My dad worked at Hewlett Packard most of his life, he didn't drive a personal car, but every year when he got a new company car he would let us pick the colour, so we always picked the worst one possible -- one year we made him drive a whole year in a colour changing purple Taurus with eggplant coloured interior.
My dad did have a personal car though, it was a 1974 Capri that he bought new from the dealership... I became aware of it when he brought it in from my Grandma's farm to Richmond to our house and parked it in the driveway where it only moved once that I could remember in 25 years which was a pretty vivid memory because my dad drove us in it to the hospital to visit my mom when she had cancer and was living at the hospital and I didn't understand why because I was too young (she beat it by the way)... but I remember how it sounded that sound manuals make when they're in reverse and stuff... the smell of the car...
Unfortunately it sat for 25 years rusting into the driveway until one day some guy came to the door who had been walking by and asked my dad if he could buy it for $500 and my dad said he'd think about it... he told me he was going to call the guy to sell it and get rid of it, but I ended up giving my dad $500 to keep it and I spent the next 3 years on and off restoring it. It's in my parents garage now with collector plates on it... nobody drives it... I restored it for my dad but I guess he's not that interested in it anymore and just likes the creature comforts of his SUV... that said, I know he still likes to see it and look at it sometimes so I'm glad I did it. I also want to take over it one day myself and look forward to drive it one day, especially since you never see them on the road ever.
This was after I finished restoring it:
