My first car, around 1966, was a green Volkswagon bug. I loved it. It was a family hand-me-down. My second car- I cannot remember now its manufacture, but I believe it was a Ford - was a used car sitting in the field of one of my dad's country-living friends. The owner had written of the side of the car in water color paint "For sale Fast Green Roadster," and when I washed the car, I discovered the paint had faded enough that the orifinal color was preserved under the water color, so while I was in grad school, everyone knew I owned a "Fast Green Roadster." The theatre students found this very funny.