[vegasmike]

Well, I don't even have my car yet and I have a story already. First, it appears the customs agents like to look at these things as well. They have had the container for four days so far.

As for the wife, I started out looking at Bug Eye Sprites as my Dad had one when I was a kid. My grandfather also owned a Ford dealership in the 60's so I remember the Cobra and all the dinner talk. My uncle really wanted it. He had to settle for a Torino Boss. My grandfather had a pair of '69 429 Boss Mustangs, one he drove, one he didn't. He also had '30's Jaguars, '50's Packards and a 41 Lincoln Continental Mark I.

Ok, now on to the wife. She was never around my grandparents when they had all the cars so she just does not understand, but when I started sourcing the Bug Eye and told her about it (did not cost much), she told me to "forget the go-cart and get what I really want". She still makes comments, but I just remind her that "she doesn't need to understand". I don't understand the aspiration to emmulate Imelda Marcos in the shoe department either.

Now, last week she calls me from her car all excited. She just saw a blue Cobra and it was really "cute". She can't wait to drive around in it. Now, I later made some comment about her not being able to drive it and she started to get a little pissy, until I backtracked and covered myself, rather nicely if I do say so myself, by telling her it was a manual, not automatic. She then agreed that it probably was not a good idea for her to drive it. We'll see.