My 5-year-old son LOVES cars… and trucks, and SUVs, and
crossovers, and hybrids. He loves
buses too, any type of vehicle, really.
He knows all the different brand logos and names and points
them out to me in traffic. I
honestly think this helped him learn to read.
"Look Mom, there’s a Honda."
"Mom, there’s a Chevy!"
And his favorite,
"Mom! It’s a Toyota!"
Both of his grandmothers have Toyotas, thus, it IS his favorite type of car. And the topper this year: his preschool
teacher drives a Toyota too- he’s over the moon! Yes, 5-year-old boys care about this kind of stuff.
I’ve made a point to not talk about car prices with my
son. I don’t want to convey, even
subconsciously, that when something is more expensive, it’s better. Because,
especially us moms know, that is just not true.
He makes no judgment on
how cool a car is in relation to its price.
It’s so fun to look at
the world through his eyes- with
no bias; if a car has a cool trunk, or headlights, or door handle, he points it
out and he thinks it’s cool. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a Honda or a Hyundai, a Volkswagen or a Volvo, a Fiat or a Ferrari.
But it really hit home
the other day.
I took my car in to be
serviced at the dealership and we had to wait for a few minutes until it was
done.
I looked across the
street and said, “I’m going to show you a car you’ve never seen up close
before.”
We walked across the
small street to the (very small) Bentley dealership. The door was locked, but was opened for us. I asked if we could look at the 3
Bentleys they had in the small showroom.
The guy at the desk said, "sure" and continued his phone conversation. We
were the only ones in there. There's a slowdown in the economy right now, but frankly, I don’t think the Bentley
showroom is ever mobbed.
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