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Q: Describe your favorite drive in the Studebaker:
A: I just like driving it around town.
Q: What other cars do you own?
A: I also own an Audi TT. I usually have more fun driving the Studebaker around, and it's a better car to drive around slowly.
Q: Which car would you take out on a date?
A: Well, there's always a danger of starting the car with the Studebaker.
Q: What do you like about your Studebaker?
A: It's a fun car to drive and much more mechanical than a TT. I like everything about it. The shifter is really tight. You can feel the suspension and everything that's going on with the car. The biggest problem was to find a place to put the car at home.
Q: What do you love about the Studebaker?
A: I love the design. It's really a beautiful car. It was designed by Raymond Loewy (industrial designer) and Virgil Exner (futuristic Chrysler designer).
Q: What is unique to the car?
A: Technology-wise, the Studebaker had the front suspension, which made it drive really well for the time, and it had a hill hold for the clutch that will prevent it from rolling back.
Q: How often does this car get driven?
A: Really whenever I can drive it, mostly on weekends and sometimes during the week.
Q: If you could choose one passenger to ride along with you in your Studebaker, who would it be and why?
A: John Surtees, the race driver from the ‘60s. Definitely different from what he's used to driving.
Q: With this car, is it a fling, or are you in it for the long haul?
A: I'll be keeping it for awhile. I can't see it going anywhere soon.
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