{"id":879,"date":"2009-05-04T12:34:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickandviv.net\/?p=879"},"modified":"2013-11-28T09:06:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T14:06:48","slug":"chevy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rickandviv.net\/index.php\/2009\/05\/04\/chevy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Last week on my drive back home from \u00a0some errands, I spotted a tiny car pulling out of the lot at the super market. Normally I don’t pay much attention to specific makes or models of cars. But I admit, this one caught my eye for a couple of reasons. First, it was a little Chevy Chevette. Second, a little old lady was driving it.<\/p>\n

I’m not one to be nostalgic, but in my family when I was growing up, we were a chevy family. Dad always bought American and always bought Chevy. I couldn’t exactly tell you why. I do know that the very first car my dad bought after graduating from college was a Chevy Corvette. Perhaps that was one of the things that drew my mom’s attention to him, who could say for sure. I know that our family had various cars over the years, but every single one was a Chevy. There was the Corvette, the Bel Air, the Impala, the Citation and the Cavalier. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What is it about a car that makes it almost part of our home, and definitely a piece of our history. We take lots of little drives, off to school, practices, church, and family and friend’s homes. Then there are the long drives to visit family, to take vacations, to road trips just for kicks. Something about seeing that little Chevy Chevette sparked a few happy memories for me. The car I learned to drive was the Chevy Citation – not exactly an elegant looking car, but it sure took me to plenty of fun spots with friends.\"chevrolet_citation\"<\/p>\n

No, I never had a chevette, but the lyrics to a totally amusing song by Audio Adrenaline, leave me feeling the same as the writer. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Chevette<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago I watched in awe
\nas my Dad drove up the driveway.
\nMore than proud to have a brand new family car.
\nThirty miles to the gallon
\n0 to 60, sometimes.
\nI remember putting down the back seat
\nand lying in the hatchback.
\nLooking at the sky watching trees go by.
\nI was the son of a preacher
\nand he was a rich poor man<\/p>\n

no a.c.
\nand no FM
\nand no regrets
\nin my Chevette
\nyeah
\nin my chevette<\/p>\n

The winter cracked the highway
\nand we tried to dodge the pot holes.
\nHe never promised us it would be a gentle ride.
\nHe never had a problem though,
\nkeeping it on the narrow road.<\/p>\n

no a.c.
\nand no FM
\nand no regrets
\nin my Chevette
\nyeah
\nin my chevette
\nyeah
\nin my Chevette
\nyeah
\nin my chevette<\/p>\n

poor thing is up on blocks
\nbut that car still
\nRocks<\/p>\n

seems like yesterday
\n(seems like yesterday, seems like yesterday)<\/p>\n

my chevette
\nyeah
\nin my chevette
\nyeah
\nI had no a.c.
\nin my chevette
\nhad window cranks
\nin my chevette
\nhad vinyl seats
\nin my chevette
\nin my chevette
\nand no regrets
\nin my chevette<\/p>\n

My chevy citation had no a\/c, no FM, and looking back, no regrets. \u00a0What about you…do you have fond memories of the car you first learned to drive? \u00a0Or am I just nuts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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