Introductions Please

Before I get rolling with my review of the Ford Fiesta, I need to introduce you to my Uncle Bill and why I chose to try and sell him a car. So let's open up the Uncle Bill file:

Age: 60-ish (Baby Boomer)
Occupation: VP of Design for the leading excercise machine company
Hobbies: Designing Houses, Driving Cars
Family: Wife, 6 kids (1 boy, 5 girls), a whole bunch of Grankids and one particularly impressive nephew
Visual: This is the only picture I could get from him because as he told me, "...I don't even take pictures of my kids, let alone pictures of me in my cars." So here he is with his Creamsicle Orange 1972 Porsche 914...ironically, in his car ... and with his kid (grandkid).

Over the years I have benefitted from what I call the "Uncle Bill Test Drive." He always seemed to show up in a great car and let me take a few laps. He prides himself on being either the first to own or the guy driving the unique car - as he says: "I ... don't like to see myself coming around every corner, so I am drawn to cars with small production runs. Or old. Or unpopular. Or foreign." True. In fact, here is a sampling of the cars he has / does own:

2008 Porsche Cayman
1972 Porsche 914
2006 Audi A3
2005 Pontiac Solstice
2001 Mini Cooper S
1998 Audi A4
1995 Infiniti Q45
1993 Ford Ranger
1991 Mazda Miata
1987 Volkswagen Jetta
1968 Mercedes Benz 280
1966 BMW 2002

Uncle Bill is what the marketing folks would call an early adopter. But I need to make a distinction here - I think he is an early adopter with regards to design and performance, but perhaps not technology.

Allow me to explain: he owns an iPOD Touch...but doesn't have anything on it or really know how to use it. Sorry Uncle Bill, your daughter, Amanda, ratted you out - and then I ratted her out - it's a vicious cycle. Anyhoo, I don't think he'll understand the following sentence:

"Btw I'll brb, sos so lol and I'll cu l8r."

Obviously, I'll need to sell him on the design, styling and performance, and maybe not spend too much time on the Bluetooth or USB port features.

FWIW - whoops, I mean - "for what it's worth" - I hope you didn't miss the Ford pick-up in the mix - even if he did call it an "aberration." So that is my challenge: add Ford Fiesta to this list - but this time not as an aberration, or a lapse in judgement or whatever.