Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
From: charcot at comcast.net (charcot)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:14:51 -0600
References: <CA9DC287.5044D%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

  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 I'd get a newer version of the car I have now, which is a 98 Ford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).



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