First of all, none of them have been airheads, they've all been nice, solid intelligent women. I'll defend every one of them on that point.

They automatically filter, though, and I'm sure they'll all deny it, even to themselves. It's like an HR department that demands a degree for a job that doesn't require one. They may automatically reject all the best candidaes but they only have to consider a fraction as many people and the ones they do talk to will be "good enough".

A Mercedes? You know what it costs to maintain one of those turkeys over here? $500 headlights anyone? No, I'm not kidding. And a "boot" won't do. It has to accomodate a 6-foot step ladder every once in a while. And it needs good gas mileage - I drive about 70 miles a day through heavy traffic visiting clients.