He smiles and wraps his arms around her.

"You won't be alone either."

He says to her with a smile.

"Between all of us in this little family group of ours we will always have somebody to watch out for each other."

He sits down on the back of the car when a truck rolls in the gas station.  He notices it pull up to the diesel pump and stick it in then look at the Corvette and Miata.  He locks the pump and studies the Miata.

"I know that is a 57 corvette over there but I have no idea what this little thing is."

He stares at it and gets confused.

"What the hell is it?"

Tyler chuckles.

"1990 Mazda Miata, it has an Italia body kit."

"A Miata?!  How?"

"Italia body kit completely replaces half the body panels on the car."

"My daughter has a 92 Miata, she loves the car but thinks it is just so plain.  What does this thing cost?"

"Not cheap, you will never get a return on investment with it but it is $6,500 for the full kit."

He cocks a brow.

"Damn, that is expensive.  But if it looks this good, it is probably worth it."

"Yeah, this is actually gonna be a race car for my girlfriend, we got a twin charged 1.8 liter rotary engine in it.  Makes around 1,200hp on high boost."

The guy puffs.

"Damn, this little car will make that much power?"

"Yeah, rotary engines are monsters, make almost as much power as a V8 will."

"That is crazy.  You have a shop around here?  I wouldn't mind checking it out."

"No I don't, I am just passing through.  I came out to pick up my girlfriend, I live in Michigan and she lived in San Francisco.  She is moving out with me and we decided to come out and do a road trip back home instead of her flying back."

"Well that is too bad.  Think you would ever come back this way?"

"Yup, I plan on doing the Silver State Classic, I will probably be back often."

"Sweet man, I have run it for years.  I had the twin turbo big block chevy Viper."

"Oh boy, that thing made me feel a cocktail of emotions when I first saw it man."

He laughs.

"I love chevy, though Viper is one of my favorite cars.  It made me sad, mad and happy all at once cuz I am a purist when it comes to vipers but then chevy motors are some of the best you can get as well as being cheap."

The guy laughs.

"You are like the 100th person to say that.  But it worked, old motor dead, cheap motor lying around."

"Yeah, eventually I came to love it but that first half dozen times."
 
The pump on the guys truck clicks off.

"Alright, I will check this thing out.  Hopefully I will get to see this thing run soon."

"Yup, you will likely see it later this year.  But just look up Italia body kit or Banshee.  They are both really cool."

"Alright, sounds good.  Thanks for talking with me, now I know what I can do for my daughter."

"No prob, have a good one."

The guy turns and pulls the pump out, heading into the store then takes off a few minutes later.  Tyler and the group wait around for a little while longer before Eric shows up.  Getting started up again they continue on their way traveling for several hours before loading up the cars and tripping in the toy hauler.  They each take turns driving until they finally arrive home once again in Michigan.  Stopping regularly for photo ops and refueling.  They enter the county late at night the next day.  He smiles at her and asks.

"How is it supposed to go down with the shipping company babe?  We will be home pretty soon."