Cars on the Mesa

A good friend who works on the mesa with me has a Prius. We don't live in Prius country. The mesa is covered in trucks; lots of Fords (since that's the only dealership within a 100 miles.) I'm glad she expresses her "views" by driving a Prius and that she has a sense of humor about it too. She shared this Joel Stein article: PRIUS
I drive a Subaru Outback. There's a few running around the mesa, but nothing like Colorado and Colorado south (Flagstaff). I fell in love with my Outback the first time I saw it sitting on a Chevy lot in Flag. I swear it was calling to me sandwiched between a Tahoe and Silverado: "Please come save me" it called!
I like having a Subaru on the mesa. It's my favorite color (navy blue) and when it's snowing I have a better chance of not sliding myself into a ditch. When my check engine light kept coming on even after I replaced the catalytic converter, my mechanic tried tracing the vin number. Imagine my surprise when he discovered my car was born in California! My car is too green for Arizona! lol - I think my friend's Prius is laughing at me (smugly, of course.) The solution is to put a factory converter in my west coast car, because anything less won't pass the Cali emission standard that's wired into my electrical system. I'll probably do that to make my check engine light go off . . . oh and of course to drive a cleaner car too It's hard to keep up with the elitist Prius, but we can try.
What's my current view? I'm not afraid to say I love a car. It just happens - that's love. I understand my friend who loves her Prius. I used to worry about sounding shallow; now I focus on what makes me happy more than I care about what you think . . . so what do you think about that?

Do you have a car you love? A view you'd like to share? Send me your comments ~