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Car Review: Reluctant to Retire.
Retirement is a tricky subject. It can either be depressing or liberating; or a combination of the two. The depression is usually caused by retirement’s darker meaning: the end is near. Or, at least, something is going to give, and the reaper might be just around the corner.
Car People Speak: The List.
Every car person has a “list.” It’s usually always changing, but for the most part there are at least 10 vehicles that drive us to be who we are. These are the desires that keep us up at night and haunt our dreams when we sleep. These are our top 10 dream cars.
I’d like to give you (the reader) a special glimpse into what makes me, your not-so-humble author, tick as a car person. I’ve collected my “list” and just by reading it, you might be able to get an idea as to who I really am as a person.
One final thought before I move on: this list has a rule. The vehicles on this list CAN NOT be modified and must come from the factory the way they were intended to.
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Car People Speak: The Worst Day of My Life
The year was 2005. The date was December 22. The time: 6:30 p.m. The event: the worst day of my life. The event that took place on that day will haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life. Nothing else even comes close. That day replays in my mind over and over again. It will continue to do so until I have passed. I will never forget the day I lost one of my best friends.
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Car Review: Third times the charm…or maybe.
The modified car world is a tricky place. Everyone wants something unique but the simple fact is, it’s rough trying to be a trailblazer. In order to build a fast and reliable car, many car people realize that they must follow previous concoctions. It’s a sad truth, but one that is not too difficult to overcome. One local Knoxville man, try as he might, has held on to his non-conformist ways by refusing to build his third gen Camaro the way that everyone would expect him to. It’s been a long time, but Mike Julian doesn’t seem to be given up.
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Car People Speak: Why we do the things we do.
“It’s just a machine.” As car people, we hear this too many times in our greasy lives. To the major masses, the idea of spending time, money, blood, heartache, money, even more time and even more money on something that was originally designed to get a person from point A to point B is hard to swallow. Yet, we continue to do it. We obsess over these things as if they were our future paramours…or current ones. After a while, these simple machines become much more. They become friends, lovers, members of the family and mentors. And just as a “normal” person would care for their brother or grandmother, we care for our vehicles.
The reason boils down to what these machines do to us. They invigorate our spirits, they cleanse our souls and they make us happy even when sad. They infurate us, piss us off, and spit in our eye when we do them harm. They hug us when we make them happy and we hug them when they return the favor. They are our hide-away, exit plan, and place to think. They are our friends.
This is why we do the things we do.
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