So the first thing we did after leaving the airport on Maui was to go to the car rental place. Being the oh-so-practical person that my wife is, she had set us up with a sensible car… with trunk space and good gas mileage. But there was a sign on the wall saying they were having a special deal on upgrades… and I looked out in the lot and saw all these Mustangs… and they were convertibles. So I gave her that look… you know the one, ladies… when your husband or boyfriend wants… something.
And we ended up with this…
Oh yeah… I know it isn’t really cool… but I felt cool in it… because I was a teenager in the 70’s when these cars first came out in this color. No, they do not sound like 70’s muscle cars. But it was a blast to drive or just sit in while my wife drove. And guess what… the thing is… yay, the thing… most of the cars we saw on the island were rentals. And most of those were Mustangs.
So if you are going to pick a showy car, why pick one in a boring color, right?
The other thing is… what, two things in one post?… that as soon as I got close to the car, I knew I had to name it. When we sent an email to our oldest daughter, Jessica, she knew she had to name it. It turned into a game.
And now you can play too.
Here is what we came up with:
The Incredible Hulk
The Green Hornet
Dragonfly
Grasshopper
The Green Flash
So, why don’t we see if you can come up with a better one?
Pouring My Art Out 
Wicked! (as in the Wicked Witch of the West with the green face)
nice
Isn’t it funny I don’t really name cars? My daughter would love it tho, she too has mustang dreams and her favorite color is green. She also has a giant spider in her back window that started as a halloween decoration and has just stayed. His name is Boris. I did have a boyfriend for a while, we named his car Pat (ala saturday night live, since we couldn’t decide if it was a boy or a girl car)
Ha… I used to name the spiders that lived over my bed when I lived in my parents basement. They were Daddy Long Legs. Sometimes they would drop their wrapped-up, sucked-dry meals in my mouth while I slept.
It’s the Envy Mobile. Of course it’s green, lol.
HA!!!
Granny Smith…like the apple.
ooohhh… that has class…
Mustang Snotty
I like it.
Chartreuse Chariot, Jungle Buggy, Vacation Temptation
All good… but jungle buggy is awesome…
Remember Jethro Tull, Bungle in the Jungle?
of course I do
Oh right, why wouldn’t you?
exactly
How about “Christine”? Good movie.Bad to the bone. Lucy
That would work.
the Moss Tank?
awesome
Hello…..Tropical island? Howzabout Lime in da coconut??? LOL
Oh yeah…
Is Gangrene taken?
oooohhh…. we may have a winner…
Don’t say you didn’t miss me!
I didn’t… say that, I mean.
Vomit Comet!
Wait, that’s only if I’m driving.
And drinking!
Nono, I’ve learned my lessons. None of that for me anymore.
There you go!
NO!
I would also accept the fart cart…
Sally?
Big Kahuna?
Both good choices.
What fun!! The only way to see the island, I’d say. Named my own, now-defunct green Mazda The Green Machine but it was ,er, a different green.
I would hope so… that is not a good color for a Mazda.
No, no, it was a gorgeous MX-6. The color was a deep dark bluish green. Very handsome, very sporty.
Sounds nice.
Greenie Weenie?
ummm… no…
Crank it up.
Green light, Go, baby, go!
(Perfect choice – mustang convertibles are the only rental car vacation appropriate)
I had a good soundtrack in my head.
Minty Mustang
Mustang Kelly
Minty Maui Motoring Machine
I’ll think of more…
I like all of those.
Oh my gosh I freakin love Mustangs! I’m jealous! My name for it ” Lean Mean Hawaii Green”
That makes me think of something else entirely. Of course, last I heard it was called “Maui Wowie”.
I thought of that too…
bawhahaha Maui Wowie! I love it!
sigh
That sounds like a kind of marijuana… HA!
You would know?
would I?
maybe?
Perhaps?
Mayhaps?
Permayhaps
ya that
ha