AN INTERVIEW WITH A YOUNG MANHATTANITE WHO JUST PURCHASED A 1975 DODGE DART TO FULFILL AN OLD DREAM
Q: So you bought a car this weekend. Tell me about it.
A: It was a wonderful experience. The car is a classic Detroit machine - '75 Dodge Dart, with the fabled slant 6 engine. I feel like a real man now. The car's name is Goldie.
Q: That sounds like a powerful machine. Why is the slant 6 fabled? Is it because it's powerful?
A: The fable for me begins in the summer of 1992 when an all-girl power trio emerged on the Washington DC punk scene. Their name was Slant 6. The story continues with noted DC documentarian Cynthia Connolly who took photographs of local rockers and their automobiles and sold them as black and white postcards.pre-1976 Mopars were popular with the kids.
Q: Well said. As a car buyer living in Manhattan, do you find yourself feeling especially well-off and important now that you have the luxury of wheels?
A: I haven't had time to think of that since I've been consumed with paralyzing anxiety from the moment I handed over the check. I wonder if I made the right choice. Parking is a bitch here and it has ruined many marriages. Maintenance, repairs, restoration - I am too busy assessing how far I've fallen into a money pit.
Q: Be that as it may, you still think you're better than me just because you have a car, don't you?
A: Excellent question, I'm ready to dig into this one. Yes.
Q: So you bought a car this weekend. Tell me about it.
A: It was a wonderful experience. The car is a classic Detroit machine - '75 Dodge Dart, with the fabled slant 6 engine. I feel like a real man now. The car's name is Goldie.
Q: That sounds like a powerful machine. Why is the slant 6 fabled? Is it because it's powerful?
A: The fable for me begins in the summer of 1992 when an all-girl power trio emerged on the Washington DC punk scene. Their name was Slant 6. The story continues with noted DC documentarian Cynthia Connolly who took photographs of local rockers and their automobiles and sold them as black and white postcards.pre-1976 Mopars were popular with the kids.
Q: Well said. As a car buyer living in Manhattan, do you find yourself feeling especially well-off and important now that you have the luxury of wheels?
A: I haven't had time to think of that since I've been consumed with paralyzing anxiety from the moment I handed over the check. I wonder if I made the right choice. Parking is a bitch here and it has ruined many marriages. Maintenance, repairs, restoration - I am too busy assessing how far I've fallen into a money pit.
Q: Be that as it may, you still think you're better than me just because you have a car, don't you?
A: Excellent question, I'm ready to dig into this one. Yes.
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