| The media is inundated with | | | | the freeways. They are sleek and sexy |
| advertisements for automobiles. From | | | | and you may see a man drooling over a |
| radio, to magazines, newspapers and | | | | magazine centerfold and think that it's |
| television, one can hardly go more than | | | | a beautiful and scantily clad woman that |
| a few minutes without being subject to | | | | has them hypnotized when in fact it's |
| them. Some are geared to attract people | | | | the picture of one of these visual |
| whose main criterion for a car is a | | | | marvels. If given the choice of going on |
| sense of style. These cars offer leather | | | | a date with a super model or driving an |
| seats and a dashboard that looks more | | | | Aston Martin or a 1966 Corvette Sting |
| like it belongs on a space shuttle than | | | | Ray, you can almost guarantee that the |
| a mere automobile. Other cars are | | | | date with a supercar will win every |
| promoted to appeal to one's economical | | | | time. |
| sense by promoting the car's ability to | | | | Supercars will usually only seat two |
| get 27 miles to the gallon with 10 year | | | | people which in itself makes them |
| warrantees to keep repair costs at bay. | | | | impractical for families, yet many |
| Oddly, one rarely sees commercials for | | | | garages hold these coveted vehicles no |
| those supreme conveyances entitled | | | | matter how many children that family may |
| supercars. So what exactly is a | | | | contain. The other cars that the family |
| supercar? | | | | owns may be abandoned to the driveway |
| A supercar is one that combines speed, | | | | and subject to the elements but not the |
| handling and a unique design that sets | | | | supercar. They are given a place of |
| them apart from conventional cars. They | | | | honor in the garage and maybe even |
| are often more expensive than the | | | | further sheltered by being cocooned in a |
| average home and they turn the heads of | | | | car cover that will protect them from |
| all who see them cruising down the | | | | even the tiny dust particles that might |
| ordinary streets and highways that seem | | | | mar their shiny surfaces. They are |
| unworthy of them. They belong more on | | | | driven reverently and even though they |
| the Autobahn, since they can easily | | | | are designed for speed, they are often |
| reach and maintain speeds of over 160 | | | | driven slowly through the neighborhood |
| miles an hour. Traveling most roads and | | | | to give everyone a chance to admire |
| highways at such high speeds will | | | | them. In the world of cars, the supercar |
| usually net you a fortune in speeding | | | | is considered royalty and only those who |
| tickets, still the thrill of doing so in | | | | are extremely lucky or extremely rich |
| one of these fantastic creations is more | | | | have any hope of owning one of these |
| than worth the risk of angering the | | | | chariots designed for the elite. |
| policemen lurking in their hideouts on | | | | |