Ditto - and compliment returned on yours, sir!
(I don't know if you know how I bought Fred to begin with?):
Condensed version was I wanted to re-enter the hobby with another b-body over a dozen years
ago and saw one on FleeBay that was within driving distance, so wife and I set out one Sunday...
my head was full of all the sorts of questions one should be thinking about when approaching such
a deal, along with a healthy dose of skepticism and a horse-traders' reserve.
Well, the moment we turned the corner and the wife saw Fred, all that shiyat all went right out the
window...
She proclaims "oh, it's such a PRETTY color!"
I tell her ixnay on the ooldray, I gotta be able to talk a deal with the guy - IF the car is acceptable.
Out the car we get, shake hands with the owner - but she can't help it and after a couple minutes,
blurts out again how much she liked the color.
I'm like:
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Owner grins real big, looks me in the eye as if to say "Won't be no talking me down off my number
now, Skippy".
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I reckon that was all she wrote...
But at least the wife got on board with the project at that point, eh?
Yes, I admit the color draws the bulk of the attention to the car, too. *sigh*