tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post328486736019742857..comments2024-03-28T22:25:23.698-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: MY SECRET LOVE--by Cheryl PiersonWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-16285587593162912992014-01-29T17:29:22.524-06:002014-01-29T17:29:22.524-06:00Cheryl, believe it or not a 1952 Chevy! DorisCheryl, believe it or not a 1952 Chevy! DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-87733186168613673232014-01-29T13:20:22.490-06:002014-01-29T13:20:22.490-06:00Tom, those both sound like they were great rides. ...Tom, those both sound like they were great rides. It's fun to look back on the good and the bad in our car history. I forgot to mention the year we bought a Chevrolet Monza. So cute, baby blue, and a lemon from the word go. We bought it new and traded it in as quickly as possible. I loved that car--the looks, the way it handled, etc. We lived in WV at the time, and boy, it was wonderful over those curvy mountain roads. But it had a LOT of problems. <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-3103214342007202752014-01-29T09:45:30.986-06:002014-01-29T09:45:30.986-06:00Great post about your car "history," Che...Great post about your car "history," Cheryl. I've owned a lot of favorite cars through the years. tough to pick just one! Among my favorites: 1967 green MGC and 2003 red 350z. Both fast and fun.thomasrizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762315714546553945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-77722021070509005272014-01-28T23:31:48.862-06:002014-01-28T23:31:48.862-06:00Doris, so glad to see you here! What was your favo...Doris, so glad to see you here! What was your favorite car? You didn't say!<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-48436221969594272372014-01-28T23:30:54.507-06:002014-01-28T23:30:54.507-06:00Micki, I mainly drive my Equinox now, and Gary dri...Micki, I mainly drive my Equinox now, and Gary drives the Cruze, because I like being higher off the ground. There's a big height difference in those two. Sounds like you have had more than your share of sports cars--those are so fun to drive. I have always lusted after a Mustang. LOL<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-49990584831783923602014-01-28T23:27:22.806-06:002014-01-28T23:27:22.806-06:00Jim, those Impalas were great cars, weren't th...Jim, those Impalas were great cars, weren't they? I sure hated losing mine. So dependable and when you shut the door it sounded so solid. My son had a Malibu for a while, and you talk about dependable. He drove the wheels off of that car!<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-18417688857364838172014-01-28T23:25:01.741-06:002014-01-28T23:25:01.741-06:00Loraine, I love those little Compasses! So cute an...Loraine, I love those little Compasses! So cute and look like they'd climb a tree if need be.<br />Thanks for popping over here today!<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-45521886556503001682014-01-28T23:23:27.788-06:002014-01-28T23:23:27.788-06:00Sarah, that was sooo neat your dad taught you how ...Sarah, that was sooo neat your dad taught you how to do all that to your car! I still don't know how to change a tire! Thank God for my AAA membership!LOL Lots of good memories. Thanks for coming over and sharing yours. My sister had a little Fiat that she ran into the garage door. What was it with those cars? LOL<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-88441768667898491562014-01-28T22:40:31.392-06:002014-01-28T22:40:31.392-06:00This was just too fun. On the memories this post b...This was just too fun. On the memories this post brought back. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-26094381358712294902014-01-28T19:07:12.665-06:002014-01-28T19:07:12.665-06:00We both love cars too! Secretly sisters, I think. ...We both love cars too! Secretly sisters, I think. My first ride was a '73 Malibu. Along the way, I've driven a "77 Triumph TR7, a trusty old Blazer and "Miss Scarlett," my post-divorce '66 red Mustang. I drive an SUV now but I have a sweet little "71 MGB-GT fastback (British racing green, of course) sitting in my dad's shed waiting to be restored. Micki Fuhrmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-43355498601153737342014-01-28T16:36:36.648-06:002014-01-28T16:36:36.648-06:00Best car I've ever owned was my '65 Impala...Best car I've ever owned was my '65 Impala 2 door hardtop I bought for 600 bucks back in 1972. 283 V8, 2 speed automatic Powerglide transmission. Couldn't kill that car. In 1973, hitched up my horse trailer to it, put my bicycle on the roof of the car, loaded all my worldly possessions in one side of the horse trailer and Sam, my first horse, in the other and used that car to haul everything to San Diego... and then back a few months later when the job ended. It was still going strong at over 150,000 miles when I sold it and bought a Chevy pickup. Still have one of those today, my '99 S10 with 218,000 miles on the odometer and counting. Chevy's are the only thing I'll ever own, car-wiseJim Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190709130368990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-56827811645579278852014-01-28T16:28:55.957-06:002014-01-28T16:28:55.957-06:00I loved my 91 Grand Am. Drove it to death and was ...I loved my 91 Grand Am. Drove it to death and was sad to give it up. But these days, I'm loving my Jeep Compass. It's great on snow!Ella M. Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-52205325952264006012014-01-28T16:23:01.704-06:002014-01-28T16:23:01.704-06:00My sister and I shared my mom's old 500 Fiat, ...My sister and I shared my mom's old 500 Fiat, back when Fiats were not that great. Slowly, but surely, my sister took that car out in one mishap after another until there was nothing left but fenders and a steering wheel. My dad made us learn stick shift before he would let us get a driver's license and we had to change a tire, change out spark plugs and perform an oil change, too. <br />The first car I ever owned all on my own was a 1963 Valiant. It was a great little car, but I ran it into the ground. It was still running when I sold it. By then I was married and we bought a '65 maroon and black Mustang. Later I got a Volkswagon bug. It was second hand and practically falling apart on the road, but I loved that thing.<br />I've had my Subaru Forester (Bubba) since 2002 and he's still running like a gem. I'm sticking with him until I can't get parts or he gets smooshed on the road.<br />I like Gas Monkeys and Fast and Loud. I got into them because of my nephew who is a car show addict.<br />I enjoyed this blog, Cheryl. Maybe guys think the ladies don't care about cars--and they would be wrong, at least about some of us.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-5934862955683543202014-01-28T16:15:54.196-06:002014-01-28T16:15:54.196-06:00Kathleen, you have had some neat cars! I had a Thu...Kathleen, you have had some neat cars! I had a Thunderbird that had the reverse-opening doors. SOOOOO neat. But I was driving it home from Dallas one day and it began to smoke. Then it started coming into the car. I pulled over and didn't dare raise the hood. There was a town --quite notorious for being nothing but beer joints--right down the highway, and this was before cell phones. I was only about 20 miles from home, and at 18 didn't know much about ANYTHING. I just walked down to one of those beer joints and asked if someone could help me! LOL A guy on a motorcycle gave me a ride home, and my sister (I was living with her) was SO mad at me! LOL Yeah. I truly saw nothing wrong with it. Car burned up--some kind of electrical fire. No more T-Bird.<br /><br />The scalding water HAD to have hurt like heck! <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-56844929136430149872014-01-28T16:10:21.405-06:002014-01-28T16:10:21.405-06:00What a fantastic post, Okie! And who says women ca...What a fantastic post, Okie! And who says women can't be car nuts, too? :-D<br /><br />My favorite car always will be my first: a mint-green 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with a 390 engine and a Holley four-barrel carburetor. The engine was wedged into the frame so tightly it had to be jacked out of the car to replace the spark plugs! :-D<br /><br />I loved that hot little car. The notoriously quirky hidden headlights worked until the day someone T-boned my poor baby (their fault, not mine) and totaled it. I was inconsolable (though thankfully not seriously hurt). :-(<br /><br />After that, I had a Datsun SPL311 Fairlady (which I sold after a heater hose inside the firewall -- design flaw -- burst and scalded both of my legs [I was seriously hurt that time]) and an MG Midget. I was kinda into sexy roadsters there for a spell, I guess. :-DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-5411022341887859032014-01-28T14:58:37.505-06:002014-01-28T14:58:37.505-06:00Marc, what a great story! I love that! I bet he di...Marc, what a great story! I love that! I bet he didn't know WHAT to say to that, did he? <br /><br />I love throwing in a post like this from time to time--just off the wall and fun. I love to hear what other people drove, and what they liked about their cars, etc. You're right, it helps us to all know a bit about each other and get acquainted better. I always love your stories.<br /><br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-3326104381410134392014-01-28T14:55:39.538-06:002014-01-28T14:55:39.538-06:00Frank, I bet that was a great car. What color was ...Frank, I bet that was a great car. What color was it? I mean, when you weren't driving by in a blur...LOL<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-10924708452207681812014-01-28T14:54:22.083-06:002014-01-28T14:54:22.083-06:00Charlie, my sister and her husband had one of thos...Charlie, my sister and her husband had one of those, but it was dark blue. When baby #1 came along, they had to trade it in. I think it broke everyone in the family's heart. That was such a cooooool car!<br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-40887733684242052442014-01-28T13:15:40.272-06:002014-01-28T13:15:40.272-06:00Cheryl,
Nice post. It's these little nuggets o...Cheryl,<br />Nice post. It's these little nuggets of background about an author that makes things interesting.<br />My favorite car when I was young was a 1974 AMC Javelin. The older ones were prettier but this one made me feel like a TV detective… I still love good old American muscle cars but I do admit to being a bit of a European sports car buff. <br />I was gassing up my BMW motorcycle in Colorado last fall when a guy in a beautiful new BMW M6 convertible pulled up at the pump across from me. He kept eyeing my bike and waiting for me to say something nice about his car. I finally said: "Is that a BMW too?" <br />He grinned and patted his baby on the fender. <br />"Wow," I said. "I didn't know BMW made cars too."Marc Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652887133889558701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-17776596120783669192014-01-28T04:00:02.943-06:002014-01-28T04:00:02.943-06:00'56 Porsche Speedster. Fantastic car. Fast and...'56 Porsche Speedster. Fantastic car. Fast and fun, the ideal car for cruising the beaches. And for impromptu street racing. The best car ever.Frank Roderusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-39267615032131555192014-01-28T02:57:33.965-06:002014-01-28T02:57:33.965-06:00Cheryl,
TR3 Triumph! Baby Blue. Purchased in Be...Cheryl,<br /><br />TR3 Triumph! Baby Blue. Purchased in Berlin in 1969. Shipped it back to USA, years later.<br /><br />CharlieCharlie Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992330591519249699noreply@blogger.com