OK...this is too weird.
A lady here at my new gig and I were talking today. She asked if I was the one with the Yeallow GTO...I confessed. She asked me how I liked it. I told her that I think it's a great car...fast, solid, and comfortable. She agreed and told me a story about how she and her husband borrowed one and had a blast melting the rear tires into slag near their home-- much to the chagrin of their neighbors.
When she left, one of the IT guys spoke up. "You know who she is, right?"
"I dunno...she works over in North Shop, right?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Also, her Dad is Bob Lutz."
"The Bob Lutz? As in the GM VP Car Czar Guy Bob Lutz?"
"The very one."
So, I fired off an email to the lady, asking her to please pass on to her Dad about how much I like the GTO (his brainchild), and how it wooed a hard-core German import guy over to an American drivetrain.
I get an email back:
A lady here at my new gig and I were talking today. She asked if I was the one with the Yeallow GTO...I confessed. She asked me how I liked it. I told her that I think it's a great car...fast, solid, and comfortable. She agreed and told me a story about how she and her husband borrowed one and had a blast melting the rear tires into slag near their home-- much to the chagrin of their neighbors.
When she left, one of the IT guys spoke up. "You know who she is, right?"
"I dunno...she works over in North Shop, right?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Also, her Dad is Bob Lutz."
"The Bob Lutz? As in the GM VP Car Czar Guy Bob Lutz?"
"The very one."
So, I fired off an email to the lady, asking her to please pass on to her Dad about how much I like the GTO (his brainchild), and how it wooed a hard-core German import guy over to an American drivetrain.
I get an email back:
So, I did.
Sure enough, I get a response from him:
Bob Lutz is the man behind the Holden Goat...but I had no idea that he owns one!