30 November 2005

It Sometimes Pays To Be Different

The Saturday after Thanksgiving I took my car to the Greater Orlando Florida Super Sport Team's (GOFASST) Turkey Rod Run Protest Cruise in Daytona.

The protest cruise started because the Turkey Rod Run in the infield at the Daytona International Speedway is restricted to cars 1984 and older OR "Special Interest Vehicles". Apparently the 94-96 Impala is not special interest enough. So, what we do is get between 20 and 40 '91 to '96 B-Bodies and cruise A1A in Daytona with all the other hot rods. We stand out because there are so many of us all together and we are all the same car.

This large group of the same car attracts attention. And once attention is drawn, being different from the crowd makes you stand out. '94 to '96 Impala SS' came in just three colors, black, green-gray and dark maroon. The maroon and black look the same at night. My blue and black two tone looks black at night too, but I have a day-glo green stripe dividing the two colors. Several people noticed that and looked closer.

Among the people looking closer was a photographer for the Florida Cruise News, a statewide publication for the hot rodding crowd! YEEE FUCKING HA!!!!

This is the payoff for all the hard damn work and suffering with the crappy tranny. And it is a slap in the face for all the snobby Impala SS people who looked down on my baby for starting its life as a Caprice. Bet that $10k motor is feeling real good when they ignored your car and drooled on mine, huh?

So ding a ling lang my dang along ling long.

By the way, visit here to see the beast.

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