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Old Cars Never Tire |
| Section: LIFE / HUMOR |
| Author: Jennifer Harper |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 874 Words, 5,141 Characters |
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The world's oldest car is about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder -- which may or may not be of consequence. Many Americans already believe they own the world's oldest car. This is either a beige 1972 Dodge Dart with black-and-tan plaid seat covers, a Buick Roadmaster with 631,000 miles on it, or some indestructible Cadillac Eldorado that once was mistaken for a B-52.
Ah, yes. Old cars. All hail the old cars, and we don't mean those svelte vehicles that have been restored down to the last cylindrical chrome taillight. Nah. We're talking the old beaters and bombs that keep running out of sheer spite. They roll on -- and on a...
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...onducted by a national insurance agency found that half the population thinks of their car as either male or female.
"People think their cars are human," notes Paul Purdy, spokesman for Yes Insurance, which conducted the poll last year. But the million-dollar question: Do cars think their humans are automotive? Only La Marquise knows for sure.
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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