Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]survived a massive accident in a 1984 caprice classic. nothing like STEEL! :-) speaking of crown vics all police departments have ordered new ones this year as they are going out of production. so if you look around you can get a lightly used police interceptor for a good price! bharani Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:09:43 -0400 From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy... To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org> Message-ID: <CA9DC287.5044D%chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 I'd get a newer version of the car I have now, which is a 98 Ford Crown Victoria!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). -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!