Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Toyota Paseo + Male Driver = Security in one's own Sexuality

So my company is moving from 7 miles to 40 miles from my house in April. This is rather disappointing because my truck gets 12 mpg. Over the past few weeks I've been looking for a little 4 cyl. car to be my daily commuter. I was budgeting about $3K because I do not want to have another car loan. While telling my woes to one of my coworkers, he offered me his wife's older Paseo. When I asked him how much, he said "free". The car dealer would not take it on trade-in. I graciously accepted and am quite stoked about my free car.

The Pluses: Free Car great on Gas (30-35mpg)
The One Small Minus: I think this two door coupe was a very popular car for college girls to own in the 90's. (much like the Ford Probe) Consequently, the other day on its maiden long distance voyage I was checked out by no fewer than 6 pickup trucks full of construction workers as they passed me on the highway. The response was always the same, their eager faces were suddenly changed to disgust as they realized that they just ogled at a heavily bearded man instead of the little hottie that they thought would be driving.

2 comments:

Erik said...

You crack me up Jonny V. Yeah, a Paseo is definitely early 90's futuristic and a prized possession of ladies. It's hard not to notice that the Ford Taurus marches on, but the Paseo, like the Del Sol, simply goes in a time capsule. You can probably pick up a couple extra Paseos for parts and drive into 2010 - open the pod bay door HAL! great seeing you on virtual gent hike. Frankly, I'm intimidated to get in a political tangle with you and Mike - too much think and too much writing, best, Erik

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