[speaker001:] Clanking {dishes} [talking] {woman and children} [music].
[speaker002:] Well, as much as I'd, uh, I'd like to say that I'll be looking for a flashy convertible or, uh, or a four by four or something, I guess the next car I'll be looking for is a kind of a plain old four door [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] What kind of a car do you have now?
[speaker002:] Oh, we've got a, uh, an older Delta Eighty-Eight, and then, uh, our, our newer car is a, uh, a Corsica.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And we'll probably be looking for something about that, uh, that same style.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] That same kind of four door, hard top style.
[speaker001:] You got kids?
[speaker002:] Uh, no but we're planning for it.
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] So, uh, in fact, uh, our Oldsmobile is a, is a like an old Delta Eighty-Eight but it's in pretty good sh-, in really good shape.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And we've been really pleased with Oldsmobiles.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] So that's probably where the first place we'd look.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] But, uh,
[speaker001:] Well, we've always had, uh, Fords.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh, mostly because my wife's stepfather works at a Ford dealership [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That'll do it.
[speaker001:] Yeah. That'll do it. Um, but, yeah, we're, we're in the same shape. I think our next car will be a, you know, some big old four door, uh, something that can haul the kids to baseball practice
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] and piano lessons, and we've got a minivan,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and that's great. And I d-, drive, uh, well I used to drive an Escort, but it died on me.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [Throat clearing] So I, I mean I, I, I used to run it, I, uh, where we used to live, I used to commute a hundred and forty miles a day.
[speaker002:] Oh, geez.
[speaker001:] And, uh, and this Escort took it all. And it, it, it got up to, uh, uh, I was at ninety-four thousand miles on it, and the engine just went.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So I, I, I bought a used, uh, Dodge Aries,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] which has been okay.
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] I, I mean I've haven't had it that long.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But it, it al-, it's an eighty-five Aries, but it only had thirty-four thousand miles on it when I bought it.
[speaker002:] Oh, geez.
[speaker001:] And I just, you know, I just drive it to work. So it's just a ten minute commute every day.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So, uh, it [LAUGHTER] doesn't get much of, uh, I mean, it's not like I'm putting it through its paces.
[speaker002:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker001:] But I think, uh, and it's a four door which is nice,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but it's still a little cramped. I've got three kids,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] so I, I,
[speaker002:] Sounds like you, you need at least like a Taurus size,
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's what,
[speaker002:] or something like that.
[speaker001:] I was thinking of, was a Taurus. Uh,
[speaker002:] Yeah. I, I know a lot of guys at work, they, uh, the ones that have, uh, families, uh, and they still want kind of a sports car. They've been, uh, a lot of them have been getting these Taurus S H O's. That I guess it's the sports version
[speaker001:] Oh, really?
[speaker002:] of the Taurus?
[speaker001:] Yeah [Door].
[speaker002:] In fact, it comes with a standard stick and, uh,
[speaker001:] Ooh.
[speaker002:] and a lot of those. And it comes with a bigger engine and the things like that. But, uh,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] and usually they're in like black,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] and gun metal grey and those kind of colors. You're not going to see too many, uh, you know, green ones or blue ones or anything like that.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] They, they put them in sporty colors I guess. But, uh,
[speaker001:] Yeah. Well, my wife wants a Miyata.
[speaker002:] Oh, well sure [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That's what, you know, until, until you look at the price tag and then
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] you go, What? What would I, besides tooling around and looking really cool
[speaker001:] Right, yeah.
[speaker002:] and having a lot of fun, what would I really do with this car?
[speaker001:] I know, I know. It's like I, I guess I could fit in it [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] Yeah. I,
[speaker001:] maybe [Static].
[speaker002:] I went, I went through that when I first got out of, uh, college. I had an old car that I bought just to get to, to my j-, my first job.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And when I got there, the first thing I did was trade it in on a Spitfire.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] And I, I knew that was going to be the only time I could afford a two seater, uh, sports car.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But that, that just does not make it as an only car.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] It's, uh, it's like I, I would, I bought a set of stereo speakers
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] and it was one of those cash and carry deals. I had to take them one at a time,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] with the top down. And it was winter, so I was in like this coat
[speaker001:] Oh, no!
[speaker002:] with the top down, and the speaker in the passenger seat.
[speaker001:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And I drove that one home, and then I went back and got the other one and put that in the,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] passenger seat and drove that one home. And, uh, funny, funniest sight. And da-, you kind of outgrow that real quick
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] when it's your only car.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Well, I, you know, it's funny. Most people that I've talked to did stuff like that when they were in college,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] or, you know, or when they were single anyway.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] They'd, they'd buy themselves a sporty car because it was their last. I never did that. Uh, you know, my first car was a Toyota Corolla.
[speaker002:] Oh, really?
[speaker001:] And, uh, because I got a good deal on it
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] and, uh, that was a great little car. Actually I met, that's how I met girls was, I'd find out if a girl could drive a manual transmission, which I, I had never, I, I'd learned on an automatic transmission.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And so, so I'd go out on dates where they would teach me how to drive this car.
[speaker002:] Boy, that's a good deal.
[speaker001:] And, uh, in fact I married one of those people [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Ah, okay. Well, I'll have to remember that if I ever get in
[speaker001:] And it worked.
[speaker002:] that situation again [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, it worked all right, real good.
[speaker002:] Huh. Because I, I know we've, uh, that's, that's something that, that we definitely have to go with is an automatic transmission. My, uh, my wife just does-, can't, can't, uh, she really doesn't want to learn I guess,
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker002:] the, uh, the standard shift. I fact, I, I remember once we, uh, we, uh, went, uh, went on a, uh, test drive. We got one of these things from Lee Iacocca that said, you know, I'll give you a fifty dollar savings bond if you'll
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] test drive a car.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And we went, uh, [children] we went, uh, we went to a dealership and, uh, it, it was prev-, she, she did pretty well. But it was one of those things where we just went to a big parking lot
[speaker001:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] and the, uh, dealer kind of gave her standard shift parking, because that was all it was. It was, it was the funniest thing, it was like, uh,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] a big Le Baron, it was a Le Baron with everything on it,
[speaker001:] Wow!
[speaker002:] but it had a standard shift. It was the
[speaker001:] That's weird!
[speaker002:] craziest thing I ever saw.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And, and, and that's probably why they were trying to sell them, I guess.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] And, uh, we just kind of went back and forth and back and forth. She did pretty well after a while.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But, uh, it's just kind of hard to learn, I guess.
[speaker001:] Well, my wife, I mean, she'd always driven standard transmission.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, and,
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] in fact all our earlier cars were a standard transmission. In fact, the minivan's a, has a stick shift.
[speaker002:] Um, okay.
[speaker001:] And in, this Dodge Aries is the first car we've ever gotten that had anything. You know, it's got automatic transmission, cruise control,
[speaker002:] Oh, geez.
[speaker001:] you know, electric locks. You know, it's like, it's like a luxury car except that it's the Dodge Aries [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] Yeah,
[speaker001:] you know.
[speaker002:] yeah.
[speaker001:] So, uh,
[speaker002:] Oh, well. Well, I guess that's, I guess that's about all I've got to say,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] about cars [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, you, um, the, the thing about this, uh, th-, I will say this about the minivan.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] We thought that was a luxury car when we bought it.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, I would think so, yeah,
[speaker001:] It, it,
[speaker002:] because it's so big.
[speaker001:] Yeah. And, and it was quiet, it had a stereo system.
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] We never had it, you know, we always had the A M radio.
[speaker002:] Sure, sure.
[speaker001:] And, uh, of course this has, this that had s-, speakers that you can control from the back seat.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And you can change the channels on the, on the radio from the back seat too [Door].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And put s-, speaker phones in it. So.
[speaker002:] Now, now, now that used to be a luxury, but I bet on the next time you buy a car, that's going to be mandatory.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] You've got to have that now.
[speaker001:] That's right. That's right.
[speaker002:] You're used to it and you got to have it.
[speaker001:] And you've got to pay for it too.
[speaker002:] Yeah. That's true [LAUGHTER] too.
[speaker001:] And I bet, and I bet it costs twice as much as, as when
[speaker002:] It,
[speaker001:] I bought mine [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] It probably does, it probably does. But, uh,
[speaker001:] We,
[speaker002:] Oh, well. Well, Bill it's been nice talking to you.
[speaker001:] Nice talking to you.
[speaker002:] Okay, you have a good evening.
[speaker001:] Thanks a lot.
[speaker002:] Um. Bye-bye.
[speaker001:] Bye-bye Clanking talking [music].