[Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100

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Envy is a terrible disease.

> On Oct 6, 2022, at 10:17 AM, josef-eckert--- via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> To be honest, I have no respect for such a person, or better 82 years old fart who brought others in danger with his driving. Thankfully no other person was invoved and injured. 
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> Its very common all over in central Europe to have these ditches, trees or even walls along country roads. That is how we love it. 
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> For big money you can book in to take part in one of these leasure raĺlys, where you get all accomodation organised, only you have to come from a to b along. these rallys are mainly booked from those mainly elderly people who do not know what to do otherwise with their money, even they are completely overextended by driving an old classic car. 
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> One should be wise enough to give up driving, when you are no more capable to drive. 
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> I am only sorry about the wrecked Austin-Healey.
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> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100 
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> Datum: 2022-10-06T10:31:49+0200 
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> Von: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com> 
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> An: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter at gmail.com> 
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> Michael-- 
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> Most of them weren't "open" ditches--they were filled with rocks.   
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> I fondly recall the time we missed a left-hander, went off the road, somehow hurtled OVER the ditch and landed in a tree in a fellow's front yard.  As I remember it he stood there rather stunned while we cleared the branches out of the wheel openings, then hopped into the car and took off without much conversation. 
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> Best--Michael Oritt 
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> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:36 PM Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote: 
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> "all the roads are surrounded by open drainage ditches." 
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> Just like Newfoundland which for me was a major factor in giving up on the Targa there. 
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> On Wed., Oct. 5, 2022, 1:06 a.m. Alan Seigrist via Healeys, <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote: 
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> Italian roads are amazing for driving through beautiful countryside, but they are deadly because all the roads are surrounded by open drainage ditches. 
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> On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 3:27 AM, Richard Kahn via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote: 
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> I saw this yesterday. Very sad on so many levels. I was wondering if this is the drive a number of the Southern California Healey Association members are on in Europe at this moment. 
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> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Randy Hicks via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 5:40 AM 
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> Subject: [Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100 
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> Awful.  
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> https://www.the-sun.com/news/6355269/british-expat-killed-horror-crash-rally-austin-healey/ 
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> Randy 
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