Six Cylinders for Shlara
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Four Badass Women
Three(+) Decades of Love’s Labor
Two Things You’re Needing
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It's What Car Should a Gheorghie Drive, Shlara/Gheorghemas edition! Normally I keep my selections relatively attainable but it's Gheorghemas (so let's splurge!) and it's Shlara (who is unattainable!).
I have only met Shlara once. As a result I know that she really exists (as opposed to being some other Gheorghie’s alter ego). Shlara is petite and Italian. You cannot help but notice Shlara when she’s in the room (at least that was the case the only time I met her—she was was the only woman at Gheorghefest). She’s fun and spunky, she likes to dance, and she loves the Steelers. She's smart and accomplished but she's also down to earth--she has her own non-profit for Pete's sake.
Shlara should drive a 1968 Fiat Dino 206 Spider in yellow with a black top and interior. This video explains it all.
It's small and Italian and athletic and those are Steeler colors! It literally had the heart of a Ferrari but it doesn't have the associated snootiness--it's a Fiat, a car of the people. Based on her musings in this space, I know that she likes athletes, especially dreamy foreign ones, and I'm sure they would like "a gigolo's car" like this, one "designed for young good looking Italian stallions to blast around and pick up chicks and have a good time." Seriously, tell me this guy isn't a gigolo.
Much like the Dino, it has been said that Shlara has no bad angles. Much like Shlara, I have seen this car exactly once (at the Dairy Queen in Emerson in the mid-80's). The Dino is cool and unique and so low-maintenance that you can drive it while wearing a wet swimsuit. That's what Shlara should drive.
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