[BDBohnzie]

Back in the 80s, my Dad was the Parts and Service Director at BMW of Fairfax. Every once in a while, he'd come home with autographs (Ken Houston, Curtis Jordan, Jeff Bostic, Darrell Green to name a few). Somehow, Darryl Grant was involved with the company that owned the dealership, and came to the Company Picnic one year. Nice as could be. Let my Mom try on his Super Bowl XXII ring. Those things up close and personal are unreal. The only other football run-in I've had was watching Chris Cooley play softball. He doesn't look that big, but he can motor.

My Dad has since worked at Lexus of Rockville, and now is at Manhattan Jaguar, Lincoln/Mercury, Land Rover. When I was in high school, I worked for him at the Lexus dealership for a few months washing cars on Saturday mornings, and got to see Michael Westbrook's ride (Lexus LX450; which had something like 10 car batteries in the trunk to power all the equipment he had), as well as Rip Hamilton's ride (I want to say it was a Toyota Land Cruiser, but I can't remember). A while after I stopped washing cars, one of his employees got her nephew to come in every once in a while...Terrance Morris (former Terp star). He's also had dealings with Patrick Ewing, Steve Francis, and a few other sport stars. Not sure who frequents the Manhattan dealership these days...I'll have to ask him.