Seeing your car again for the first time

[Kamloops cutlass]

I like coming up on my car and seeing it with fresh eyes
I mean , you know what your car looks like obviously but sometimes you turn a corner and see your car in the parking lot and your knee jerk reaction is “ nice car”!
Then you realize it’s yours and the smile gets bigger .
was at the river today with my wild *ss dingo , we had the place to ourselves because the smoky air quality has everyone hiding at home
Walking back to the parking lot I crested the dike and saw my cutlass
Had to stop and take a shot
Everybody chuckles about the guy that has to look back at his car when he walks away from it , ha ha I’m one of them
Who else does this ?

 

[Rktpwrd]

Guilty as charged.

 

[69hurstolds]

Guilty as charged.

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If I had to drive that POS, I'd have to look back in disbelief too.

I kid, I kid!!!!!

I always look at a G-body. I don't care who owns it. Even me. I don't even care if they're show worthy or anything. Rust bucket or not, I'm checking it out.

 

[melloelky]

sure do and I park like a jerk way out the way..

 

[DRIVEN]

 

[druggles85]

Mines not perfect, but it's hard to believe it's the same car. Catches me by surprise sometimes.

 

[Texas82GP]

If your ride doesn't make you turn around and look at it, you're driving the wrong vehicle.

 

[jlcustomz]

My wife was driving a 7 year old 83 cutlass at age 28 when I met her. Enjoyed watching her walk away too in those days.

Many of us spend so much time up close on our projects, walking away from it in a parking lot is the only time we get to see what everyone else sees.

 

[Streetbu]

Agreed. I always pick mine apart. All the stuff I haven't done, or needs to be done, or things I did a decade ago when I didn't know any better. Then I see it again and the love comes rushing back.

 

[Ribbedroof]

Agreed. I always pick mine apart. All the stuff I haven't done, or needs to be done, or things I did a decade ago when I didn't know any better. Then I see it again and the love comes rushing back.

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I think we're all our own harshest critics. I see so much "wrong" with mine, but other people seem to like it...and it's nowhere near as nice as yours. Not even in the same league, IMO.