MOTOR LOVE

(Got asked to do this car thing, but of course I’ll share it with you first!)

“I write a regular column for Motor Trend online called Celebrity Drive, I ask 4 car questions (What is your current car and how would you rate it? What is your fave road trip or drive? What was the car you learned to drive in? What was the first car bought?)”

1. My current car is the Dodge Challenger SRT8. If I was to rate it between 1-10 this car would get a 15! I have NEVER been so utterly in love with ANY car. I’ve been driving my Challenger for about 6-7 months and EVERY time I see it, I say to myself, “Holy f@#k that is bad ass!” The ONLY draw back is that it sparks the interest of too many car enthusiasts and I get stuck answering questions about it to strangers everyday. I suppose that is a consequence but I am willing to deal with it. I have added some Mopar after market items and chrome rims to this all-black piece of machinery but there really isn’t much that needs to be done. It comes from the factory pretty ‘insane’. Oh yeah, I have the windows tinted illegally dark so it looks even meaner. I have gotten stopped by the cops for that but they have let me go with a warning. I guess they fall in love with it too. Stripping away the tint would be like asking a gorgeous woman to eat a bag of Oreos before walking a red carpet and asking her to smile for the camera.

2. I’m not much of a road trip guy. My favorite drive is a cold weather, late night run down Sunset Blvd. when all of the morons who can’t drive are at home in bed. Sure, I speed and go WAY too fast but it’s pretty impossible to not with the mist and fog out there, begging for something un-natural to disturb it’s morning creep. The headlights take on the glow of laser beams as they cut through the moisture in the air. Yeah, I’m pretty romantic about it. (BTW I Do not condone or suggest speeding. It is a ‘problem’ I have and I am working on it.)

3. I learned to drive in an old Toyota Celica back when they were new and sleek and fierce. Not long after learning how to drive, I wrecked the poor thing out of sheer irresponsibility, flying down Mulholland. I ended up creating an unintentional piece of Modern Art when I embedded the Celica into a mountain overlooking the valley below. So much for that! As they say, when you fall off a horse… However, I guess when you fall off a horse, you don’t usually risk the lives of others and yourself. OK lesson learned… Kind of

4. The first NEW car I ever purchased was the BMW 850. God, I loved that car! I actually miss seeing them around as they really never made them for very long. As I am with most cars, I tired of it relatively quick and ended up in a Mercedez. Both were amazing but lacked that extra bit of uniqueness and edge my Challenger has. The good news about the Challenger is that it hasn’t become the new Mustang which was a concern when I got it. I assumed we’d be seeing them EVERYWHERE but that fortunately hasn’t been the case.

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