Cars all tell a story

OK, this is a hypothetical question of course, but which of these cars, seen at Universal Studios, would you like to drive? That is, assuming you could get the one out of the tree? Knowing me, I think you'd guess my answer, but I suspect you'd be wrong.

I'd take the Elwood and Joliet Jake "blues mobile", a retired cop car, and gleefully park it all over Longboat Key. It would drive my neighbors (and the cops) crazy. Cars with this much character are routinely stopped along Gulf of Mexico Drive, for real or suspected infractions of the law. Longboat Key, where I live, is an island which is perhaps all of ten miles long (although the addresses don't seem to run any higher than the 7900 block), and at it's wide spot, maybe three quarters to seven-eighths wide. The town was incorporated in 1955, and severely "down-zoned" in the mid 1980's. Original zoning allowed for up to 100,000 people, much like the high rise nature of Miami or Clearwater, but now you'd be hard pressed to find 20,000 people in residence. That would be "full up", and since many of the condos and homes are second, even third, residences, we just don't see that much traffic. After 7:30 PM, when many of the residents have gone to bed after watching the news, you could shoot a cannon down GMD, and not hit anything except perhaps a very confused sea turtle. The speed limit is 45, although a few locals believe 30 is more appropriate to their age, and diminished reaction times. A Corvette never gets a chance to exhibit it's talents, and the dearth of passing zones eliminates showing off that 430 horses.

Now, the Harry Potter car (in the tree) never was in the running, and the Jurassic Park SUV might be a good second choice...........considering the number of old dinosaurs living here, but that old black & white would be "the" dream car to own.
And that air raid siren speaker on the roof would be great, just to ease up behind one of the local slowpokes and suggest "either lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way". An air horn tied to that speaker might also facilitate frightening some of those old farts enough to give up driving completely.

Florida State Road 789 runs the length of the island, and in most months you don't have to worry about bumper to bumper traffic. If it is bad at all, it's bad at the north end when the bridge is up. Oh yes, you can't get onto the island except from other islands, north and south of us. That's why we really don't have a crime problem - only a couple of ways in, and twice as many police as there are exits to cover. We have a very good police force, but they can get bored. We have neighbors who think any car older than five years must be driven by a criminal, or worse yet, a day laborer. That's why the Blues Brother's car would be so much fun to have, just to piss off those who think of themselves as better than the rest. It's great to live here, but I haven't let it go to my head (and hope I never do).