Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My Experience with a Kit Car Owner

[LarryT (l02turner]

Charles wrote: << they tend to keep to themselves on rural roads for fear of 
being crushed like a soda can by a soccer mom >>

Howdy -
And it never fails - I see this kind of behaviour when I happen to take the 
sports car out for  some exercize - They *always* want to race and then they 
tend to drive waaaay to close to a paint job I'm fond of and in no hurry to 
try to repair!

It's pretty bizarre behaviour


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles G Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My Experience with a Kit Car Owner


> >    What a great way to spend some quality time in old sports cars!  We're
> > really poorer for the loss of inexpensive convertible sports cars.  In 
> > the
> > 60s we had a huge selection - whenever we're out driving around I'm 
> > always
> > on the lookout for sports cars from that era
>
> I see them occasionally around here, and what always strikes me is how 
> Lilliputian they look on modern roads when corraled by the huge pickups, 
> SUVs and crossovers that ooze through town. I'm quite sure that I could 
> fit one of the little Triumphs I saw last week in the bed of my 06 Ram, 
> and maybe even put the tailgate up. I would guess that there are lots more 
> of them out there, but they tend to keep to themselves on rural roads for 
> fear of being crushed like a soda can by a soccer mom with her mirrors 
> misadjusted...
>
> -- charles
>
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