Had a run in with a new GTO
My local dealer has had a few of the new GTOs on the lot. The other day, I saw a black one appear and I stopped by to take a closer look. Alas, it was an automatic. I went on my way, having already test driven an automatic. It looked great in black. Fast foreward to a week later.......
The Black GTO was on the lot for only a couple of days and was gone. Yesterday on my way home, I pull out onto a 4 lane divided highway and immediatly come up to a redlight. I had the radio up, the a/c cranked and the car idling nicely. A car pulls up next to me but I don't even look over, my mind is on getting home, firing up the grill and cooking some steaks. I hear the horn beep, I look over and here is an honest to goodness blue haired old lady driving the new black GTO. I look over and the woman motions me to lower the window. I roll it down and she says: " I just bought this and the salesman told me it was the fastest thing on the road. Wanna race?" Well, I immediatly said "You must be kidding." She immediatly said that she was "going to have some fun before she checked out from life, and was I going to race so that she could see how fast it really was against another musclecar or was I a wimp?" I couldn't help but laugh. In a way, she reminded me of my mom, albiet older but the same attitude.
The light turns green, I nail a great light, the tires right on the fine line between slip and grip and I rocket though 1st and 2nd gears and shut down so I didn't have to go way above the limits. Grandma in the GTO didn't fare too well. Probably slow reactions and unfamiliarity with the car, but she lost by several lengths. I couldn't help laughing my hiney off, not because I won..... because grandma still had a thirst for life and was out to have some fun. I hope she stomps some import butt in that new shiney black GTO. She did give me the thumbs up as she drove by a little later in traffic.
Can you see the used car ad in a few years? "GTO for sale, driven by a little old lady and only to the grocery store and church on Sunday."
The Black GTO was on the lot for only a couple of days and was gone. Yesterday on my way home, I pull out onto a 4 lane divided highway and immediatly come up to a redlight. I had the radio up, the a/c cranked and the car idling nicely. A car pulls up next to me but I don't even look over, my mind is on getting home, firing up the grill and cooking some steaks. I hear the horn beep, I look over and here is an honest to goodness blue haired old lady driving the new black GTO. I look over and the woman motions me to lower the window. I roll it down and she says: " I just bought this and the salesman told me it was the fastest thing on the road. Wanna race?" Well, I immediatly said "You must be kidding." She immediatly said that she was "going to have some fun before she checked out from life, and was I going to race so that she could see how fast it really was against another musclecar or was I a wimp?" I couldn't help but laugh. In a way, she reminded me of my mom, albiet older but the same attitude.
The light turns green, I nail a great light, the tires right on the fine line between slip and grip and I rocket though 1st and 2nd gears and shut down so I didn't have to go way above the limits. Grandma in the GTO didn't fare too well. Probably slow reactions and unfamiliarity with the car, but she lost by several lengths. I couldn't help laughing my hiney off, not because I won..... because grandma still had a thirst for life and was out to have some fun. I hope she stomps some import butt in that new shiney black GTO. She did give me the thumbs up as she drove by a little later in traffic.
Can you see the used car ad in a few years? "GTO for sale, driven by a little old lady and only to the grocery store and church on Sunday."
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