1/10/08

I had one of those, “Hey, why the hell are you thinking of settling for the front wheel drive version of the car you really want when the car you really want is actually available?” moments this morning. What, you’ve never had one of those? Anyhoo, I was thinking that the thing that I really liked most about the Altima Coupe is that it looks almost just similar enough like the Infinity G Coupe to be a dead sexy beast. Well, I priced them online just now and you know what, front wheel drive isn't all that bad for my daily driver. Rear wheel drive isn't worth $10,000.00 to me, especially since I have plenty of toy cars (the Seven, George, Marty, Barbecue Bob, the Chickenhawk, Barbara, Herman, and even to some extent Mr. Wiggly, and Fifi) to scratch the RWD itch. Oh sure, if I did go the Infinity route I could rebadged it as a Nissan Skyline, but that’s been done. No, I don’t mean my rebadging Matilda as a Datsun Sunny Coupe, I actually saw an Infinity G35 Coupe with a full complement of Nissan Skyline badges in downtown Fort Worth about a month after buying Matilda. Speaking of Matilda being a Sunny Coupe, I won another badge on e-Bay yesterday. It is a plain “Sunny” emblem in a similar font to the “Datsun” on the back of Matilda. I've been thinking that since Matilda is a four door hatchback, it cannot really be called a “coupe.” I think I'm going to swap the “Sunny Coupe” for the “Sunny” and use the former on the beaver panel of Marty opposite the “2000GT” emblem. I think John will approve but Enrique might have something to say about it. We’ll see. Oh, and speaking of changing plans for the various emblems and such, the “Sunny” wheel centers I wanted to use on Marty won’t fit his Appliance wheels. They will fit George’s turbines so they’ll be going on there instead. Also, since the “Sunny” roundel I was going to use on Marty’s beaver panel won’t sit flat, I’m going to use it on George’s grille. “Why don’t you use that Sunny grille you bought on George?” I hear you asking. Well, 1) it looks too nice to go on George, and B) I'm not putting a $150.00 JDM grille on a $5.00 car, thank you very much for asking. By the way, John is jealous as hell over that grille. He says it is the one plastic grille he’d put on a 1200. I'm not sure what his love of the 1200 sedan’s metal “Grandpa Grille” is all about. Yes I do, it looks like the “Grandpa Grille” of the 510. Well, I don’t like it. But if everyone had my impeccable taste, we’d all just be mediocre. To each their own. It takes all kinds. There’s an ass for every seat and a seat for every ass. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Wait, I think I may have gone one cliché too many. Especially since that last one could be used against me on this whole Altima deal. Speaking of which, one aspect of Enrique’s “Sword of Damocles” I mentioned before has been resolved. We are one step closer to making a deal. I'm getting excited about it. I checked the local dealers’ inventories online and found three or four six-speed V6 cars. They all had leather and the “Premium Power Package,” neither of which isn’t a deal breaker but not something I would have chosen were I ordering a car. Most had the “blonde” interior but some had “charcoal.” I'd rather have the charcoal, but again, not a deal breaker. Most were white as well. Obviously I don’t have a problem with white cars since I drove the Scooby Doo for so many years and Marty is going to stay white so no deal breaker there either. In fact, the only three deal breakers on an Altima Coupe are red, automatic, and four cylinder. Come to think of it, I think there is a red automatic four cylinder on one of the lots! Know what, someone will buy it too. I cannot fathom why though. Well, I think I'm just about ranted out today. I think I'll go grab some lunch. Toodles.