The ad’s true. I had a ‘67 Volkswagen. We had heavy rain and underpasses were flooded. I drove that puppy into water that came up to the window ledge and felt the wheels break free of the ground several times.
In one underpass, a couple was sitting on their flooded Mustang and we drove by, leaving them rocking in the water from our wake.
I got through by revving the engine and popping the clutch. The car got us to where we wanted to go, but the clutch went out in a day ortwo.
I actually remember that ad. A particularly poignant moment was when a good friend of Mary Jo’s (they interviewed a couple of cousins and a friend or two) said that Mary Jo was so cute driving around in her little VW,
And her cousin who had been commenting throughout the show said that some of the Boiler Room Girls were still living, but even now, if asked about that night, their only response is ‘see my lawyer’.
Democrats have been skating on serious crimes for over 50 years. Will that ever change?