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1. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:30:25 -0500; So let me get this straight.. you want to put a high school kid in a car that doesn't give it's occupants a second chance at an accident. In a car that will only survive the first millisecond of the; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00976.html (11,299 bytes)
2. Re[2]: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:20:54 -0700; Hello Lester, just a difference of philosophy here, i guess, and MOST of present day society in america tends toward your view. .. don't let people have things that COULD be dangerous. don't let them; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00978.html (9,007 bytes)
3. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:19:58 -0400; I was THAT kid back in 1972. (67 Sprite) My wife was THAT kid back in 1975. (65 Sprite) My Son was THAT kid back in 1996. (63 Mini) My daughter was THAT kid back in 1999. (59 Austin A40) I personally; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00979.html (9,622 bytes)
4. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:13:26 GMT j3PDDa9g004020; I see and understand your point, Lester. But within 5 years, some of those 16 year olds will be toting an M-16, driving a tank, flying F-18's/F-22's (some off aircraft carriers...some of them girls,; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00984.html (9,040 bytes)
5. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:40:00 -0500 with any abuse report; Ah yes, the motto of MG, whose logo was the same shape as a stop sign... go figure! Modern cars have all been very carefully computer-engineered, but for what? Survivablility in real-world crashes?; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00985.html (9,247 bytes)
6. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:56:25 GMT j3PEuaS7007280; ......but you're right about those front frame rails.... ......both the MGA's and the one MGB I totalled were head-on types of crashi. The first into a low stone wall...totally my own fault, BTW. "R; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00988.html (9,720 bytes)
7. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:10:01 -0500 with any abuse report; Amen! I have (obviously) gotten tired of people telling me how "unsafe" my Midget is, when real-world evidence says otherwise, theories be damned. Accident avoidance is much more useful than resistan; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00989.html (8,816 bytes)
8. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:50:26 -0400; Just before BL went out of producing LBC's there was a Sptifire commercial. The commercial went something like "Let's see how well the Spit does this, then that", all safety and speed related. At the; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00990.html (10,405 bytes)
9. Fwd: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:06:12 -0500; A couple points here. Accident avoidance is great, and definitely the way to go if at all possible. But it has a LOT more to do with the way you drive (skill) than what (car) you drive. This is the f; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00993.html (11,916 bytes)
10. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:25:40 -0500 with any abuse report; I agree with a lot of your points. I am confident that an IRL race car is much safer in an accident than my Midget (also a lot more expensive to replace). I do not necessarily agree that a 2005 Pont; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00994.html (10,262 bytes)
11. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:14:30 -0700; Interesting timing on this discussion... My first car was a 1973 FIAT 124 Spider, bought new in 1974, had 3 wrecks in that car, I rolled off a hill when it was 1 week old and did NOT yet have a roll; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00998.html (11,262 bytes)
12. RE: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:59:22 -0500; Let me weigh in on this subject.... First off, I survived a 100+ mph rollover racing accident in a MKII Sprite. Secondly, I knew Geoff Healey well enough to have spent significant time with him, and; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01000.html (12,010 bytes)
13. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:11:26 -0700; No wonder these cars are so rare.....you guys keep wrecking them. I've never had an accident. Am I doing it wrong? I just try to keep the rear wheels at least slightly behind the front ones. BZ; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01001.html (8,329 bytes)
14. RE: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:13:17 -0500; http://www.thicko.com/ReadRatDeadRat.htm No wonder these cars are so rare.....you guys keep wrecking them. I've never had an accident. Am I doing it wrong? I just try to keep the rear wheels at least; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01002.html (8,583 bytes)
15. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:33:14 EDT; On my Sprite I have aircraft AN bolts that are lockwired. One day I might get around to seeing if there is some kind of ARP bolts I can use. The steering column pinch bolt is also AN. Daniel1312; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01005.html (8,026 bytes)
16. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:24:59 GMT j3PKPDmw016571; ...with all due respect..... you sound like an 18 year old. :) Cap'n Bob '60 :{); /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01011.html (7,754 bytes)
17. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:51:31 GMT j3PKpjhV017484; With all due respect, you got a tough choice to make, Mike. No right or wrong As WST states.....lotta factors to consider....which I know nothing about, nor should I!! :) Including how daughter feels; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01014.html (8,245 bytes)
18. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:11:58 -0700; Thanks, but when I was 18 sprites were just getting roll-up windows.; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01017.html (7,770 bytes)
19. Re: Spridget wanted.. rant.. (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 04:22:15 GMT j3Q4MavJ028859; "I was 18 when Sprite's got wind-up windows" Well then Mr. Zoom... while I'm glad you never had an accident... and hope you never do.............. ..........you're old enough to know better regarding; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg01054.html (7,832 bytes)

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