Monday, March 19, 2007

Detroit...We Have A Problem

When Henry Ford gave the common man wheels it was with the understanding that he could get a car in any color he wanted as long as it was...BLACK. This was no big deal at the time considering that it gave almost everyone a chance to give up old Dobbin and begin the eternal quest for a cheap tank of gas. (Cheap and tank of gas in the same sentence! Other blogs promise, but this one delivers!)

For years, as the auto industry developed, improvements were made as more manufacturers conceived models with a multitude of options for the car buying public. In fact, there was a time when you could buy a ride decked out in almost any color of the rainbow. The 1950's and 60's were especially colorful decades. (Either that or all of the designers and engineers were stoned...Yes, I'll go with that.) Whatever the case, you could actually buy a car decked out in a dazzling cool color.

Now, skip ahead to the present. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED????!!!! Take a look around you the next time you're forced to wait at an intersection. Cars are now painted either black, white, silver or some form of metallic cow flop dark brown that looks a lot like that stupid burnt umber in your Crayolas. Did we ask for this? I think not! My contention is that this is all part of some evil communist plot hatched by German and Japanese car makers that was all about lulling us into becoming a country of boring "non colorful" mathematician types just like they are. THIS WILL NOT STAND! We kicked their asses in the BIG WAR and we're not about to succumb to boring colors brought to our shores in a fit of cheapness and bad taste that WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.

ARE YOU LISTENING, DETROIT?

Give us some exciting colors! How about some dayglo orange? Maybe lime green or candy apple red? Something that says FUN! I know I speak for Americans everywhere when I beg you to give us back some good ol' AMERICAN colors. Let the rest of the world have boring cars! I'm ready to line up outside the first AMERICAN auto dealer's showroom that can give me a hot pink or lemon yellow convertible.

Oh, that's right. Mary Kay, you first, butI've got dibs on the lemon yellow.








1 comment:

DAVID said...

GEE, I TRIED THIS B4. TRYING TO COMMENT TO KEN'S BLOG IS A CHALLENGE.
RE: COLORS OF CARS. I THINK IT WAS DELOREAN WHO JAZZED UP CAR COLORS. I MAY BE WRONG. STUDEBAKER DID LEMON/LIME, RED/GRAY (THAT WAS MY '55 STUDE
AKA: "ERICKSON'S STREAK" WITH THE TOSS YOUR COOKIES GREEN INTERIOR WHICH ALSO HAD AN "I LIKE BUCKPASSER" BUMPER STICKER ON BACK). IT WENT TO "FINISHED WITH ENGINES" AT THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR DEMO DERBY. DON'T FORGET THE VERY FAMOUS SALMON/GRAY WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ALSO ON THE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS.
ENOUGH COMMENT. TRIED THIS B4 AND IT DIDN'T WORK. KEN, THE SITE IS GREAT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. IT KEEPS YOU OCCUPIED AND KEEPS YOU FROM THINKING ABOUT THE BOOZE.