Sibling rivalry? Driveway feud?

[doubt at inwave.com (Nate Mellom)]

The players:
1987 Quantum Syncro, aka The Mature One
1988 Scirocco, aka The Little Brother
1981 Scirocco, aka The Brat

The scenerio:
I've been driving the '88 exclusively, for the past week or so.  It's 
new (to me), so it figures I'd leave the reliable '81 for a short while, 
but it wasn't going to be forever.  I recently got the Syncro out of 
storage to share winter driving duties with the '81, but the battery 
that was it in went bad, so it was battery-less.  My wife's parents came 
to visit for the holiday, and to pick them up I needed to source a 
battery for it.  So, I decided to gank it from the '81, temporarily, 
until I could go to the store and get a NEW battery for it.  So, I get 
to opening the hood on the '81, and NOT ONLY does the hood release cable 
handle break off of the rocker panel, the WHOLE DAMN HOOD CLOSURE *rips* 
off of the hood!  It's been rusty and bad for a LONG time, which is why 
I put hood pins on it a few years ago.  But, since I was ignoring the 
car, and it was jealous of the '88, AND since it knew it would spend 
another winter getting rustier while the '88 stayed cold and cozy, but 
salt free, AND it had to give up its battery for another car, it decided 
to be a brat and break.  Luckily, since the whole contraption busted off 
the hood, it was as simple as undoing the hood pins and lifting the 
hood.  As luck would have it, I have a spare Mk1 hood in my shed waiting 
to go on, but probable not until spring.

You tell me cars aren't alive?  They don't have personalities?  They 
don't have *FEELINGS?*

I beg to differ.

Nate