Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on Chris tell us how you really feel - don't hold back :) your friend ernie On 9/20/2011 2:09 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > Neither. I'd get a newer version of the car I have now, which is a 98 Ford > Crown Victoria! I hate SUVs. The only people who drive them here are > assholes who think they're rich (most aren't) and think that driving an SUV > makes them above having to obey traffic laws. Small cars scare me. You get > hit by an asshole in an SUV who thinks that stop signs don't apply to them > and you're DEAD. I've hit a few of these guys after they ran stop signs or > red lights in the two Chevy Caprices I had before I got my Crown Vic, and > my > cars were barely damaged. Indestructible is good. Bigass cars like the > Crown > Vic and Caprice also ride very soft and smooth, very comfortable for long > trips. I drive a Ford Explorer across the country once several yrs ago. > Rented it to transport some stuff to Santa Fe and my back hurt like hell > the > whole time. Never again! > > My car gets 18mpg, which is not bad for a 5000lb car! The money spent on > gas > is worth it to avoid death at the hands of some fool. People where I live > are all too damned stupid to drive. I've had 14 car accidents in Ft. Wayne > and only ONE was my fault (Two more involved deer jumping at the car...the > rest of the wrecks were idiots running red lights or pulling out in front > of > me on busy roads).