I congratulate the winner, but let it be known, that there’s no way he could compete with my 1984 Volkwagon Rabbit / Diesel, with the “Ultra HOT” sticker on the hatchback. I mean it was a peice of junk, and I had the unfortunate privilege of driving it. Not only, could you hear me coming 6 blocks away, but it had a faulty horn as well.

I’ll never forget the series of speed bumps we had down our high school entry-way. There were three of ‘em, and I was convinced that everybody who was anybody in our school, was lined up just waiting for me to arrive.

My two best friends, who were twins, had to catch a ride to school with me one day, and the minute we turned into the school drive, Brent, who was in the back seat, hit the floorboard, and Kent, who was in the front, rolled the seat all the way back as fast as he could, so he wouldn’t be seen.

You talk about embarrassing… I’m tellin’ ya, I cringed every time I hit a speed bump, because each one had the potential of setting that horn off. I can literally remember each time that happened, and the way I had to bang on the horn to try and make it stop. Occasionally, I could stop it, but most of the time it started right back up. Sometimes it would even stop for several seconds, and then start up again. I remember sitting there in my parking space, banging on the horn for two or three minutes after turning the “Whoopster” off, trying to get that horn to stop. One day I just left it honking… Needless to say, I didn’t get many dates back in high school!

Fortunately, though, in 2000, I got the opportunity to upgrade (Don’t worry, I wasn’t still driving the “Whoopster”). I was selling Fords at a dealership in DeSoto, TX, when the car I’d been waiting for, finally rolled on the lot. A bonafided “Chick Magnet”! It was a 2000 model, black on black, Mustang GT, loaded to the hilt…leather and all!

She’s still my baby, and probably always will be. She’s currently got 128,000(+) miles on the odometer, and a very rich history to go along with each mile…. but that’s for another time and another place.

My congratualtions to the winner, and the runner’s-up…. Just know, though, you are very fortunate souls!

Lance Fisher