[You will be worshiped as near-deity for bringing up such useless
information the next time your friends get talking about cars]
Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station?
A: Gulf Oil
Q: What was the first official White House car?
A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft
Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?
A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935
Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant?
A: Royce Hailey’s ‘Pig Stand’ opened in Dallas in 1921
Q: What was the first (and ONLY) color the new 1953 Corvette came in?
A: Polo White
Q: Where was the first gas station in the US located?
A: Pittsburgh, PA
Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct
current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter?
A: The 1924 Chrysler
Q: What was the first car to be offered with a “perpetual guarantee”?
A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. (‘perpetuity’ was disturbing in this
case, as Acme closed down in 1911)
Q: When was the first drive-in gas station opened?
A: 1913
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”