pontiac

sorry to hear that GM is going to kill the Pontiac car brand. obviously the saddest thing about is not the history or memories people have of the brand, but all the people that have been building pontiacs in factories and how their futures might be up in the air, like everyones in the auto industry. 

why can't they get rid of buick and keep pontiac. buicks make the most boring and dull cars you will ever see. tiger woods promotes buick which sums it up really, as buick is a brand for people that wear polyester trousers, pastel polo shirts that are tucked in, silly white shoes and who play golf. dull and unstylish and slow.   

pontiacs are good looking cars with performance and heritage where as buicks are just 4 wheels and a steering wheel and not memorable in any way. did buick ever make a car like the GTO?. no. ask yourself, what would burt reynolds have looked like driving across america in smokey and the bandit, in a buick. fucking ridiculous. that wouldn't have worked at all.....or in a strange way it might have worked because the police would not have noticed him at all driving in a dull boring 4 door saloon car that couldn't break the speed limit even if it wanted to.....but it would have been a shit film then....whereas in a pontiac trans-am, its a wicked film!. 

pontiac holds significance for me as it was the car that i drove across america in, last year and during the trip i kept a written journal called the pontiac diaries which i used to write about the journey on this blog. 

when we went to pick her up, all thay had at the car rental garage in were PT cruisers, and a couple of chevy's, none of which looked appealing and not the type of car you would want to cross america in.....and then just as we were deciding between a couple of chevys, a grey pontiac g6 coupe rolled into the parking lot and we said we would take that. we were saved. 

it turned out to be a really nice car. comfortable, fast, reliable and i thought it was a very nice looking motor as well. 

RIP Pontiac. i didn't know you for very long, but in the 3 weeks we spent together you never let me down, and you gave us great pleasure by taking me on a journey i will never forget. i got to drive across america in a historical american car brand with heritge and I thank you. 

today i have mostly been listening to ladyhawke - back of the van. another great song from her.