A Lifelong Quest Continues
Today I'm forty. What a thought. Sitting up the other night on the laptop, writing yet another piece on a new car vying for our collective attention, a 'Silver Years' life insurance TV commercial caught mine. In bold print the words "IF YOU WERE BORN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1918 and 1963" flashed across the screen reminding me that I'm now part of the aging demographic that needs to think about such things.
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| The gorgeous BMW 3.0 CS, love at first sight. (Photo: BMW) |
I couldn't help let my mind slip back to a simpler time, of youth and carefree obsessions, music, cars and girls, usually in that order as the first two most often brought plenty of the latter. I fell hard for a few, and I wonder now and then where they are and how they're doing. Being happily married I can't just take off and find out.
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| The E9 was the stuff of dreams and on the short list with the Ferraris and Porsches of the day. (Photo: BMW) |
One of my first automotive loves was a particularly beautiful BMW 3.0 CS that I effectively drooled all over at a used car lot. My Dad was with me at the time, and we both fell in love with it. Blue metallic paint, deep blue leather seats and just the right amount of real wood on the dash and door trim, it was gorgeous.
At the time my Dad either didn't have the money or was too intelligent to buy something that frivolous while attempting to raise three kids. Either way, it wasn't to be.