Everybody loves Buicks and they have a rich and lively
history. Buick dealers around the country often hear stories from repeat
customers about Buicks they grew up with and loved. And this writer is no
exception…..
My mom drove a big, gray Buick Regal. Not only did our whole
family fit on the seats like we were on some lush, fluffy, oversized sofa, so
did the groceries, bicycles, cheerleading uniforms, sports equipment and the
occasional family pet.
Some of my fondest memories are Saturday afternoons riding
in that Buick down I-40, knowing we’d been loaded up to go to Thruway Shopping
Center, “the” shopping destination in 1970s Winston-Salem. Once at the shopping
center we all three, my two sisters and me, got to choose new books from the
public library. Our mom made a shopping loop through Roses, the 1970s answer to
Target or K-mart and then we’d all head to Hickory Farms on the lower level for
hard candy, served from barrels. We loved it.
Springtime was the best. Mom would pull our hair back and
roll the windows down. And let us play the radio. Back then there was a tuning
dial and the lucky girl who got the front seat, usually my oldest sister,
Anita, would get to scroll slowly, slowly, back and forth, trying to tune the
music in just right. That big ole Buick took us sailing down the highway, away
from school and day-to-day humdrum, toward candy, books and maybe some other,
unknown treat from mom.
The central theme of the American Dream is freedom and for
most of us the first sense of it that get is driving a car. The big, gray Buick
was my mom’s car and my first symbol of freedom and put the idea of the open
road in my head.
My mom’s Buick is in a few family photos that I still have
lying around. Just a glimpse at a picture and I can still hear the music and
feel the excitement at the possibility of candy.
Driving a great car is as essential to being an American as
baseball and apple pie…..so is Buick. What could be better than, not only
driving down the highway on a beautiful day, but cruising in an iconic American
car down the open road? Today Buick combines a rich history and traditional
American car with the latest technology and engineering a great care can have.
Still pining away for a Buick of yesteryear? Don’t. Come
down to Scott McCorkle’s Liberty Buick GMC Trucks – a great area Buickdealership – and drive a new or used Buick TODAY! Contact Liberty at
704-321-4366 or visit their website at www.clickliberty.com.
