Quick, cute story...
I had the Viper and Cuda sitting side-by-side at my apartment and some kids were out playing football in the yard. Well a guy (dad?) came running out and tells them to get away from the nice cars. Well then the two kids, the "guy," and a younger woman who used to live in our complex all end up out there looking at the two cars. Now mind you, these are kinda redneck people, but their hearts were in the right places.
So I just sorta stroll out to watch. The guy and kids are oogling over the Viper, the woman is goin' on about the 'Cuda. The guy sees me and asks if the Viper is mine. I replied, "Actually, they both are." Man did their eyes ever get huge...
So I'm out there, talking about the cars, answering questions, yes it's a V10, no it's only a 318, yes it's really fast, yeah I'm going to restore it... ...no I'm not the landlord...
Finally the guy offers me twenty bucks to take his one son around the block - I told him keep the money, and told his kid to climb in. I ended up giving both of the kids a ride around the block. I'd have given the guy a ride around, but he was smoking a cigarette.
Totally made their day. The guy kept going on about how excited the kids were and how thankful he was... I told him that I was 20 years old when I finally got my first ride in a Viper, and that I had always hoped that one day I could return the favor.
Jeff
