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Subject: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:49:08 -0700
References: <CA9DC287.5044D%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <4E789FDB.5010906@comcast.net>

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 I'd get a newer version of the car I have now, which is a 98 Ford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