So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Monday, February 6, 2012

Once Upon A Time American Vehicles Used to Be The Finest

By Frankie Aston


It was not too long ago where nearly every car you spotted on the highway were American cars. There have been foreign built cars on the highway but not that many but today, the younger generation of car buyers would not even consider an American automobile today. The table started to turn whenever Daimler-Benz joined with the Chrysler company a number of years ago.

Within the past few years, a number of the cars from the American companies are now being manufactured in places outside of the United States so you can't say they are true American cars. Even though these companies were once strictly American, today, these companies are simply profit-seeking multi-national corporations without any consideration for their country of origin. Therefore, the times of yesteryear have ended forever, and without any prospect of returning. Despite the layoffs and cost-cutting in the U.S. Automotive industry, you'll still find some of the American spirit alive in some cars.

Like the United States itself, the car industry has become truly multi-cultural and foreign-made cars continue to garner buzz. Do foreign made vehicles hold the heart and spirit of an American car for those people born in the United States? Many of the Japanese cars might go a lot faster, and will last longer than a lot of American cars, but do any of them have the style or grace of a corvette or a Viper. For many generations, the only cars that people dreamt having were the American muscle cars because of the awesome driving power and strong buy stylish design. There was a time back when America reigned over the world, that the American car did as well. This was ahead of more fuel-efficient compact foreign cars began to dominate the automobile market.

If you can remember the American sports car of the past, maybe you should get one of those stylish cars, rather than the slick machines of today with their computer controls. Those American cars that had been built way back in the fifties and sixties had a steel chassis, making them solid and long lasting. In those days, the big, heavy and solid vehicles seemed to provide a lot of protection compared to the compact, lightweight cars of today. Days gone by of American cars are long gone, especially with all the panic over fuel efficiency and the environment. They might be collector's items, nevertheless, you can still see some of them on the road today, bringing back memories of a bored out V8 engine under the hood.

Everything in life needs to change and move on and forward. But it is fine to reminisce about those wonderful cars of the past and think about the first car you ever bought.




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