Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phillipe: For France (and most of the EU), they are shipped with 16-inch wheels and front disc brakes. Want that. Can't get that on the US model. Bob On Nov 16, 2007, at 11:30, Philippe Orlent wrote: Too ecologic is becoming a moral majority. Philippe Op 16-nov-07, om 20:21 heeft Brian Reid het volgende geschreven: > It's a hugely popular car around here (Northern California). They are > *everywhere*. > > The car itself seems to be just fine, but a lot of the people who buy > them start driving in a way that infuriates others. Almost every day > on the road I see a Prius driver in the leftmost lane driving at > exactly the speed limit, with angry drivers honking and waving > obscenities as they try to get around it. Last week I saw a big > armored pickup truck intentionally rear-end a Prius to try to get it > to move out of the fast lane, and no one except the Prius driver was > outraged by this. No one stopped. > > Newspapers call this phenomenon "Prius Rage". A specialized form of > road rage. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information