Arrrgh!!
The curse of the Gary boy is upon me!!!!!
Well actually its upon my friends. Yes those same brave souls who laughed and taunted the Boy Racer's with me have slowly fallen pray to the insidious wiles of the Gary Boy. It all started after Bailey had fallen and we didst laugh at him and unto his car brought forth comments of lameness. One such anti-GB was Andrew (or as he is commonly known in our group, DSG, and acronym for Doesn't.Speak.Girl because he simply doesn't speak much). He was constantly bashing "failure" as Bailey had become known for his egotistical self-obsession and car.
Later, when Andrew passed his driving test he bought a Metro. A little 2 door which ran nicely. However in the words of Ben "I can quote him, within the space of an hour if saying this: "I'm never gonna be a Gary Boy" and later "I reckon alloys would look well-nice on my Metro!" Ah yes.. But alloy wheels was only the start of his Gary Boy'ness. Soon Andrew had accumulated a vast stereo system of 2 6-by-9's (6" by 9" speakers) and a sub (a subwoofer).. The prerequisites of a Gary Boy setup. The last time I saw him he had 'lowered' his car by taking air out of his shock dampeners. The car chassis is now very close to the ground but his wheel arches look stupid as the body simply wasn't built to go that low :) Dear God No!
So anyhow next to fall was Richard. He had bought a £600 fiesta... a 1 litre £600 fiesta.. A 1 litre, £600 fiesta with no 5th gear and manual choke.. Surely, surely I thought, he could not turn into a Gary Boy with such a vehicle. I was wrong. 5 days later the parcel shelf had been assembled from MDF and he had cut 4(!) 6"9" holes. With the option to fit in another 2 if he needed to. For the record 2 6"9" speakers are easily capable of producing enough sound to deafen a person and have decent bass ranges (hence no need for a Sub, apart from to blast everyone around outside, with bass). He also wanted to get a sub when I last saw him. Arrrgh!!
So now the count for Gary Boys and anti-GB's amongst my friends lay at 3-3. Level pegging. Richard, Bailey and DSG had all fallen prey to the wonder of the sub-woofer whilst Ben, Matthew and myself all resisted (which, trust me isn't hard when you like balanced sound).
Matthew is in the RAF at Cosford and hence isn't in a position to take his driving test and I have bugger all money (woo!) but Ben, Ben has a job. Ben has a decent Job. Ben has a decent job, money, and just passed his driving test... Ass.
Yesterday an ecstatic Ben wrote (entirely in capitals) on MSN that he had purchased a car.. A black Fiesta 1.1 and was making plans to buy his 6"9"s... Double Ass.
There is still hope for Ben. He had earlier said that he would be getting 2 6"9"s because he liked loud music (I can vouch for that) however if he later decides that he needs a 'sub' or that 2 6"9"s just aren't enough or that he has an insatiable urge to drive around tollgate and sit in his car or look at other people's cars.. Well.. The score will be 4-2 and things will suck a whoooole lot more :)
Tonight I'll see what they are up to. We'll have to go and do something but it is my sincere hope that it doesn't involve sitting in car parks looking at other people's cars :)
later
John
Posted by John Swaine at April 11, 2003 07:28 PM