Friday, October 23, 2009

My First Car

1977 Oldsmobile Omega Brougham.

Brown.

with a tan vinyl roof.

can you believe it? An upscale chevy nova, but without the decent V8.
all the hassles of a softtop, but without the benefits.

How awful was this car? Here's a picture:



Not too bad, right? Now remove those bad-ass wheels. and replace them with steel wheels and shitty covers. Change that radiant blue to brown. Cover the roof with tan vinyl.

Now swerve to avoid hitting that dog in the street and run the rear quarter panel along a phone pole. Pull out the creases, fill it with bondo and respray.

That's my first car.


Awesome.

Donald?

Autotropism

Why autotropism?
What is autotropism?

It is a neologism formed by the contraction of "auto" and "tropism." Relevant definitions follow:

auto |ˈôtō|
noun ( pl. -tos) [usu. as modifier ] informal
an automobile : the auto industry.

tropism |ˈtrōˌpizəm|
noun Biology
the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.