I was actually quite demure in high school. I didn't become the sex-raving pervert that I am until I got to college.
-Still...there were a few times when things presaged the future. One of them is my dad's Pink '77 Cadillac Deville.
Yes...pink.
And it got an interesting reception at the school. "Who the hell brought the pimp-mobile to school" I heard. Not from a teenage girl...but from my
physics teacher! When I pointed out that it was me that brought it, she got pretty quiet all of a sudden!
Technically, this car was "Bimini Beige", which means that in low light it looked PINK. In bright light it just looked beige. Which means that it was a stupid color for a stupid car.
Stupid car? A 7000 cc V8 engine that makes 180 horsepower? Hell-oh? Good grief, what where they thinking about?
For what it is worth, 7000 cc is about 427 cubic inches.
-Volkswagen currently sells a turbocharged 2000 cc motor that makes 200 hp.
A friend of mine when we were in highschool drove his parents '79 Olds station wagen on occasion. This car had an Olds 403, the "other" engine used in the Pontiac Trans Ams, and it was quite a bit stronger than the Cadillac my mom used to own.
The very height of incredulity: I was driving my mothers' 427 powered '77 DeVille, and one of my friends raced me from a stop light in an '84 Olds Cutlass Supreme with a 3.8 liter V6. He managed to pull in front of me at about 60 mph! That V6 made all of 112 horsepower!~
Listen: They can play all the old rock sounds that they wish: Cadillacs are for old guys and they are just cheap gm cars.
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