My first car was a VW bug with a 67 engine and 69 body. I thought it was the best thing ever. I remember painting peace signs on the windows. What got me feeling all nostalgic about cars is a text I got from Ben last night about Honda coming out with a Prelude once again for 2026.
I owned a first generation Prelude!
My family was a Honda salesman’s dream. Me, Mom, & my favorite brother, Scott, headed to a Honda dealership on a mission. All 3 of us came home with a new Honda. Mom & I both got silver Honda Accords (mother — why on earth did you put me in a car EXACTLY like yours??), and Scott got a maroon Prelude. I’m not sure on the timing, but Scott wanted something else and the Prelude was like new. My Accord got sold to my aunt Irene and I got the Prelude.
It was an AMAZING car and it had… drum roll please… a sunroof!! ::gasp:: 😮
Dentist selfie with the Mom who no longer drives.
Mom has no reason to drive anymore since she has her very own pesky chauffeur. She certainly could still drive mind you, but insurance companies hate old people drivers. While I love my Mini Cooper convertible and figured it was all I’d need forever, I may just have to trade it for a new Prelude.
What was your first car? Do you remember and does it make you feel all nostalgic?
And finally, after days of rain that we desperately needed, it’s cooled off an actually feels like fall.
Ben and Colette are headed to Disney World without me this time around. It makes me sad, but also happy that they’re able to take advantage of my hard work (accommodations and park tickets) for the Mopar Expo. I’ve been to Disney a gazillion times and the Animal Kingdom resort, where they’ll be staying, is one of the few resorts there I’ve never stayed in. I can’t wait for photos!
Now you know: Titanic victim, Jeremiah Burke, threw a message in a bottle overboard that read, “From Titanic, goodbye all, Burke of Glanmire, Cork”. It washed ashore a year later only a few miles from his family home in Ireland. It then remained in his family for nearly a century before being donated to a museum.