Why We Love the Chevron Cars
Caryn, one of our biggest fans, wrote to us recently, telling us about her family and her Chevron Cars collection. She writes:
The cars are the most adorable toys I've ever seen. I am a mother of four wonderful kids and a wife to a very understanding husband. My children are 10, 7, 4, and 3. My family was minus two and living in Alaska when I first heard about the Chevron cars as toys.
The first commercial I ever saw with the Chevron cars was Casey Coupe and the turtles. By the end of the commercial, I'd have a big grin on my face. My daughters would drop whatever they were doing to come and watch.
Then my husband bought me my first car. It was Casey and the turtles. I had a blast with that car. Then slowly, I'd collect the other cars. My husband thought it was cute the way I'd get excited about getting a new car. When my family left Alaska and came to Massachusetts, there wasn't a Chevron station in sight. In Alaska, we went specifically to Chevron stations just so I could see if any new cars came out. But in Massachusetts, there weren't any. I would then get online and go to the website with regret thinking I'd never own another car again.
Now I have at least one of each car, including two Travis's. The twins are my favorite. My kids love collecting the cars with me and with the addition of my two boys, it's really become a family collection. We all look forward to the new cars and we go to the web site daily to look at the cars and see what's new.
Again, thank you for the cars. They are all very cute and very much are individuals to my family and me. My second son is autistic and he loves the cars. They are his friends in a small world of his own. I hope you never stop making the cars.
Sincerly,
Caryn B.
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Posted: Jan 9, 2006
Comments
HI IM RICHARD. I LOVE CHEVRON CARS BECAUSE THEY ARE FUN AND ITS FUN TO MAKE ROADS FOR THEM
- Posted By: richard on April 27, 2007
I think you need a mobile home too. He should be named Michael Mobile Home. I also think you need a corvette named Carley.
- Posted By: Ryan B on December 22, 2006
cool I thought kid only collected them!!!!
- Posted By: Chase H. on November 28, 2006
chevron,
please put more out of stock cars in stock. I'm not saying this for me i'm saying it for other kids who prablably just started there collection.for instance, I started my collection in late 2005. and i have gotten the out of stock cas on ebay.com. but please put more cars in stock so kids can have fun doing somthing they love to do.than
- Posted By: I love pink [and i'm a boy named mikel on November 18, 2006
cars are coooooool
- Posted By: shawn on October 24, 2006
ALL OF MY CARS ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND I WOULD NEVER GET RID OF THEM. I HAVE 25 CARS. AND I HAD A PETE PICK-UP UNTIL I MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO UTAH. I HAD JUST HAD FRIENDS OVER AND WE HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH MY CARS IN THE DRIVE-WAY, AS MY DAD WAS BACKING THE MOVING TRUCK IN HE RAN OVER PETE! I WAS VERY UPSET AND CRYED FOR A WEEK STREIGHT I LOVED PETE AND I STILL DO BUT NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT HE GOT RUN OVER I MISS HIM VERY MUCH AND WISH THAT I HADEN'T LEFT HIM IN THE DRIVE-WAY SO THAT I COULD GO AND GET A DRINK OF WATER! I MISS YOU PETE. PETE JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE OF YOU IT WOULD HURT TOO BADLY I MISS YOU!
LOVE
JANE
- Posted By: Anonymous on October 19, 2006
i think chevron cars are the best in the world the are so cool and they look so cute i have 29
- Posted By: Marti on June 14, 2006
I ,Billy, liked the introduction of your paragraph. I 'LOVE' Danni Driver. I wish she came in gangsta style with the bling-bling on the side. WORD! Dude. Peace out from the south side, Broda.
Yo Lova,
Billy
- Posted By: Billy on May 1, 2006
HI: My collection started back in 1996 when Sam SADEN came I was unlucky not to be there fasr enuff to buy one.They were all sold out By luck I was in A second hand store one two months after and sitting on the shelf was sam and wendy with a sticker on them for 1$each.Now thanks to me and friends/reletives I now have a full set I still need the gold suze and the four glasses/play books sings what ever els is out there. It has taken over me like I'am under a spell I love it these little cars have taken over me.This is the best fun I have had collecting anything berore THANKS YOU CHEVRON.AAAAAAAAAAA++++++++
- Posted By: Joseph on March 21, 2006
When they first came out I wasn't going to collect them. The second year into the collection I found the first four still in boxes at a yard sale, then I was hooked. Wouldn't let my son play with them because they were collector toys and the time I worked at McDonalds and was collecting the interesting sets there. When they came out with the first four in blister sets then I bought a set for my son, so he could play with them, which he did. When ever a new one came out I had to get two, one for the collection and one for him. He would play with them for about a week then put them back on the shelf that they belonged on. He knew to be very careful not to lose the loose pieces. He was very happy when they came out with the carbord garages, I bought 4, he got 3. He parked the cars nice and neat and in order in his garages. And that is how the pattern continue, even to a year ago. He's 18 now. He has all the normal numbered ones except the ice cream trucks. I wasn't going to get him Cary Carrier because we were tight on money at the time, so he convinced Gramma that it would be the perfect birthday gift. She is gone now so when Travis came out, he got it in memery of Gramma. I am 43 years old, and I managed to get all but the gold Dusty. My set is complete. It took me a while and a friend who got on ebay to get me Taylor the gold taxi. I am very happy. I was lucky enough to get the first Hope at a Chevron who managed to order more in at a later time.
- Posted By: dcu on March 6, 2006
I love my Chevron collection alot.
Once,I built a Chevron metropolis
using cardboard boxes.I had alot of
fun with it, until Mom made me
throw it away.I still have the cars
and I play with them every day.
- Posted By: Chase on January 30, 2006
I just love my chevron cars.I remember the time when I got my very first car:talyer texi.I got him at a chevron gas station in Utah.
- Posted By: JUSTIN on January 14, 2006
Chevron Cars are my favorite toys.
- Posted By: Frankie on January 14, 2006
I have a WHOLE LOT of chevron cars. Remember this number, 26!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Posted By: Frankie on January 12, 2006
my first car was kelly kompact.
i got sam sadan for my 6th birthday,
along with icon car. i missed hope,
hope 2002, davey driver, and gold
dusty. other then them, i have all the
cars- including travis tanker-.
- Posted By: james on January 12, 2006
The Chevron Cars are undenialably fun, and quite funny at the same time. I look forward to seeing more funny car characters to pick up.
- Posted By: Nicolas on January 9, 2006
