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Wide Right: White Goes Along For The Ride With Bucs In Motown

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 21, 2007

Barry Sanders. Murder Capital. Great Lakes. Murder Capital. Pistons. Murder Capital. Motown Records. Murder Capital. Tigers. Murder Capital. Joe Louis. Murder Capital.

Those are some things that come to mind when I think of Detroit. But besides being famous for making nighttime ATM runs into a life-or-death situation, Detroit is also known as the Motor City and the world's automotive center.

With Tampa Bay playing at Detroit today, I spoke with Bucs right defensive end Greg White about cars for this week's Wide Right column. We did not discuss if he will wear a ballistic vest in the Motor City.

Anwar: What was the first car you ever owned?

Greg: A Mercury Grand Marquis.

Anwar: What year?

Greg: Like a 1952. It was a 1987.

Anwar: What year did you get it in?

Greg: Three years ago?

Anwar: You got your first car three years ago?

Greg: I'm from the 'hood. What do you want me to do? Nah, I'm lying. My first year I had a 2002 Cadillac in 2002 after being drafted in the seventh round by Houston.

Anwar: What happened to the Cadillac?

Greg: I leased it and couldn't afford it when I got released from the NFL. I had to give it back. That's where the Grand Marquis came into play.

Anwar: What are you driving now?

Greg: I have a 2004 Cadillac sedan.

Anwar: What happened to the Grand Marquis?

Greg: When I was in the Arena League, I had a Pontiac Grand Prix. After I was player of the year, I figured I needed to get a little style. I then went and got an '04 Cadillac with 31,000 miles on it. That's pretty good, right?

Anwar: Sure. Have you ever broken down in a car?

Greg: Is this off the record, right?

Anwar: No, we're on the record.

Greg: All right. I ran out of gas.

Anwar: How is that humanly possible? Didn't you have a gas gauge?

Greg: The little indicator light was flashing and I thought I had 10 miles. I thought I could make it. It wasn't 10 miles.

Anwar: Did you call Triple-A?

Greg: Yeah. They said they would be there in three hours. So I had to hop over the highway, went to the gas station myself, filled the container, put in the gas and then drove it back to the gas station to put more gas in it.

Anwar: Do you think a real man should drive a hybrid car?

Greg: I'm a hybrid athlete, so I plead the Fifth.

Anwar: What kind of music cannot be played in your car?

Greg: At first, I didn't want down south rap music in my car, but now I listen to Lil' Wayne. You can't play country, unless it's Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins. And you can't play ...

Anwar (interrupting): Hold on. What the heck is Honky Tonk Badonkadonk?

Greg: Go download it. You know what it is? I like the video more than the song. You got to see the video.

Anwar: Do you know what APR stands for?

Greg: Is it Annual Percentage Rate?

Anwar: Exactly.

Greg: I just winged that one.

Anwar: Do you ever get road rage?

Greg: All the time.

Anwar: What do you do?

Greg: My windows are up and I may curse somebody out. Who doesn't?

Anwar: What about the finger?

Greg: Maybe. I don't remember.

Anwar: Have you ever wanted to have your car on 'Pimp My Ride' MTV show?

Greg: I would love to have seen what they could have done with my Grand Marquis. That would have been nice.

Anwar: Who is the worst driver you know?

Greg: Everybody from the South.

Anwar: What's a car you would like to have?

Greg: I'm a Cadillac dude. I stay true to Cadillac. So if anyone from Cadillac wants to give me an endorsement, I'm a Cadillac man.

Anwar: What if Mercedes wants to endorse you? Would you take that?

Greg: Only because Cadillac wouldn't. Mercedes ought to give me a deal now.

Anwar: What about Maybach a $300,000 German luxury car?

Greg: Yes, I would take that deal.

Anwar: Bentley?

Greg: I'm in.

Anwar: Rolls Royce?

Greg: Can I get a Phantom?

Anwar: Yes.

Greg: I'm in.

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