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1. Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: erasjfr@lmera.ericsson.se (Steve Foster ZD/KC); Date: Wed, 14 Aug 96 13:46:35 +0200; Are you yanks accident prone or what? The number of acidents that people on this list alone have had is scary. Is it the low speed limit that puts people to sleep? Are the roads very boring (I've dri; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00442.html (8,255 bytes)
2. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: MG4EVR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:10:50 -0400; Although no sociologist, I think it's the general attitude of the American driver that causes so many accidents. Some experts have coined the phrase "Road Rage." I simply call it RUDENESS. When did; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00449.html (8,341 bytes)
3. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:45:25 -0400; Fellow Fiends: Let me start out by disclaiming any overt yank-bashing; this is not intended as a flame, and I've been in the States for a long time, so anything here probably applies to me, as well.; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00471.html (11,468 bytes)
4. Re[2]: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: "chuck ciaffone" <chuck_ciaffone@smtp.wg.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 96 16:10:18 EST; If, by YANKS, you refer to Americans in General, you are probably correct. How-some-ever, the driving traits to which you refer are more correctly associated with "Yanks" below the Mason-Dixon line.; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00474.html (8,083 bytes)
5. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 23:00:45 -0400 (EDT); This is an urban legend, and has been fairly thoroughly debunked on alt.folklore.urban. OTOH, the Hats over at AFU *did* find the original cite that led to the JATO/Darwin award story. Bill "I know a; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00502.html (8,804 bytes)
6. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:15:01 -0400; Now, there's a suggestion! Hear him! Hear him! If everyone had to assemble their own car, this might, in fact, reduce the number of American accidents. As a modest proposal, this one gets my vote. Co; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00506.html (8,100 bytes)
7. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:23:11 -0400 (EDT); Friend of mine did this with his 16 year old son and a 1500 Spit. The kid could have the Spit, if he did all/most of the work to restore the car. That car lasted until the kid graduated college earli; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00508.html (8,820 bytes)
8. Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: erasjfr@lmera.ericsson.se (Steve Foster ZD/KC); Date: Thu, 15 Aug 96 17:25:29 +0200; The way this thread is going reminded me that my uncle built a kit car from scratch in the 50's/60's. Based on Triumph parts (50's). It looked like a cross between a Lotus Elan and a Healey frogeye S; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00531.html (8,779 bytes)
9. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 11:59:00 -0700 (PDT); That's correct. Now they steal the airbag and sell it. I hear that it's very expensive to replace them, over $1000 -- From: mgs-owner To: Ragthyme Cc: erasjfr; mgs; Michele Liguori; Ny Martin Subject; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00534.html (8,867 bytes)
10. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:37:16 -0700 (PDT) (8:37 am 15:37 UT); If everyone had to assemble their own car, this might, in fact, reduce the <number of American accidents. As a modest proposal, this one gets my vote. ...and it would have the added benefit that the; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00537.html (8,984 bytes)
11. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: kboetzer@auspex.com (Ken Boetzer); Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:30:08 -0700; An experiment I'm doing with my 15 year old son as we type. I'm optimistic. He does that a couple times a day! :-) (He's far from an idiot though, just a little overcome by the shear magnitude of th; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00542.html (8,913 bytes)
12. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: rdonahue@holli.com (Robert J. Donahue); Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 00:54:39 -0500 (EST); Adding to that irrational belief is the modern car's cushy suspension and superior noise proofing. In a big sedan you get almost no sensation of the speed you are going. I'm sure the cars are delibe; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00586.html (10,001 bytes)
13. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 18:46:41 -0700; OUCH! Southerners are taking quite a beating here. First you call us "Yanks", which after some explanation Bubba's gonna figger out that that's short for Yankee. The next thing you'll see is about a; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00624.html (9,785 bytes)
14. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 17:07:42 -0400; Hokay, hokay. Let's get down and dirty here. ;) 1) Although technically an immigrant (that's 'furriner' here in Virginia), I have been here since I was 12 ... which means, of course, that I LEARNED; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00649.html (9,273 bytes)
15. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 16:15:55 -0700; Don't get me started on the French, I worked for them for one year (as long as I could stand) and I would edit your last sentence by deleting the word "driving" and adding "ness" onto "bloody-minded.; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00675.html (10,569 bytes)
16. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:07:20 -0400; Please don't plunk New Englanders in with the road hogging New Yorkers. The only road hogs are transplants from the New York City Metropolitain area (sorry David). Drivers from Upstate NY are good a; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00684.html (8,740 bytes)
17. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1): Author: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:22:03 -0700 (PDT) (9:22 am 16:22 UT); <wretched rudeness, you have a long way to go to beat the French. I must report, however, that in recent years I have encountered isolated cases of driving courtesy on French roads. Perhaps they, to; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00691.html (8,660 bytes)

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