Well, this has been amusing. Because a bunch of us from work are going out
for lunch today, I asked Rudder if I could drive the
href="http://riseagain.net/dichroic/images/garage_view.jpg">Orange Crush. So
far I haven't had too much trouble maneuvering around (well, except that it does
tend to want to overlap its parking space), but driving out of the gym parking lot
after showering I noticed almost everyone who walked by had the same reaction.
I've begun thinking of it as The Hummer Doubletake. They look once, realize what
they've seen, look again and walk away grinning.
Rudder has a shower
at work so doesn't use or park at that gym; I imagine people at the gym branch
closer to home where we lift are a bit more blase by now. But it's not often you
can make people smile just by driving by. Almost seems worth burning a frightening
amount of petrochemicals. (Rudder likes to point out that with his three-mile
commute, he uses less gas than I do in Zippy the gas-stingy
Honda.)
I've already had three people ask to ride with me to lunch. I
may have to take one batch of people up and a difference group back. Occasional
excess can be fun.