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Re: Spridgets vs. bigger cars

To: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@workgroup.net>, spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Spridgets vs. bigger cars
From: Peggy Bohler <pbohler@wenet.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:17:19 -0700
In-reply-to: <374D9502.BB37DD1A@workgroup.net>
Reply-to: Peggy Bohler <pbohler@wenet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Appreciate hearing this.
When my husband first bought the (first) Midget safety was my main concern, 
it took me awhile to become comfortable riding in it -- BUT now try to keep
me from it - I am so happy riding in it I WANT MY VERY OWN!
Peggy



At 02:54 PM 5/27/99 -0400, J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
>I have to say that through experience, Midgets are pretty solid cars.
>When I was 16, I ran off the road in my 1975 Midget on several
>occasions, one of which resulted in becoming airborn (wet muddy roads, a
>curve, slick tires, and inexperience).  The Midget survived with only a
>ding and broken exhaust the time I got airborn.  One of the times I did
>a nose dive (well, hit at an angle) and dug a hole in the ground but did
>no damage to us or the car.  Not hilights in my driving career, for
>sure, but I'm still alive.
>
>On yet another occasion, I had a truck make a left-hand turn (oncoming)
>across my Midget.  I went from 60 to 0 in about 0 seconds.  Neither of
>us in the Midget were hurt at all, and it wrapped the fender down onto
>the wheel.  I pried the fender off the wheel, drove back to base, and
>then later drove the 540 miles back to Tennessee. The estimate for
>repairs was about $3500.  I had the same thing happen in a '93 Honda
>Civic (truck in oncoming lane lost control)(something about me and
>trucks) and the front end of the car was almost obliterated, and I still
>(5 years later) have neck and back pain.  Damages to the Civic were
>about $5000.
>
>I'll try to dig up some pics of the damage to the Midget and post them
>on my site this weekend.
>
>Anyway, I have found that the Midget is actually pretty safe.  After
>all, that is a LOT of steel.  Oh well, just my .02.
>
>Adrian,
>alive and kickin after surviving his own driving as a youngster in a
>Midget
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