Coupe Story #5....I think?

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Its been quite some time since a coupe story, so here it goes. I will try to break this up to make a pleasant read for all.....

Lets set the stage:

Back in college, I had just purchased the Csi & attending summer architecture courses at Gould Hall (off-campus).

It was the summer of parking tickets.....I had ripped off my wipers to avoid this fate, but those creative parking nannies.....he/she had rubber banded the first one to my drivers side mirror. Thanks, I said deep inside my gut.

#2 came in a flash. I had ripped past the 'guard' (toll) tower & slipped neatly into a covered parking spot. I figured what's a 10 min jaunt into my favorite building going to cost? Plenty.

It seems that the dutiful (jealous?) toll enforcer had noticed my car buzzing his tower....I can only recollect the raspy six did me in!

His genius put 2+2 together so he figured to call me in. Another parking meter ticket had me ready for a blood donation (to continue that woozy in-the-head feeling.....)

We will fast forward to Mr. 'my dad is an architect' in the next portion of this story...its worth reading.

Drive safely....& park safely too!

-Mo
 
Continued.....

Lets continue with leg 2 of the story and the subject of our final leg....

It is summer session, the architecture course is half-filled with no real persons of interest. Except for one young fellow, so we quickly start up a conversation......

He was about 2-3 inches shorter than me and I could feel he was constantly compensating for something.....Columns this, renovations that, oh and by the way...My father is an architect.....!

I am thinking to myself how did I get into this conversation.......And then he jumps into 'last summer in South Africa'

Well after being pummeled by surf stories, shark tales, gorgeous weather, & whatever else is amazing about SA, I had shrunk about 2-3 inches next to him....we were now the same height (in a manor of speaking)

I really had nothing to add nor could think of any other way to help bolster his ego....this was the beginning of my own episode of the twilight zone....

More BMW action in the last and final part of our tale......

-Mo
 
The Final Leg....Pt1

So there we were, two aspiring architects set on completely different paths. I would like to think what happened that summer helped shape the rest of our lives....well maybe not as serious as that.

Its the middle of summer and the dead-heat has me sporting sunglasses with all four windows down. I am racing towards class, its a 2pm start time and I may be late....

So onto the 'Ave', I zip the car 90 degrees and begin my final descent onto Gould hall. (the coupes steering is so sharp and crisp, just a joy to drive)

All but 200 feet later, a big, heavy SUV (pathfinder) cuts me off. The shark nose is pressed right on his tail....I think he notices and drives extra slow to lay claim to the road.

So I have no choice but to follow the 'Pathfinder' all the way down till we both battle for parking.....

That's it for this round (a bit bland for some)...but I will wrap this up in the next post.

Happy motoring to all,

Mo Faraz
 
The conclusion:

Well boys, the end is here, a bit lengthy but worth it.

(continued....)
I have been riding the tail of this black pathfinder for some time now....he finally feels the pressure & pulls off to the right--straight into a parking spot.

I power past his contrail (jet term) & flip a U-turn....low and behold there is a spot right in front of the building exactly across the street from our world traveling foe.

He pops out of his car to give me firm glance, I step out & his demeanor does a 180.....

His expression looked like a 12-year olds ,his cheeks blushed bright red....I could feel his man-hood shrinking....2....3....6 inches!, he grabbed his supplies & bolted for the entrance

I stepped back for a minute just to soak in the glistening lines of the coupe that sunny afternoon....what a day.

It felt great & I thought to myself, well done coupe.....well done.

There were two weeks left in the session so my classmate purposefully avoided contact. Occasionally he would flash looks of despair like I was responsible in some maladjusted way)

The lesson?

He went out of his way to announce his triumphs + achievements.....only to wind up behind the 8-ball (back to where he started)

I employed hard-work + focus to achieve my presence & a happy ending.


Thanks for reading, old cars conjure great stories & emotions they are the best.

-Mo
 
Thanks for the story, my key question is how did you manage to get a Coupe in college?

A stark contrast to a real life story of my college days, I walked about 2 uphill miles to campus from my dorms, no Coupe for me, I had time to get a Baba Ganoush and a Coke before class at the local joint so I ordered that, only to see that people that sat after me were served before me. I complained to the young waiter, he took it personal and asked me if I had a problem and whether I wanted to settle it like a man. I said I would be happy to settle things after I had my meal. The waiter brought my order (see, threats do work) and I scooped the pita bread with the slow and deliberate motion of a Clint Eastwood. Then I paid, because men always settle debts. I met the waiter just outside the open seating area, and without words we went straight to blows, I landed a few because my knuckles were bleeding. The waiter reached for an empty glass bottle, he did not smash it like in the bar fights, just tried to use it as as blunt thing but could not do much before the restaurant owner came and restrained him. I licked my knuckles and walked on to class.

The lesson? Send your youngsters to work retail and they will learn all they need to learn for life...or, the more I know men the more I like my Coupe.
 
I had an E39 540 6 speed right out of college and I thought it was hot isht. Couldn't imagine owning a Coupe during college. I had a VW Jetta.
 
College car - betcha' I beat most of you! Nothing my freshman year, 1 1/2 mile walk each way to classes from the boarding house in NE 'cold' winters of the late '50's.

Saved enough money the first summer/and from work in the 2nd year to buy a 1950 Mercury coupe (3 spd/OD). Immediately started saving more $$ to do some slight modifications. Repainted it myself, re-upholstered the interior in vinyl, changed the grille, etc. etc. The start of my 'the way it left the factory is rarely the way I want it to look! - ha.

Didn't get sophisticated enough to buy an e9 until 1973 (after I'd owned a 2800 sedan for 1 1/2 years), a used '71 2800 auto. Loved the car and started the search for a 3.0 CS manual. Found the '73 Nachtblau in May of '75 in Boston.
 
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In 1985 I had one right out of college (I was imprinted during school), bought it when I got my first job. That started the addiction.

MyFemurHurts said:
I had an E39 540 6 speed right out of college and I thought it was hot isht. Couldn't imagine owning a Coupe during college. I had a VW Jetta.
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I wish I knew about e9's while in college. I wouldn't have burned up so much cash playing with 16v VW's... :)
 
Markos said:
I wish I knew about e9's while in college. I wouldn't have burned up so much cash playing with 16v VW's... :)
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A 1992 GTI 16V was my first college car. Wasn't reliable enough for 25k miles a year across the desert, so I leased a MkIV 2.slow. Only good thing about that car was the AC.
 
Coupe in college

It took years of working & saving to get my coupe. The level of commitment was as high as possible.

My first car was an Alfa for $500, the coupe was car #7....prior to that was a 2002.

I always put cars first, not smart when I look back on it but that's how you reach the top in anything.

-Mo
 
Seems to be more than a few architects on the forum. Maybe we don't all drive black Saabs contrary to Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.
 
Yes, I noticed quite a few of us architects own these and the Lotus Europa and in some cases both for some reason.

Didn't really need a car for around campus since most of my time was spent in studio at the architecture building.

In college I got to drive the ol'man's '73 mustard yellow black vinyl top Malibu. The only year with the triangular compound curve rear passenger window, probably the nicest feature on that body. I'd like to see a nice restomod of that thing without the enormous front boumper
 
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