When we were growing up, my sister Turf Toter and I were immersed in the middle of a friendly rivalry over brand loyalty that still influences us to this day. My Dad, was a die hard Chevy guy. This was the one and only brand of pick up that he would ever be caught driving. There was no way that a Ford could ever out perform his Chevy Pick up or even come close to it in gas mileage, performance, and straight up beauty. We were taught to extol these details at the slightest urging.
My Dad's brother, a love em forever Ford man, and father to my cousin, did not agree with him. They would happily get together and compare notes, discussing for hours which vehicle was better. The cousin, Turf toter, and I, would have many disagreements over which was better.
"Found on Road DEAD!, fix or repair daily". We would chant all these slogans to the cousin. She would counter attack with her own version of "Chevy, Chevy, rhymes with "ditty ditty", and I can't print it here.
This went on forever, with Dad telling us stories of the Uncle's repeated truck failures, sadly shaking his head over the foolishness of repurchasing a inferior brand.
Until one day, my Dad bought a new truck. It was a Ford! He sounded a little bashful on the phone when he told us, "what about the rivalry?" Isn't the Uncle going to crow?
"No", replied Dad, " He bought a Chevy."
ROFL...we are definately Chevy people around here. My hubby's reasoning is that Ford doesn't make Corvettes therefore Chevy wins!
ReplyDeleteFun post!
Oh goodness - that is so funny! And I love the old photos too.
ReplyDeletehaha awesome. it took me a while to figure out the 'ditty ditty' rhyme.
ReplyDeleteLoved it! Too funny and a great family story.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny! I agree with your husband's assessment concerning Corvette's. My family has always been strong proponents of Chevys and I have an old 68 Camaro. But we just bought my wife a Ford...
ReplyDeleteHi Jen, what a well told funny story. Great job! My dad liked fords, but we did call them the fix or repair daily, always breaking down! Wonderful ending too.
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My husband has a Chevy truck, and besides the fact that the heat does not work, and it isn't at the moment firing on all its doohickeys (I'm not a car person), it has been fairly reliable. Except for the time it totally died on me on the highway. Actually, we've had a bad experience with a Ford car too.....Hm..maybe there's a reason those car makers are going out of business.
ReplyDeleteFunny! My grandpa used to be a Ford man, now he doesn't care. I love the last picture.
ReplyDeleteGreat story, love that last photo! It is awesome! Horses the other way to travel! :)
ReplyDeleteHilarious! Loved the photos too.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh! Sounds like my Dad and my Uncle. Uncle always worked for Ford...selling those cars! Swore by them. (his cars for the last 10 years of his life were...Hondas!!) Dad STILL drives a Chevy
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! That's too funny! You know, my first vehicle was a 1972 Chevy Luv pickup truck. My parents strapped a cowbell under the front bumper so they could hear when I came home. Man, did I hate going over the speed bumps in the school parking lot!
ReplyDeleteI have had more GM cars than Ford. However, my favorite vehicle so far was my 96 Ford Windstar. The previous owners were well off, so they took IMPECCABLE care of it. I would still be driving it today if my husband hadn't tipped a deer with it :( That sucker was paid off, easy to maintain, and fully loaded. I didn't even get any venison out of the deal.
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