Some cars that you buy will sometimes have people, enthusiasts or general admirers, coming up to you to talk about the vehicle of which you have purchased.

Some cars are so popular they might as well have a cult following, for instance, my coworkers and their Minis. Hell, if you drive a Mini and pass someone else in a Mini, you're supposed to wave. That's some L. Ron Hubbard level shit right there.

Yet some people buy cars that are so utilitarian they might as well be a toaster and that is the point; only psychotic people will really care and an example would be my 1998 Toyota Camry and the only person to come up and comment me on it made me wish I had bought some pepper spray... or better yet, mace.

Well..... I didn't think buying a stereotypical "old persons" car (A 2003 LeSabre "Presidential") would mean I would get attention and I can assure you it wasn't my intention.

First time was I had just bought it, was putting gas in it an elderly gentleman with a leather jacket and a Vietnam Veterans cap came up to ask me about it, but all I could truly focus on at the time was the -10F wind chill making my balls slowly work their way into my chest cavity.

Second time I was bringing my mother out of a doctors appointment and as I'm loading her, and then her walker into my new Land Yacht of the Early Bird Specials an elderly man walks up to comment on how great Buicks are and is asking me how I'm liking it. I'm giving him short but precise answers as I am bouncing between him and my mother who was now working her way into an asthma attack from laughing so hard when I mentioned to her, "Wow... he's the second guy to comment on this thing...."

However, today marks the third time in about two weeks an OAP came up to me to talk about my "Beautiful Buick", this time as I was loading the passenger seat up with some ordered Chinese food steaming its way through their paper bags.

Today was a lovely German woman named Rose who adored "Oversized American saloons," especially ones with the "Cloth tops and bench seats," and then went on to tell me the only redeeming feature of her Subaru was the AWD and how she and her husband didn't know "Just how much they would miss their Oldsmobile."

In all honesty, I love meeting new people. I just didn't know my car would be a magnet for some truly colorful people.