Now we are going to look one more time at yet another one of my favorite cars: The 1962 Plymouth Fury (Station Wagon). I LOVE this car. The one we drove years ago had pushbutton automatic transmission.  It had FULL POWER STEERING which is no longer available on cars because people would flip them over when they turned. The car we had was white with red vinyl seats. It had a 426 cu in. V8. Hemi. It had the rearview mirror in the middle of the DASHBOARD that you could fold down. COOL!!

I remember years later someone telling me that the Plymouth was God’s favorite car. They told me it was documented in the Bible. I actually found  the verse in Genesis.

“And God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden-IN A FUR’Y!!

I know all of you heard of the Cash for Clunkers car program. The government should have saved its money. All they needed to do was give a perfectly good car to my husband, who would have driven it into the ground for FREE!!

Case in point-my 1991 Camry. I had that car in PERFECT condition-inside out-NOW LOOK AT IT!! I have to get the car repainted completely which I will do in the Spring. The car RUNS EXCELLENT. It does leak a little oil but I finally convinced my spouse to get that fixed and he has. WHAT A JERK!!

“Oh I have to put a three quarts of oil in every 2000 miles!! IDIOT!!! I HATE PEOPLE THAT ABUSE CARS!! THAT IS WHY HE IS FORBIDDEN TO DRIVE ANY OF MY  OTHER CARS!!

Because I nag him, that car runs like a top. THE ENGINE IS CLEAN!! JUST ASK MARK AT MONRO MUFFLER. That car can run from Cheshire Ct to Gilford New Hampshire 212 miles each way and I still have 1/4 tank of gas when I get back to Connecticut. It is standard with no air THAT IS WHY.

I remember once my spouse took my 1972 Mercedes 250 WITHOUT TELLING ME!!

WHEN HE CAME HOME THAT NIGHT-I BEANED HIM RIGHT IN THE HEAD!!

I drove that car up until three years ago!!! IT BLEW UP ON RT. 8!! It had OVER 500,000 miles on it. I babied that car. I was trying to drive it a million miles on the same engine. If you drive any Mercedes one million miles on the original engine, Mercedes will give you the 500 SL!!!

I just found my CAR on Youtube. OMG-I LOVED THIS CAR. THERE WAS  NO OTHER LIKE IT-LOOK AT THIS CAR-BEAUTIFUL!!

Borla exhaust; VDO Gauges (VDO used to be in Cheshire Industrial Park);spring leaf suspension AND WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME A BLAUPUNKT AM FM RADIO SOUND SYSTEM–SWEEEET!!! But I noticed in this car-the leather seats are not HAND STITCHED. THEY ARE LEATHER SEAT COVERS-CHEATING!!

Click HERE for the 1972 Mercedes Benz 250. My car was GAS not diesel. And the shifter was on the floor (a sport shifter) not on the column. The steering wheel was IVORY not black. I can’t take it. I WANT THIS CAR AGAIN!!

Here is my other love car-the 1999 Toyota Camry Solara XLE V6-WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS!! The odometer on this car should have started at 75 mph. That is where this car seated itself. When you went 90 or 100-the car would lower itself down to the ground-GORGEOUS!!!

I got plenty of tickets in Cheshire with that car-IT WAS WORTH IT.

Here is the 1999 Toyota Camry Solara-fast car- lousy brakes-terrible in the snow even with traction assist and FWD!!

I had just gotten the car out of the garage. I was driving through Shelton on Rt. 8. It was June or July2007. I heard a POP and black smoke and THAT WAS THE END OF IT. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I kept driving it. I was crying. I am still crying!!

That interior WAS PIMP!! The big white steering wheel. The hand diamond stitched leather. The horsehair padding. The BIG Mercedes medallion in the front. The CHROME bumpers. They DON’T MAKE CARS LIKE THAT ANYMORE. THAT CAR HAD CLASS IT STOOD OUT. IT HAD SOUL!! PEOPLE WHO HAD NEWER MERCEDES USED TO FOLLOW ME IN THAT CAR!! THEY COULDN’T GET OVER IT!! I HAD A CULT FOLLOWING FOR GOD SAKES.

Now every car looks like every other car. Sure the Mercedes did not do good on gas and would be a “clunker” today, but that car ran great!! Only I could drive that car. When my spouse tried to drive it-IT STALLED!! GOOD!!

Speaking of cars, I did not realize the requirements of the CARS program or “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” as people called it. The car had to get less than 18 mpg.  No cars engine system could not be re used or resold. Only some of the chassis. I did not realize what had to be done to “disable” these cars. AND MANY WERE IN TIP TOP SHAPE WITH 60 or 70,000 miles on them. SOUNDS LIKE A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT I KNOW!!

The dealer would have to blow out the engines on these cars!!! They would do this by pouring Sodium Silicate into the crankcase after draining the oil. This solution, when heated up by the engine turns to glass literally and seizes the engine. Some other dealers would just drain the oil and throttle the car until the engine seized. OOOH!! I HATE TO EVEN THINK OF IT.

I looked at one video on Youtube. This particular van ran for 45 minutes with NO OIL before it blew. AMAZING?? No. My old Mercedes ran for 60 miles without oil one time. IT WAS PUSHROD ENGINE-THE BEST!!

I got home and saw smoke coming from the engine. I opened the crankcase-NO OIL. Looked at the dipstick-DRY!!

THAT WAS AMAZING AND THAT WAS THE PRIDE THAT WAS PUT IN A LOT OF THESE OLD CARS-FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

Now mind you, there were some real clunkers, but for the most part-when I post some of these Youtube videos, you will be shocked at what was destroyed!! Part of our past!!

Click here for another sad Cash for Clunkers story: destroying a 94 Chevy Caprice Wagon. SHAMEFUL!!

Pushrod engine Van runs for 40 minutes before blowing up. Click HERE.

I swear you can hear the engine on this van CRYING!! WHAT A WASTE!!

Now HERE is a REAL CLUNKER THAT I AM GLAD THEY BLEW UP. The 1990 Chevy Crappo (Astro) Van. I had the 86 it was real piece of SHIT!! The car throws a rod-GOOD RIDDANCE!!

Click HERE for the demise of yet another CRAPPO VAN.

I ended up giving my crappo van to the Cheshire Fire Department. They used it for extracation training. When I saw it-the roof had been ripped open. I hate to say it but I did sort of feel bad after I saw it ripped apart. But it was for a good cause.

Anyway, speaking of cars, I happened to be coming back from the Olive Garden in Orange this past Sunday and was driving on Racebrook Road in Orange (Rt 114). when I happened to get behind one of those large municipal vans. I got closer and guess what it said: “CHESHIRE   SERVICES” or I can’t remember exactly what the van said, but it was the van the Senior Center uses around Cheshire.

I started wondering what this van was doing down in the Orange area on a Sunday. I thought maybe there was an event or something. So anyhow, I decided to follow it to see where it would end up AND WHO WOULD BE GETTING OUT.  I followed the van into Woodbridge, up Rt. 63, down Rt. 42 all the way to South Main Street and ENDING UP AT THE CHESHIRE COMMUNITY POOL!!

I started getting excited. I thought I had a good one. Then when I saw who was getting out of the van I really got  going. The Town Manager a few Town Council people and a few citizens. I rolled down the window of my car hoping I would hear “BOY THAT WAS A GREAT TRIP TO FOXWOODS.”

But no, it was the people who are researching different ideas for the Community Pool. Apparently they had gone to Glastonbury and the Milford/Orange YMCA to look at their structures.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE DID NOT BOTHER TO LOOK AT THESE FACILITIES BEFORE THEY BUILT THIS COMMUNITY POOL. IF THEY HAD BOTHERED GOING TO MILFORD/ORANGE IN 2005 WHEN THEY WERE TAKING DOWN THEIR BUBBLE AND PUTTING UP THE POLYCARBONATE GLASS ENCLOSURE-THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAVED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BY NOW.

But no, you can’t tell these people anything. They don’t listen to John or Jane Public UNLESS IT IS ONE OF THEIR PRE APPROVED CLONES!!

They did not bother doing any research because they could not wait to stick their head up the asses of the people they FEEL THEY  HAVE to cater to. It doesn’t matter how much money is spent, they know very few people will complain in Cheshire. That is why we are spending $165,000 at Mixville to dredge a pond so 35 people can canoe there!!

This entourage should have taken it upon themselves TO DRIVE THEIR OWN VEHICLES TO THESE PLACES-NOT USE TOWN GAS!! But this is OK because the REPUBLICANS ARE IN POWER NOW!! CONSULTANTS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,  EXORBITANT EXPENDITURES AT MIXVILLE FOR 35 PEOPLE ALL IS FINE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN CHARGE!!

Mr. Schrumm, to his credit, took it upon himself to DRIVE  TO THE MILFORD/ORANGE YMCA to see their pool.

Unfortunately for Cheshire as always, IT IS TOO LATE TO CONVERT. THE COST IS WAY TOO HIGH!! As I have stated before, the Milford/Orange Y GOT DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PAY FOR THIS GLASS ENCLOSURE.

Putting the pool IN THE HIGH SCHOOL  AND GETTING THE STATE TO PAY FOR IT LIKE EVERY OTHER NORMAL TOWN DID WASN’T SHOW OFF ENOUGH FOR CHESHIRE. IMAGE IS EVERYTHING AT ANY PRICE!!

Cheshire can’t even raise $10,000 for the fireworks!!

The town of Cheshire needs to do the following: make this pool one season and make a deal with Elim Park for the Fall and Winter. NO OTHER CHOICE!!

Any other alternative is too expensive now BECAUSE CHESHIRE WAITED TOO LONG AS USUAL!!

My spouse made a suggestion to try to offset some expenses for the Education Budget. Pay every third week instead of every week. This way here the teachers could keep their raises. I will explain this further in another post because I don’t get it-but I heard Florio liked the idea and so did Mr. Milone because I heard him tell my spouse at the pool parking lot.

And I see someDEPARTMENT is up to their old antics again. Park on the side of the road the get their “victim” for the day.

So let us go over how many  franchise businesses have failed in Cheshire over the past few years:

Burger King; Frankies; Damons; Seafarer; Cheshire Gourmet (Chinese Restaurant); Friendlys, Pizza Hut; KEN-TACO-HUT and Lums.

I never have heard of so many brand name franchises closing in a small town as this-HAVE YOU??

AND YOU KNOW WHY!!