A couple of things you might want to keep in mind
1. I was using the car for what it had been designed for. The XKE was
designed for high speed touring. The people in your example were not using
the vehicle for what it was designed for. Nice apples to kumquats
comparison there.
2. You know nothing about my relationship with the car owner. In fact he
used to encourage me to take long test drives in his car, and put the pedal
to the metal. I think he got a kick out of this young green kid that adored
his car, and treated it like was his own. The afternoon of the incident I
told you about, I told him the story. He laughed his ass off, and told me I
was a quick thinker. He continued to bring his car to me for as long as I
worked there, so I can only conclude that he had no problem with this. Nice
guy.
3. This was 1971, the car was a 1969. Not exactly the rare classic that an
E-type is today. Hell back then you could pick up a nice 3.8 E driver for
$1500.
4. The highway in question. Highway 99 through the center of California.
Your aunt Mabel could drive 125 there. Straight as a string and flat as a
board. Not zactly the Nurburgring
5. You are looking at 1971 using 2010 glasses. What was common and
acceptable then is unthinkable now. In someways this is much better, in
others it is not. but the bottom line is it is different.
-Rick
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:44 AM, <cyberemp@comcast.net> wrote:
> So this is what happens when we take our cars in for service? My brother
> bought an urban four wheel drive that had been "Jumped" off a freeway onramp
> by the dealer mechanics, bending the frame and "totaling" the truck. I'm
> sure the owner who took it in for servicing was thrilled to find out what
> happened to his baby the only time it was ever taken off road.
> Makes me think of "ferris Buellers day off"
>
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