Super Car Guys

Fearless by Adrian Hicks

This occurred to me while watching Kyndall (My one year old) scale and clear the child gate when she thought nobody was watching: We are naturally fearless and curious by birthright.

 

After years of conditioning, and instruction, we develop fears and apprehension often without the adjoining experience. Here is my one year old.... having no clue of the danger involved in this feat, only focused on the goal of clearing that gate! Fear was never an issue. Only the joy of getting into something on the other side. What is your "Gate" today? What is in front of you that won’t allow you to even touch the that thing that you want on the other side? I mean, you can see it.... you know that you are capable of possessing it..... why do you live in fear of the obstruction? Fear is the domain of the adversary. I have heard it said that most people have no earthly clue of what they can do, because all that they have heard is what they CAN'T do.

 

Will you let the "gate" stop you again, today? Kyndall didn't... she didn't know it was supposed to.

 

Be fearless today.

 

Adrian Hicks

Old House Rocks - A Fundraising Concert for the Orpheum...

 Old House Rocks - a benefit for the Orpheum Theater - takes place on Friday, May 1 at 8:00pm, featuring the bands "Ten Day Wish" and "3 Ring Circus."  It promises to be a fun filled evening with ALL proceeds of the show going towards the continued restoration of this historic theater.  The event is the brainchild of six WSU communication students as their project for the Strategic Communication in Organizations class. 

The Orpheum, a well known landmark here in Wichita, opened in 1922 and was placed on the National Register of Historic places in 1980.  Please help us make our community a better place to live and work by joining us on Friday night.

You can purchase tickets for $15 at selectaseat.com or go to www.wichitaorpheum.com for more information.

Winter Storm produces New Suzuki "Ice" Wheel Lineup

My good friend Dusty B. sent me these pictures this morning (after a crazy Kansas weekend of major ice and snow) of his new wheel design for Forenza & Reno's.  He is calling it the "Suzuki Platinum Ice Series."  Are Suzuki customers simply that much smarter than everyone else?  Nice work Dusty!  How much to mount and balance these?

The Story of the SUV-Asaurus

The Story of the SUV-Asaurus...

Once upon a time, SUV-Asauruses roamed the earth.  People happily drove them everywhere and anywhere.  They took them skiing and surfing, and to the mall.  People didn't really think about what they were doing, they just did it.  The BIGGER the Saurus, the BETTER the Saurus.

Now the SUV-Asauruses loved to guzzle gasoline, but their owners didn't really care because gas was cheaper than cheap.  Then suddenly things changed.  Gas Prices went through the roof and people began to sell their SUV-Asauruses.  BUT nobody want them because they were too blasted expensive to drive.  And this made everyone VERY unhappy.  So like a bad rash, the SUV-Asauruses slowly went away.

Bu then, just when everyone thought all the SUV adventure and fun was done, a new kind of SUV called the Suzuki Grand Vitara, or the GV for short, arrived.  It was compact in size so it got good gas mileage - 26 miles per gallon on the highway.  And it had excellent power, in fact its V6 had 64 more horsepower than a Honda CRV.  And unlike most other compact SUV's, it had true 4x4 capability available, so people could take it to all the places they loved to go AND do all the things they loved to do.  So once again, EVERYONE was happy.

Well everyone except the SUV-Asaurus.

LIVE LARGE...  DRIVE SMALL...

Jay Walking with Big Jay

Big Jay (Jake Ramstack) was a Super Car Guy, now he spends his time serving kids with YoungLife here in Wichita.  Jake is an Everyday Hero serving the community here in the ICT. 

I have the privledge of attending the annual Young Life banquet on October 12, 2008 and it was a great time.  In an environment where the media reminds us of lots of bad news it is nice to see people making a difference in the lives of others...

Young Life staff and volunteers:  Thank you for giving to the Lord and our community here in Wichita!

Watch Jay Walking with Big Jay for a good belly laugh:

Japenese Square Watermelons

This is Genius...

They stack perfectly.  They slice perfectly.  Brilliant!

If they can do this with watermelon, imagine what they can do with vehicles...

Don't lol me bff

I am getting all of these crazy text messages and emails from my kids and my team that look like cryptic code.  How am I to respond when I can't make sense of the lingo? 

BBL = Be back later, CYA = See Ya, GJ = Good Job, H/O = Hold On, JK = Just Kidding, K = OK, L8 = Late, TY = Thank You, UR = You Are, Y = Why?  Just to name a few...

Photo from the "LG National Texting Championship"

I tend to complain about not using proper punctuation and sentence structure...maybe I'm getting too old? 

In the spirit of being cool we have implemented our own set of Suzukian Communication Code words...designed to benefit our clients.  So if you are around the dealership and you hear any of the following phrases, you will automatically know what we mean...

NP = No Problem

BHT = Be Happy Too (works great at home as well)  eg:  Honey, can you take out the trash?  "BHT"

EPOMJ = Easiest part of my job

IU = I Understand (only possible for a well trained non-commissioned salesperson)

IC = I'm confident

PAM = Please Allow Me

It's about time a car dealership started speaking the customers language! 

We finally got our new airplane!

We're selling tons of Suzuki's, so it was finally time to get our plane.  I've been putting it off for far too long now...instead, spending the cash on our customers and our co-workers...but now it's time to do something just for me...

Most car dealers have airplanes.  They fly to play golf, they fly to dinner, they fly to go shopping...so obviously we need an airplane. 

I wanted a BeechJet but couldn't afford it...LearJet was out of reach...

Cessna?  Boeing?  Any employee discounts out there?  Remember this is the Air Capital. 

Should I place a bid on Obama's plane or McCain's?  Who won't be needing theirs?

Great News!  Thanks to our friend John Halligan we got our airplane. 

Meet the official Suzuki of Wichita Aircraft...

Radio controlled but affordable...look for it in the sky near you!

Thanks John Halligan...it looks great! (See John below)