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When I was a kid, we had Fords. I used to admire the Chevy smallblock and I did like the style of the '55's. After my buddy wrecked my '57 Ford, he offered to sell me his brother-in-law's '54 Corvette for $700. I didn't care if it only had a six cylinder, I had always admired any kind of sports car, usually English. But I couldn't get my father to co-sign a partial loan strictly because it was a Chevy. I had stuck all my money into the defunct Ford. Dad was a Ford man.
A few years hence, my new wife loved Chevy's. My father-in-law worked in a Chevy/John Deere garage. My brother-in-law was shop foreman in a different Chevy garage. Eventually I had Chevy's.
Today, our 2000 Impala is for sale. And the 1995 Corvette, too. I don't hate them, it's just luck-of-the-draw that we are selling them. The new Corvettes are amazing. For the money, I really liked GM engineering. Up until senior management dismantled the team and put the kabosh on offering electric cars, anyway. The hurry-up Volt is 90% hype. The workable hybrid Silverado's/Tahoe's are scarcer than hens teeth. Almost like they planned it. Dummies.
So we bought a Toyota Prius. Nothing beats it at it's own game. It's cheap. It's here. And it drives nice. They quietly introduced it ...and it sold itself well ...to the embarrassment of even their own other offerings. Corporate Japan knew better than to kill the econo branch. Both Honda and Toyota econobox teams do well.
And now we bought a used Ford Excursion. They quit making them in 2006. Because of treehuggers. Yeah, it's a gas hog, one of the very worst when empty, with huge 10.5 inch gears and a six by four inch ton and a half frame. But it also does what it does extremely well ...it tows like a truck. It is a truck. A stable 3/4 ton. It outweighs the 3/4 ton Suburban by 1500 pounds, but gets about the same mileage towing. And I like the idea that Ford is still on it's own two feet. Long live Ford. I guess I drove my Chevy to the levy ...and left it there.
Wes
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