!  It's 
    _just_ a car!
    
    :-)
    kate