VLVL2 (9.5): "A Rented Firebird"

[Mary Krimmel]

Being not very knowledgeable about car models, I passed over the rented 
Firebird supposing it a real model. After all, there is a Thunderbird; I 
guess the Firebird is a close competitor. And there's Stravinsky's famous 
Firebird Suite. Anyone know of a car named for a glamorous piece of music?

Would Phoenix be an appealing - to some sports car enthusiasts - name for a 
car?

About "reborn on borrowed time" maybe someone will comment. Thanks for all, 
Dave Monroe.

Mary Krimmel


At 08:50 AM 11/27/03 -0800, you wrote:
>"Speeding down the freeway in a rented Firebird, they
>both realized it was the first time since the room in
>Tokyo that they'd been alone together." (VL, Ch. 9, p.
>166)
>
>
>"a rented Firebird"
>
>Main Entry: phoe·nix
>Pronunciation: 'fE-niks
>Function: noun
>Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English,
>from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix
>Date: before 12th century
>: a legendary bird which according to one account
>lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and
>rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also
>: a person or thing likened to the phoenix
>- phoe·nix·like  /-"lIk/ adjective
>
>http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=Phoenix
>
>Reborn on borrowed time?  Let me know ...
>
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