Driving Around

I took Marcia out to dinner Saturday night - the weather was nice so of course we took the Eldorado.

This car gets a lot of attention - people stare, wave and smile. People come up and ask questions about the car and relate stories about people they knew who owned one. Marcia doesn't travel in the Caddy very often so she's not used to the attention. It kind of feels like being a movie star, I guess.

She was wondering why the car gets notice so much. Here is my theory:

• It's old. You just don't see many cars this old on the road, much less an old Cadillac like this.
• It's huge. It's wider and longer than a lot of SUVs.
  
• It's a convertible. I think convertibles get more attention anyway, but it is rare to see one of these land yachts.

Also, I suspect folks think we must be filthy rich to be able to afford to put gas in this baby. Maybe they are being nice to us hoping that we will start passing out $100 bills or remember them in our will or something.

On another note, I got the little piece of chrome that fits behind the rear wheel off of eBay. Haven't had time to see if it fits yet...