"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
09/30/2015 at 11:49 • Filed to: colorado, chevrolet, burnouts, philosophy, insipid moralizing
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"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
09/30/2015 at 11:49 • Filed to: colorado, chevrolet, burnouts, philosophy, insipid moralizing | 6
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I put the hammer down on the C10 and reveled in the sensation of raw acceleration as the bored and stroked once-454 beneath the carbon fiber hood screamed to a China Syndrome redline. My vision dimmed at the corners from the pure G-forces, whiting out when it came time to slam the dogbox into the next gear, the snarl and snap of the compressed air shifter reminding me of nothing less than a junkyard Doberman.
It’s not important exactly where we were, but believe me when I tell you that the horizon was razor flat. A huge blue sky opened up above us, continually terrifying me at the infinite potential contained within the cosmos. The sheer expanse of all creation failed to impress my travelling companion. I would find out throughout our many road trips that philosophy in general was lost on him and we were better off discussing the practical realities of modern-day life, with only a slight glaze of politics tinged with petty regionalism on top. On this day, though, it still felt right to ask him.
“Great thinkers throughout history have asked - what is the meaning of life?” I turned to him now for dramatic emphasis, even though taking your eyes off the road at the Saturn V speeds we were currently travelling at seemed like suicide.
My companion didn’t respond. He barked out something between a burp and a brusque dismissal of my invitation to talk. We were quiet for a long time. Finally, he spoke, and if I wasn’t focusing on it with all my will, I would have missed it.
“Burnouts,” he grumbled.
I had to agree.
B_dol
> Seat Safety Switch
09/30/2015 at 12:24 |
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Seat Safety Switch
> B_dol
09/30/2015 at 12:45 |
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But burnouts also, right?
shop-teacher
> Seat Safety Switch
09/30/2015 at 13:42 |
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Burnouts.