Aye, being a GBer does have its' rewards... and of course, crazies...
Having and driving a car with the logos alone is indeed enough to a grab attention, but a fully equipped ride, either a chick magnet, or weirdo bait...
This time, chick magnet.
In the latter part of last year, the GBHD did photo shots at a firestation near the harbor front just outside of Honolulu city, then onto the Downtown business district where one of the buildings there had a rather ominous-looking gates to Hades structure on the outside lawn. The then departed
Ecto 1a was parked right in front of the place and folks drove slowly by to get a glimpse of it, as well passerbys, some asked:
"Are they filming a Ghostbusters movie?" One hit it near home:
"Ghostbusters 3, is it?" Heh, mustva been a fannie...
But anyway, as the team took some few remaining shots, I went to move my Pre-Ecto car closer to the location from up the street when walking back, a pretty blonde-haired woman was walking her dog past the shoot, eyeing what's going on. I thought it would b funny if I scanned her dog with the PK meter out of her eye shot. She turned and smiled and said:
"Oh, is my dog possessed?" I replied in a Venkman way:
"Uh, no ma'am, your lili' dog checks out fine. The readings show your dog is in good spirits. Be sure to give him lots of sun and excercise, to prevent the cases of GGS... the Gloomy Ghost Syndrome." She was astonished:
"Oh my, is that contagious?" "No, ma'am, not to humans... not to most that I know of." It was fun keeping up the play, she kept on asking questions, and begin making "small talk", but the shoot was finally over, and some of my mates were eye ballin' me and one started to make like his heart was thumping out of his chest out of her view. Worst, my other half was right there! Thankfully, she knows I was just amusing that woman, not trying to pick her up (If I was single, honestly, oh yeah, different story...BTW, I'm also a dog lover). It ended with 'bye then her saying,
"Nice car." We no longer have
Ecto 1a, thus, I'll get my ride going so we can be again a more completed club... what's Ghostbusters without an Ecto?
After that encounter, I playfully thought:
"Hmmm... Ectos with benefits..."