A true car lover

This lady is pretty dern cool. There are gearheads, and then there are gearheads...

http://growingbolder.com/media/technology/vehicles/romancing-the-road-259598.HTML

Caliente is a name that should be brought back. So cool.

Putting JC Pennies out of business

that is awesome. You have to have respect for someone like that. So full of life even though most at her age have sort of given up. That kind of drive and attitude of being able to do what you want regardless of age i think is key to living a long life.

All that and a CCW permit too! You rawk, Rachel!

What an awesome lady! I can only hope to be that cool at 89 years old.

good for her. My late Great Grandmother had a similer Comet (I think older) that she felt the same way about. Every summer she would drive up from Ft Lauderdale (to NJ) and spend the summes with us, and then drive back in the fall.

When she turned 91.. my Grandmother and great aunt convinced her to stop driving. 6 months later, she was riding her bicycle to the store and got hit my a 70something man who did not see her.. a month later, she was dead.

that was an awsome story. people think having a car 7 years is a long time. 540,000 miles to wow.

Really cool story! Caliente!

hey is there any chance we can get her into the zine...that is what you call a very cool car person....still has the same car and it has out lasted sevral husbands....thats cool.... if she had to chose between the car and the hubby...the car wins out....

Extreme coolness. They didn't show too much of the interior, but I think it's cleaner at 540K than my VW at 225. And is that an old AAA Club badge on the grille?

That is awesome! 0:20 - She was a dish back in the day, too.

That's a great story. I recently crewed for a guy that's 83 and is still racing. He's raced the same Bug Eye Sprite for the last 30 years, and the SOB is faster than I am.

And packing heat, too!

Joey

I think she deserves a GRM sticker!!!

Can she be my new grandma?

That lady reminds me a lot of my grandmother. One tough old bird!!

My grandmother bought a 1970 Chevelle Malibu new and drove it until she was 94. She decided she was just too old to be driving. She only put 112000 on it. It is sitting in my side yard now awaiting Rust-reduction and face lift.