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Carvana dropped my 2016 CTS V3 off on Monday but I haven't really been able to drive it around due to being loaded up at work, I work from home, long hours, and don't see sunlight often.
Yesterday my schedule freed up and I was able to go do a number of overdue errands and had a few cool car experiences that I haven't had in over a decade.
The first was stopping by the gas station to top off my tank and check out the higher gas prices where a guy walked over from another pump to tell me, "I know what that car is and your's is badass".
The second was going to the store where I parked far away from the entrance to prevent door dings and while walking out I saw an older man walking across the parking lot over to my car. Same thing happened, but this guy was chatty wanting to talk about the car, and being a car enthusiast, I love any kind of car chats whether it's mine or more so about someone else's car.
Lastly, on the way home, an ATS-V that looked exactly like my car but shrunk down pulled up next to me. I was oblivious just sitting there leaning against my window staring blanky forward processing all the many things that I'm overdue finishing. The light goes green and he pulls forward but not fast at what I'd size up as making himself noticeable having seen me staring into nothing. He didn't seem to want to race, just pulled ahead to merge in front of me where the road turns into a single lane at pretty much regular speed where we drove out in sync in the same direction. Now, I live a bit out of town and it turned out that he lives in a neighborhood right near where I live.
Such a cool real first day out, I haven't had a nice car like this in a long long time and remember these moments that car people revel in. I'm so glad to have purchased this car to get my head back into the gears. I'm going to find more opportunities to get out of the house more often and into the sunlight to enjoy driving this beast.
Yesterday my schedule freed up and I was able to go do a number of overdue errands and had a few cool car experiences that I haven't had in over a decade.
The first was stopping by the gas station to top off my tank and check out the higher gas prices where a guy walked over from another pump to tell me, "I know what that car is and your's is badass".
The second was going to the store where I parked far away from the entrance to prevent door dings and while walking out I saw an older man walking across the parking lot over to my car. Same thing happened, but this guy was chatty wanting to talk about the car, and being a car enthusiast, I love any kind of car chats whether it's mine or more so about someone else's car.
Lastly, on the way home, an ATS-V that looked exactly like my car but shrunk down pulled up next to me. I was oblivious just sitting there leaning against my window staring blanky forward processing all the many things that I'm overdue finishing. The light goes green and he pulls forward but not fast at what I'd size up as making himself noticeable having seen me staring into nothing. He didn't seem to want to race, just pulled ahead to merge in front of me where the road turns into a single lane at pretty much regular speed where we drove out in sync in the same direction. Now, I live a bit out of town and it turned out that he lives in a neighborhood right near where I live.
Such a cool real first day out, I haven't had a nice car like this in a long long time and remember these moments that car people revel in. I'm so glad to have purchased this car to get my head back into the gears. I'm going to find more opportunities to get out of the house more often and into the sunlight to enjoy driving this beast.
my wife asked me if I was going through a mid life crisis or similarly to impress younger women. 🌮
