The day after I got my driver's license, I went out and bought a 1963 Galaxie, Midnight Blue. 1,255 bucks; every penny I earned for the past three years working in a gas station. I loved it. Because a car to a sixteen-year-old kid means independence, which means he can go wherever he wants whenever he wants. And that doesn't change with age; in fact, it means even more.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; You get knocked down by traffic from both sides.
The car is the greatest thing in the history of human invention.
Understeer is when you see the tree you are hitting, if you only hear the tree then it was oversteer.
— Do you have engine oil? Before I set off for Birmingham, the car needs oil.
— I'm sure my husband kept some in the garage. I can get someone to do it.
— This evening or tomorrow?
— Well, we're so far from anywhere, people usually stay over. Especially before cars, when it was just carriages, people used to stay over all the time.
— But I have a car.
— Yes.
— And you have engine oil.
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