Drat Bob---One would think you had "BMW envy" :):):)
> [Original Message]
> From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
> To: tom felts <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/19/05 9:28:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Compare a Healey it's contemporary
>
> 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
> ***************************************************************
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
> ***************************************************************
>
> et>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >> ***************************************************************
> >> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> >> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
> >> ***************************************************************
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