SUVs be damned!! I consider one of my most daring feats to be passing
an 18 wheeler in my MGA on a 2 lane highway in an downpour. Like going
through a car wash. The little engine is screaming, the top is
flapping, the whole car shakes. You catch a glimpse of those wheels
huge wheels through the gray in the passenger window. Gradually, your
windshield lightens up and the wipers actually start to do some good.
Finally the road clears and you see this smoking mountain in the rear
view mirror. I don't think I ever did it at night. Now passing a truck
in my GN is a hoot. Slam - (light show with tach & boost gauge) bam -
see ya pal.
-ralph cordell
'59 MGA
'84 Turbo Regal
'87 Grand Nat
'96 Roadmonster
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Krampits [SMTP:fred@hprrc725.rose.hp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 1:23 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: America's True Daredevils "LBC owners"
>
> In watching the news with Brian Williams on both CNBC & MSNBC, there
> was
> a interesting report on what may be even a bigger danger to LBC's in
> America than the Brit's taking them back to the UK. If my memory is
> correct that a front end collision with a Sports Utility Vechice (the
> infamous SUV) you are 30 time more likely to die than the SUV owner.
> In
> a side collision you are 50 times more likely to die than the SUV
> owner.
> I can only presume that the stats are much higher for us LBC owners.
> Will this make me turn around and sell my beloved Midget. HELL NO.
> Wether its walking a tightrope, driving Leman's, climbing Everest, now
> LBC ownership is a deathdefying feat every time we take it on the
> road.
> And like the tighrope walker that would fall if he looks down, I'm
> going
> to watch out for these "Predators of the Road", but in no way let them
> hamper my enjoyment of my Midget.
>
> Fred Krampits
> "Adventurer, a True Thrill Seeker"
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