30 years and counting...

[Huw Powell]

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On 5/13/2012 12:06 AM, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> May 1982 was a big month for me.
>
> I got my first job, a McDonald cook, that very month. On my first training
> day, it was a Saturday afternoon, I had the opportunity to "take a break" in
> the staff room after 2 hours of training. There, I switched on the TV set,
> one of the CRT variety complete with a rotating knob to select the channel
> and the volume. The image I saw on the screen made my heart stop : Gilles
> Villeneuve had an accident, he was between life and death in an hospital. I
> was 17, this was my first job, GV was my hero. Sad, sad day.
>
> 19 years later, on September 10th 2001, I bought that magnificent 1983 Mars
> Red Audi Quattro, the first one I ever saw in my life. When I looked at the
> VIN plate, the built date was 05/1982. At the moment, I didn't realized that
> this was "THE" month. It's only last week, when I said to "Honey and the
> Girls" (my own family) that my red sports car was 30 years old that they
> made me realize the connection with GV's death.
>
> I don't know the exact built day, but it's not important. Today, 30 years
> after Gilles's death, 30 years after the Quattro left the assembly line, I
> took her for a spin and I'm still in love.
> That's what's important.
>
> Salut Gilles !
> And long(er) lives the Quattro !
>
> Louis-Alain
> Montreal, home of the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.
> http://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/
>
>
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