My story begins in the of Fall 2001. I had been driving a 1991 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series for six years, and my wife suggested that perhaps it was time to replace the Lincoln with a new car. She asked if there was a car that I would enjoy driving. After some careful thought, I determined that there just wasn't a car out there that excited and motivated me enough to go through the process of buying a new car.
Skip forward to May 2002. As I was mowing the grass in my front yard, this unusual-looking blue car came down the hill toward the corner where I live. I stopped the mower and stared in awe as it cruised by. I had no idea what kind of car this was until I saw the familiar Thunderbird script on the side. The quest had begun.
That same day, I logged onto
www.ford.com and checked out the new Thunderbird. I must have looked at the various features about the car on the web site for almost two hours. I continued to research the Thunderbird over the coming weeks and wondered if this was the next car for me. I shared the idea with my wife and some friends at work. Then came the clincher.
When I returned from a vacation in mid-June, my co-workers told me that one of our fellow employees had purchased a new Thunderbird, and it was the blue color to boot. I immediately went to the parking lot and admired his beautiful car from all angles. When I drove it the next day, I was fully hooked and began going about the serious research to find a new blue T-bird.
One month later, on July 24th, I drove away from our local Ford dealership in our new 2002 Thunderbird Vintage Blue Premium T-Bird. I have owned and driven many different cars over the years, but this car is hands-down the most fun car of them all. It had been years since we had jumped in the car just to go for a ride. We have become huge T-Bird fans. Now my wife has ambitions to own a red one!
The new Thunderbird is still a rare sight on the road. I think many new Thunderbird owners are keeping them garaged as collector cars. Not us, we’re driving ours! It's my daily ride! We have neighbors down the street that own a blue T-Bird (the inspiration for ours), and other neighbors have a black one. Other than those, I’ve seen one red and one yellow on the road since May. The looks you get driving this car are hilarious. Some people obviously have never seen one, and almost break their necks trying to get a good look. Total strangers crank down their windows and ask questions. You get lots of thumbs-ups and waves. It’s a blast.
The three top configurations you can use on the T-Bird (convertible, soft-top and hard-top), along with the Beach Boys 1960’s hit “Fun Fun Fun (‘til Daddy took her T-Bird away)” are the inspiration for our personalized license plate FUN X 3, which is ordered and on the way. Thank you Ford for having the vision to conceive and build a car that will provide enjoyment for many people over the coming years.
We got ours because it's flat-out cool.
Male, 47 years young.
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