I was curious to find a TV commercial for the first new car that I ever owned. I bought a 1989 Beretta, and the little bugger was fantastic. When the car was new it was incredibly quick, and as it got older it started to act just like I currently do when I wake up in the morning - VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE. My Beretta lasted for over 1/3 of a million miles. The engine & transmission still ran beautifully. The problem was a short in the electrical wires, which caused a failure for the brake lights. That is potentially not a very good thing for a car to do.

Hey, the car ran great for 364,000 miles. It was the 1st mile after that mark that turned out to be a real BITCH. I was pulled over by a cop, and it just happened to be 1 mile from my house. I told the Barney Fife wannabe that I was a short distance from my home, but he didn't care. The little twerp Officer of the LAW gives me a ticket. It is perfectly legal to drive a car using hand signals, and the cop should have known that. There was a problem with the potential solution of using a hand signal - THE COP HAD A QUOTA TO MEET (yeah, I know the police claim they don't have quotas - THE POLICE IN FANTASYLAND.)

I wanted to stroll down memory lane and see my snazzy Chevy Beretta on a TV commercial. I found the video that I have posted below, but I did something that I always regret after I do it. I read the comments. I can't believe what ridiculous comments people make. The video has a comment from a guy who supposedly rented a Beretta, and he claimed it was a horrible car. His reason for making this negative remark - IT SUPPOSEDLY HAD MUSHY SEATS. Yeah, that is a valid reason to call it horrible. The car is capable of lasting over a 1/3 of a million miles. My car still had a smooth running engine / transmission when I got rid of it. If I had been willing, I could of paid someone to find the electrical short, and I could still be driving the car today. According to the guy who posted the negative comment, it has to have firm seats for all of the fat lard asses out there. If it doesn't - IT IS FLAGGED AS A HORRIBLE CAR.

Another guy claimed that he saw Beretta cars broken down all of the time. I'll print his quote for you to read. To give it more meaning, you might want to say the words out loud. You also might want do it in a DUMB GUY VOICE. OK, get your DUMB GUY VOICE READY, HERE IT COMES - "Was there some flaw in these cars? I'd see them broken down by the side of the road, all of the time." Yeah, I'm sure he saw dozens, hundreds, thousands, or millions of Chevy Beretta cars broken down. 

I keep telling myself - DON'T READ THE COMMENTS, but I can't help myself. It is like candy, I have to have one more. Only one more, and I'll quit after the first one. I make the promise, but I never quit. It is an addiction.
 







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