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My Garage, My Life — Every Vehicle I’ve Owned It started in 1965 with a yellow Chevy Impala SS and a 327 under the hood. That was my first car, and it set the tone for everything that came after. Next came a 1953 Ford F-100 pickup. I semi-restored it myself — did the body work, the engine, the suspension. Never got it painted, but I learned more wrenching on that truck than anywhere else. Then a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am — the Smokey and the Bandit edition. Brand new when the movie made it the most famous car in America. That one still lives in my head rent-free. After that, life got practical. A K5 Blazer and an F-150 while we ran a grocery store back at my dad’s home place in East Texas. A white 1970 F-100 with very few miles that didn’t last. A beige Ford Escort — no heat, freezing weather, two kids in the back. A Hawaiian blue Ford Ranger that hauled those same kids around. Then a 2006 or 2007 Ford X-Track that worked great until somebody backed into the rear wheel and killed the transmission. A Ford Focus after that. 1993, I broke my back on the job. Went from making good money to being broke. People loaned me vehicles just so I’d have something to drive. That humbled me, and it taught me what a truck really is. Then a Mazda I barely remember, a navy blue Hyundai Santa Fe brand new from the showroom in New Braunfels, and then the electric era. A 2020 white Model Y — traded it in during COVID when they paid me more than I originally paid for it. A 2022 navy blue Model Y, one of the first AWD out of Austin with the 4860 batteries. And finally, the 2024 Cybertruck Foundation Series, AWD — wrapped in vampire red by Brian Daly at Austin Auto Finishes in Austin. Even people who think the Cybertruck is ugly loved that red. Now I’m in a Cyberbeast, and here’s the kicker: I wrapped it as a tribute to that 1977 Trans Am. Pontiac doesn’t exist anymore, but I still have a true sports car — 845 horsepower, 0 to 60 in about 2.6 seconds, quarter mile in 11 flat. MotorTrend tested it at 2.5 seconds to 60 and 11.0 at 113.7 mph. It’s faster than most cars on the road, and it’s a pickup truck. I’ve driven diesels, tractors, pickups, muscle cars, and now an electric truck that outruns supercars. I’m not inexperienced making this decision — I’ve earned it, one vehicle at a time. @ATXAutoFinishes @BeardedTesla @diywrapclub