"It was a vet who indirectly got me into cars: Late 70's suburbia Houston a retired army colonel and his wife lived in the better part of the neighborhood. She drove a Jaguar XJ12, which really stood out amongst the usual Oldsmobiles and Mercuries that inundated the long straight streets of the neighborhood.
I occasionally washed the car for the couple. The colonel told me the car was a service headache and he liked Mercedes but after what he saw in the war, he'd never buy a German…"
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