leungwingkei

this letter appears in the july 2002 issue of car and driver i got today. it makes for a funny read. excuse me for the following grammar and spelling errors. im lazy and want to type it out fast.


here it is

your 'american iron' had me picturing myself hunkering up in one of these sophisticated, svelted pickup trucks, twisting the key, and firing the exotic v-8 to hear that lusty engine burble. i grab the sexy colun-mounted shifter and thunk it down to 'd'. then it's out of the dusty parking lot in search of the classic american twisty road. i'll nail the throttle (and catch a glimpse of the debris i carelessly discarded in the bed blowing all over the road). i approach the first corner, and i'm hard on the brakes. the light rear end sways port and starboard. that's when i feel theheft of my toolbox slam into the bed liner. halfway through the turn i slide out of the girppy seat, and i'm pinned aginst the door, my unbuckled seatbelt flapping in the arizona breeze. as i hit the the apex, i plant the pedal to the floor, my solid rear axle gracefully dancing on the pavement in search of grip. but the transaction never takes place, and i slam into the beautiful sedona sandstone landscape. the paramedics arrive and scrape my sorry carcassout of the wreckage and whisk me off the shock trauma. yes 'american lion' is the fulfillment of boyhood dreams. as i recover my full body cast, i pass time eagerly awaiting the 'american iron II-cargon vans' comparison test.


Mick Williams, via the Internet
New Market, Maryland

*All intelletual property above is property of their respective owners, as appears in the July 2002 issue of Car and Driver.