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So here I am, writing a blog about my Mustang. I never thought that I would but here I am. There are a number of reasons that I want to write about my car; well I want to do more than just write about my car. I plan on talking about cars in general and how much we, as Americans, enjoy our cars. There are, of course, emotions that revolve around cars and sometimes those emotions are much more dramatic than that of the vehicle.



Something that may have triggered my thought process to want to do this was last night we were watching BBC America (more later on how much I LOVE that channel) and there was a BBC America Reveals: My Car is My Lover. We were awe struck at the two men who were being profiled. The first guy was, I think from San Francisco and drove a white mid 70's Volkswagen Bug whom he named 'Vanilla'. The man was in love with this car (emphasis on in love). Whenever he parked the car somewhere and got out, he kissed the car numerous times and told 'her' that he loved her. Ummm, yeah. Then there was the other guy, who was younger, maybe early to mid-20's had a 1990 Firebird with a lazy headlight - it shone on the ground directly in front of the bumper, no interior headliner and a faded paint job. He called it 'Todd' and referred to it as such. They both spoke about having 'sex' with their cars and the guy who owned Vanilla, went to far as to masturbate on the Firebird, aka Todd during the night after these 'mechaphiles' actually met.



The funniest thing about these guys was when they went to a car rally. There were all kinds of makes and models - everything from modified vehicles to run of the mill, plain old units. The owner of Vanilla was so aroused that he was touching himself and had a visible boner in his pants! I mean it was so bad for him that he was bending down, fingering the tail pipes and then smelling his fingers. I nearly died when I saw him do that. Then he was kissing and caressing the cars. I mean it was really weird!

The other guy, the mechaphile with Todd, was a bit more realistic about his obsession. He was aware that what he thought was strange and that he was apprehensive to talk about it, but he still spoke about wanting to 'rape' Todd the car. But he did mention the emotion of connecting with the car and really loving the car. But the sex part is a little strange. http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/366/index.jsp

This whole thing is really off the charts for someone who doesn't care about cars and just thinks that they are transportation. I agree that they are made to get you from one place to another, but on a different plane, they do exude an aura and a feeling. They do have emotion, the emotion that the owner gives them. The emotion of power, styling, grace, safety and comfort.

Take, for example, an article I saw on MSN today How to look cool driving a Mini Van. First off that's totally impossible. There is NO WAY anyone can look cool driving a minivan. I don't care if you are the hottest man or woman in show business, there is not a flaming chance that you will be cool. Ok, my point is that the car makes the driver have emotion and that emotion is transferred to the car... Make sense? Kind of, I suppose. Can you look freekin awesome driving a Mustang? Yes, but if you pull asshole stunts on the drivers around you, then you look like a flaming turd and decidedly unattractive!

One last thing about the emotion of the car. On BBC America's Top Gear, the best freekin show on TV, the hosts have the 'Wall of Cool' where the three hosts decide if a car is cool or not. There are four areas where a car can be and the worst place to be is in the Sub-zero because you are a true tool for driving that car.

http://www.topgear.com/us/

Check the site and you will understand.

Thanks for reading!