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1. A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:59:00 -0400
Yesterday while Rob and I were out toodling around the back country roads on a test drive of the Rallye car, my wife's nephew's father-inlaw and her nephew's wife's brother-in-law (married into the f
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00258.html (7,667 bytes)

2. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:29:19 -0500
Sorry to hear of the accident, Larry. Hope they heal well and soon. Jaguar made the XK120 from 1948 through 1956 so if it was a '53... Cheers!! Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00260.html (6,934 bytes)

3. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: b-evans@earthlink.net
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 17:21:31 -0700
Whether you are a Yank driving in England, or a Brit driving in America, there is always a critical period of adjustment that is crucial in driving a car. How well I remember my first expeience of dr
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00277.html (8,639 bytes)

4. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: Jim Rogers <jarplanner@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:45:18 -0700
Each trip over to Ireland always starts the same - with the guys at the car rental yards watching us get into the car. First - will I (the driver) open the righthand driver's door or the passengers?;
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00298.html (11,069 bytes)

5. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:53:39 -0500
Unfortunately, the sign would also mean T for Target as in an easy mark. Never work. I always wondered about the shifting with the wrong hand bit... I saw a classic Mini with RHD on my way to work t
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00299.html (8,742 bytes)

6. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: Jim Rogers <jarplanner@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 11:40:36 -0700
Last trip over to Ireland I was fortunate enough to drive Ron Corry's bugeye/frogeye along some coast and hill roads. What fun! The Sprite was truly meant for those roads, not our freeways or interst
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00301.html (9,478 bytes)

7. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:00:02 -0500
I haven't been back to England since 1992, but I lived there from 1965 through 1970. I never had any problem with a RHD car insofar as shifting was concerned. The worst problem I had was driving in E
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00303.html (9,028 bytes)

8. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Pazur" <bpazur@excel.net>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:46:26 -0500
I (and Denise) visited Ireland with the Plymouth Municipal Band in 2003. We played around Mid- and Southern Ireland. I was the only band member to rent a car - everyone else got on a bus, and toured
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00312.html (9,915 bytes)

9. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 17:00:40 -0400
When I converted PIECES to RHD, the whole family learned to shift lefty very quickly. It does become 2nd nature rather fast. Now getting in the car as the driver on the right side of the car, THAT is
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00313.html (8,737 bytes)

10. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:39:05 -0400
Remember the video of the Brit, Christopher Evans who autocrossed a Lotus Seven? What impressed me most about the video was all the shifting he had to do in such a short amount of time. Most of the s
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00315.html (8,781 bytes)

11. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:14:30 -0700
Hello Spridgets, my (then) wife and i went to england in the mid 80's. part of the package was a rental car for week in england.. when we went to pick up the car there was another american couple bei
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00318.html (10,320 bytes)

12. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:37:17 -0500
Last trip over to Ireland I was fortunate enough to drive Ron Corry's bugeye/frogeye along some coast and hill roads. What fun! The Sprite was truly meant for those roads, not our freeways or interst
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00320.html (10,707 bytes)

13. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: b-evans@earthlink.net
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 20:29:27 -0700
The reason, of course, is that those roads, especially those in small villages, began as footpaths. Even those in some of the more historic cities began life as simply a thoroughfare for carts and ca
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00326.html (9,371 bytes)

14. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 00:14:56 -0500
My company had an office in London at one time. One of our guys that transferred over there for awhile had an accident- he rounded a corner and pulled into the wrong lane.
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00329.html (8,797 bytes)

15. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 06:51:01 -0500
I dunno if I buy your theory, Buster. The roads making drivers more courteous that is. The same goat and cart paths formed the roads in France and Spain and I found drivers in those countries to be a
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00333.html (9,514 bytes)

16. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: b-evans@earthlink.net
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:45:39 -0700
By the same token, we have far broader, easier roads to navigate, but American drivers are not as courteous as the English. Simple cultural differences? Buster Evans
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00343.html (8,560 bytes)

17. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:59:09 -0500
We are just a busier, more rushed and hectic society. That is often the reason that we only wave with one finger. It is much more efficient to raise one, rather than all 4.......... -- www.myspace.co
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00352.html (8,932 bytes)

18. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Robert E. Shlafer" <pilotrob@webtv.net>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:16:25 GMT
....this Marcos guy....I thought a supplier could not aggressively advertise on list. Am I (once again!) wrong??? Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00354.html (8,063 bytes)

19. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:36:48 -0500
I dunno about the autox.team.net Spridgets list, but the lists I moderate (mostly Yahoo) I can kick someone off in a heart beat and keep them off, too. Some of the bike lists have rules for *NO* tout
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00358.html (8,506 bytes)

20. Re: A Certain unfortunate irony (score: 1)
Author: "Robert E. Shlafer" <pilotrob@webtv.net>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:43:18 GMT
Hmmm.....well....I'm sure Mark will see the appropriate posts and appropriately take the appropriate action.....appropriately!!! :) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00359.html (7,854 bytes)


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