Ryan Lynch, Gaither High senior, 2001 Ford Windstar

THE BACKUP PLAN: When Lynch’s first car broke down, he was told that driving his mom’s van would just be a temporary fix. “My initial reaction was, ‘Okay, when will I be getting a different car?’ ” he said. His dad said in two to three weeks the problem would be fixed. But more than a year later, Lynch still rocks the Windstar minivan.

BUILT-IN AIR FRESHENER: “We took a 14-hour drive up to Virginia to see our cousins,” Lynch said. “On this trip, we only brought one type of food: Winnie the Pooh honey grahams. The snacks were scattered throughout the car for years, creating a terrible aroma, and to this day you can smell a hint of Winnie the Pooh honey grahams when you enter the car.”

PROUD PARENT: There is an Essrig Elementary “My Kid Is an Honor Roll Student” bumper sticker, which really completes the whole soccer mom look of Lynch’s mini-van. He tried to make it cooler with the addition of a Ron Jon sticker, but it hasn’t really helped.

OUT OF THIS WORLD : “A friend of mine developed the name ‘The Mothership’ and it has stuck ever since,” Lynch said. “The name really got popularized when I forgot to wash my car and instead of placing the stereotypical ‘Wash Me’ on my rear window, the words ‘The Mothership’ were written – large enough for the world to see – by a friend of mine.”

WARM AND TOASTY: “Despite all the negatives about the Windstar, it does have seat heaters,” said Lynch. “And those are pretty sweet. On those few days a year when Florida gets cold, I’m the coziest kid in my school’s parking lot.”

—  ANDY ZUNZ, Gaither High

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