Ben & Ted

The saga of Ben & Ted is about two influential car salesman and how they impacted our lives one hot Texas afternoon. Let's begin with Ted.

No nonsense Ted is already smirking at us when we pull into the Honda dealership. You see we are already in disagreement, not about buying a car, but about where to park. Ted senses this. Ted is a retired police officer. Ted is a take charge kind of guy. He gets mega points for his tour of the exterior and interior of the Honda CR-V. Debbie just wants to drive. Ted tells us exactly where to drive, how to operate the gadgets and who drives next. Ted was good and Ted was calm.

Ben is a Labrador. Ben is everywhere trying to get everyone to love Subaru! Ben wants to drive this model, wait, no this model. Yeah, that is a cool engine, let's drive it. Ben drives first. Ben takes his hands off the wheel and floors it. Ben leaves his hands off the wheel for half a block. "Boy that AWD sure keeps the car moving in a straight line" says Ben. Mike looks at his watch. Ben drives the car up and over the curb into an empty lot. "You can't do this in a Honda CR-V" smiles Ben. Mike wants a beer. Ben hits a curve going 50+ mph. "You CANNOT roll this car"  laughs Ben. Mike really needs a beer.

Mike's first impression of the Subaru is that Ben is not smart and he tried to kill us. Mike is a Honda kind of guy. Debbie's first impression of the Honda is that retired people like Ted drive them. Debbie really wants to be a Subaru! Stay tuned.