Guess I should have excluded present company (the List) and qualified
my comment a little better.
Driving my Healey in the windy, narrow roads in the hills around the SF Bay
Area, I regularly come across people in BMWs driving in such a way (randomly),
entering and exiting corners in such a way (randomly) that I can easily keep up
with them and pass them if I get a chance. These types of people--not just
BMW drivers, BTW--apparently are not driving enthusiasts of any sort but bought
their cars based solely on "prestige" and have no idea how to extract the
performance
their cars are capable of. I feel that, even if you're not interested in
pushing the
envelope, you should at least drive competently, especially on the more
challenging
roads. I once got behind a guy who apparently just got his new Boxster ... he
left
me far behind on the straights but I caught him in every corner.
Listen to a BMW ad ... they ooze snob appeal.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: Compare a Healey it's contemporary
> Guess I'm going to need you to define "wax". Having a 528I and a BJ8, I
> can speak from experience:) Oh----we only use the cell when driving the
> Healey:)
> tom
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>> Subject: Re: Compare a Healey it's contemporary
>>
>> re:
>>
>> "I don't care what we are driving, from the lowest Korean
>> import to the exotics, or the luxury models, they probably all blow the
>> doors off our beloved beasts. "
>>
>>
>> Well, I regularly wax "Ultimate Driving Machines" in corners in my Healey.
>>
>> Now, if the Bimmer drivers would put down their cellphones ...
>>
>>
>> bs
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>> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
>> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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