posted 09-29-2004 10:25 AM                  

Here's what I sent.....

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"I was very offended by Brock Yates' statement in this month's column.....that if you ask any Plymouth Prowler owner, he/ she would be as embarrassed about their car as an Allante owner would be. Then he went on to compare the sleek Ford Thunderbird to the Pontiac Aztek?!? What is Brock smoking these days?

I have owned a Prowler for over two very happy years. My wife owns a turquoise Thunderbird, so we were both insulted by Brock's ignorant blanket statement that we should be embarrassed to drive those cars. We get more thumbs ups and smiles in our cars than most people would, and owning a Prowler is like instant celebrity. I am still ear to ear with smiles even after driving my Prowler for over two years! How many cars can do that for a person? Both cars win shows too.

For your information Mr. Yates, the Prowler was a "Tribute to the American Hot Rod" and had a PLANNED limited production run of 5 years from it's inception. Only dealer greed kept the car from selling as much as it did. Dealers in 1997 were asking $150,000 for a car with an MSRP of $45,000!

The Ford Thundrbird is a current victim of dealer greed, and dealers still TODAY are asking $55,000 for a car with an MSRP of $38,000. So who's fault is it that these cars didn't sell as well as they should?

Brock should remove his oversized cranium from his rectum and go to www.thunderbirdnest.com and www.prowleronline.com and see how "embarrassed" the respective owners are who post there. Those cars have a fanatic following and a very loyal base of owners. Nobody is embarrassed there. I can't believe these cars were compared to the Aztek!

I'll pull my Prowler next to ANY of Yates' coveted cars and see which car gets the most attention and thumbs up. I may have to rethink renewing my long-time running subscription to Car & Driver if I am subjected to reading elitist trash. And for the record, I am using his book "Cannonball" (which I bought) as kindling for my first winter fire."

posted 09-29-2004 11:10 AM                  

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More 'Pumpkin' photos . . . . . More cars and other stuff

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"I may have to grow older, but I do not have to grow up!"

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posted 09-29-2004 11:44 AM                  

In the other thread that started this discussion, I posted Yates' office phone number. I'm betting that he'll take far more notice of calls and messages direct to him than of letters to the editor.

Call Brock up and say "Hi!" - his secretary is very nice.

BTW, my good friend is still having post-traumatic stress syndrome from the pics posted of Yate's monstrosity he calls a street rod...not sure if he'll ever recover fully...

posted 09-29-2004 12:32 PM                  

When I came out, there was a guy with a C5 Vette parked next to the Kat admiring it. As I walked up, he quickly pulled away to avoid being noticed admiring the Kat. Now, who do think was embarrassed?

posted 09-29-2004 12:46 PM                    

i pulled into the coffee shop and in the corner of the parking lot , away from everyone else, was a newer firebird and a vett in obvious posing positions... at odd angles... the owners standing in front of the cars , posing also. i didn't really see any photographers but it looked as they were waiting for one. i just sat there with my coffee while everyone that drove by pointed, stared, thumbs uped and smiled at me and the kat...a few people came over and commented on the prowler and how great it was to see something different, unique and so damn fast looking ! after about 15 min ... the bird and the vett left, together, probably lookin for another spot.... they were not even getting noticed....

posted 09-29-2004 03:05 PM                  

I am so embarassed about owning a Prowler that I have two of them!

posted 09-29-2004 05:37 PM                  

I'm embarrassed every time I receive a Peoples Choice or Drivers Choice Trophy at a car show I attend.

It also embarrasses me to see the crowds that stand around the Prowler and take pictures.

I was really embarrassed the time that out of all the cars at one show, my Kat was the one on the front page of the next morning's newspaper!

The reason I take the Kat to the shows is not that I expect to win anything, I just like the Hot Rod - Show People atmosphere. It's nice to talk to people about a car most have never seen up close.

God I'm so embarrassed!!!