Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeeesh Chris, After a driving record and rant like that I trust you have extra airbags, crash helmet and other survival gear. I'd be checking out the guys driving in NASCAR races for other safety advice they may provide. :-) Good luck with the nerds running red-lights! :-( Your description of drivers in your area is why I always felt safer driving on the track, stock cars, sprints and midgets! Oh we had a few crash and burns but at least 99.9% of the time we were all going in the same direction! ;-) cheers, Dr. ted :-) ----- Original Message ----- > 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 I'd get a newer version of the car I have now, which is a 98 Ford 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). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information