What makes a car special?

For me, it's about understanding the car, and being understood by it. My cars/trucks are like an extension of me. I have a '70 Ford pickup I've been rebuilding for about 4 years. I drove it for 7 years before I started on it and it'll be 2-3 years before I'm finished with it. Nobody else in my family could, or would, drive it. I know every inch, every noise, every part, every thing about that truck. Now I have the Dart. I'm just now beginning to really know her, and her know me. Mutual respect. Again, nobody in my family appreciates her or will drive her. I kinda like it that way :) How many people today have that kind of relationship with their new Honda, Toyota or host of other imports. It's just a car to them. When it gives them a problem they take it to a stranger or trade it in on another one. No appreciation, no relationship, no caring. On the original topic, my first car I bought and my first, ahem, experience, was a '68 GTO and a wonderful woman I just met, only knew her first name, and never saw again. Ahhh...the memories!