"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/24/2015 at 14:17 • Filed to: Mom
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/24/2015 at 14:17 • Filed to: Mom | 12
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So, I turned up her favorite singer’s greatest hits album and drove out for a visit.
Mom was a special lady. She drove a stick shift better than any man I know. In fact, her first car was a red mid-60s Beetle. My grandad sold it and she was so upset, he gave her a 455 Trans Am (he owned a used car lot and family got to drive whatever cars he was having trouble selling). She then whooped countless country boys in backroads drag races.
Once, the battery was dead in her Chevy Corsica (LT model loaded to the max - her heavy foot made that 3.1 V6 work hard every day). So, in her heels and skirt, she loaded me up in my stepdad’s Chevy dually 454 and took off to work. Heel-toe shifting with her heels still on. I’ll never forget that!
Happy Birthday, mom. I hope you’d like my new car. It reminds me of your taste in cars, in a way. :)
Xyl0c41n3
> mazda616
10/24/2015 at 14:21 |
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Sorry for your loss. Your mom does, indeed, sound like an incredible person. :)
BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> mazda616
10/24/2015 at 14:25 |
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Your mom was a true Jalop and you were lucky to have her as long as you did. Sounds like a hell of a lady!
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mazda616
> BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
10/24/2015 at 14:56 |
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She was! She had an Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais when I was born, but it was a two door and was not practical (and it was a gross tan color, total base model, zero fun). She upgraded to a brand new ‘91 Corsica LT in fall of ‘91 and for the time period, it was a really nice family car. It was rock solid for us for many years.
Then, in 1998, she decided to join the SUV craze of the ‘90s and got a dark blue 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. It had the 5.2 V8 and was stupid fast for an SUV. I know she had it over 100 once, although she made me swear I wouldn’t tell!
As fuel prices climbed, she got a 2000 Toyota Corolla. She never liked it, really. It was “too slow” and “didn’t have enough pick-up” for her. Got good gas mileage even with her crazy driving, though. We lived about 40 miles outside of town so her drive was through backwoods country roads where there is honestly little to no traffic. So, she never felt the need to drive slowly. Ha!
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> mazda616
10/24/2015 at 17:19 |
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You’re a good son