"I need platform shoes" or "Cadillacs are racist cars"

[Jesda]

I went and looked at a 1992 Eldorado today. Not a damn thing was flawed on it. The paint, chrome, tires, OEM wheels, seats, and dash were as if the car just rolled off the assembly line in Michigan. Navy blue, chrome, and beige leather with Zebrano wood. The owner is a chatty older guy.

There's some really interesting design touches. For example, the hood dips DOWN between the fenders as an homage to the upright headlights of the 1950s. Same for the trunk and the subtle tailfins. It was so damn beautiful and so f****** elegant I almost cried.

I took it for a drive and fell madly in love, wrong wheel drive and all. Unfortunately, there's one HUGE glaring problem thats keeping from fulfilling my fantasy -- my legs are too f****** short. The pedals are located way the hell down there, so I have to practically kiss the steering wheel to get proper control of the vehicle. This means my elbows are bent and I'm driving like a granny.

I might be willing to accept airbag-inflicted decapitation for that level of style. Or I could get platform shoes... with fish in them.

*sigh*

No pics because I sold my camera and didnt buy a new one yet.

[Rex]

Didn't some of those Caddys come with telescopic sterring wheels and moveable pedals?

[Jesda]

Newer ones do, and also come with the equivalent of Jaguar/Infiniti ADP.

And in the Seville, I fit perfectly, more comfortably than in the Q.

[JimmyMethod]

I still don't get why the Eldorado has FWD, ever since 68. But damn, that gen, especially the '70 Eldorado had a beast of an engine... 500 CID (that's 8.2 liters, kiddies). Gotta love a Caddie.

p.s. How tall are you Jesda? Your feet don't hit the pedals?
Modified by JimmyMethod at 12:07 PM 1/10/2006

[Jesda]

5'8"

[JimmyMethod]

Wow. Well, there's plenty of 75 year old ladies who drive Caddies that are shorter than you... I'm sure you could make it work. Maybe a little booster seat and duct taped wood blocks to the pedals.

[M3Racer]

This makes up for all the cars I wanted but couldn't fit in.Silly Jesda, you and your drugs.

[Repo Man]

Jesda, tell me what Cadillac you want and I'll find it.

[Mr1der]

they're made for people like me.

large americans with fat asses and fatter wallets.

well, except that wallet part...

[TrueSlide]

How does being short make caddys racist. I never knew short was a race, shortty.

[elwesso]

what happened to our word filter?

[Jesda]

TrueSlide fails at the sarcasm

[TrueSlide]

Jesda fails at life. Oooh

TrueSlide: 2 Jesda: 0

[MinisterofDOOM]

That's what you get for being short, then, isn't it!

You're making me miss my DeVille, again. Stop it.

[Mr1der]

get some chinese leg implants?

hell, I thought you were like 5'9" though?

[nismofly]

your title reminds me of rocky & bullwinkle, where the episodes had 2 different names