Did you name it Christine before or after it tried to kill you?
After, once the parallels became obvious: very old red used car, many quirks and oddities, radio that would only play one oldies station, and seemingly malicious awareness of when to stage the next mechanical failure to greatest effect (dry-rotted tire that crumbled to tatters while driving on a major thoroughfare, steering column that snapped as I stopped to deposit my paycheck at a bank, flat tire and broken hatchback spring that conspired to give me a mild concussion, etc.).
Hee, I just sent that link to a friend who was in that movie with the suggestion that he buy the car.
If it's who I think it is, that's freakin' hilarious.
In the early 80's I had a 1959 Plymouth Belevedere that looked exactly like Christine. I bought the car with no-lie, 16,000 original miles. The owner had a stroke in 1961 and never recovered, but refused to sell the car. So her neighbor lovingly cared for the car until her death. Which, if they'd told me BEFORE they cashed my check, I'd have insisted the family give the car to the neighbor.
As it was, I learned the primacy of parking in San Diego. (No lot? No business from me.) I enjoyed the tube radio that had to warm up before engaging. The push button transmission. The joy of opening the hood and finding about 4 things in there...plus, you could actually see the ground when you looked around the engine. The kick-ASS speed. The trunk that slept 20. Lord, I loved that car.
I also started a local club...the YCOCs. Young Chicks in Old Cars.
I sold it to a museum when I moved east. I miss it still.
The only down side? Asshats who'd scream CHRISTINE! and swerve around me dangerously. Jeez, genius...it's a car. Grow UP.
eta: can't. make. fingers. work. properly.
I know, I know. I really must correct this soon.
I don't know why GC's surprised. When did I see Casablanca???
t still need to come to watch To Have and Have Not
We have so many movies, it isn't even funny. The GF has a movie illness (a DVD illness, to be more precise since we have TV shows like crazy, too). This weekend we watched
Gentlemen's Agreement
with Gregory Peck (yum) and
Public Enemy
with James Cagney.
I finally got my Amazon delivery--all musicals, all the time! I got the boxed set of all the "That's Entertainment!" movies, the two-disc SE of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," and the boxed set of Classic Musicals, including "The Band Wagon," "Easter Parade," "Brigadoon," "Bells Are Ringing," and "Finian's Rainbow." Add in the CD of The Planets, and I still only spent just over $100. Not too bad!
"They're all about honor."
