re: First Drive - Happy Hour!

[Jan van de Wouw <Jan@xxxx>]

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:11:30, Stian Birkeland wrote: 
> 
> Today was the first day of 2001 I had my car outside and driven.
[snip]
> Again, I love seeing the jaws drop on people looking/staring at the car
> and pointing. You can see everyone is excited of that "futuristic car".
>
> Is it just me or does anyone else on this list feel the same? 

I'm sure allmost every owner on this list feels this way,
at least I do, so you're not alone ;-)

> I mean whenever I get out of the car, opening the gullwing doors,
> I automatically get a big smile on my face...and yes,
> the smile is also there even if there is not people looking.

I have the exact same feeling; I even caught myself on a little
habit I developed in the 6 months I have owned and driven my car!

In a normal car I park, shut off the engine, put on the parkingbrake,
loosen the seatbelt, take out the key, open the door, get out,
lock up and walk away.

With the DeLorean, the first thing I do (exept when it's raining) is
opening the door, the rest comes after that. 
It's a great feeling seeing all those heads turn to your car when
the door opens, in fact I look forward to getting my car some 
dooropeners that would be a VERY cool sight when you approach your car!

But first things first: I'll have to sort out the passengerdoorlock
first; it has to be opened with two hands at the moment...

> The DeLorean is a cute car which really makes my day. If I'm in a bad mood, 
> I just go out for a drive and come back as a new person.

I can't take it out that easily, but jsut booting my Mac makes me smile
every time I see "Dagger" appear as my desktoppicture/wallpaper...

Today my evening started out great when a photographer phoned me to
make an apointment for a photo-shoot next monday!
I'm going to be part of a readerspanel for "Kampioen", the monthly
magazine for members of ANWB, sort of the Dutch AAA and they wanted
pictures of me with something that's very special to me.
When I mentioned the "D" the photgrapher didn't have to think that
long! I'll keep you all posted on how it went, I'm busy this weekend:
I have to wash my car!

Greetings from the Netherlands,

JAN van de Wouw
Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...

#05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000

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