Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Unless of course........

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Could be why I drive a Turbo Volvo wagon from 2005.  The six speed
manual makes it a blast to drive.  And it's still a Volvo to deal with
the idiots trying to change the radio via idrive in their leased 3
series BMWs...

On 11/30/08, philville dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com> wrote:
>
>    "Not saying I'm against it all, but all the safety standards from a
>    mid
>    '90s Volvo onwards would probably be good enough."
>
>    You or some one important to you are the recipient of a severe rear
>    ender or other unimaginable and
>    unforseen act of automotive mayhem.
>
>    Phil
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
>    Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:04 pm
>    Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Weight of Modern Sports Cars
>    To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
>    Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>    > On 11/30/08, rolindsay [at] yahoo.com <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>    > > I've stayed out of this thread until now because I have strong
>    > feelings> about this topic, and here they are;
>    > >
>    > > + We are safety crazy and that stems from the refusal to take
>    > responsibility> for our own actions.  We want the security
>    > of public transportation without
>    > > actually having to use public transportation.
>    > >
>    > > + Any car that you either have to know ANYTHING about or that
>    > you can't
>    > > drive while talking on the phone, sipping latte and sending
>    > txt messages, is
>    > > called "dangerous".
>    > >
>    > > + Besides, if we were responsible for our own actions OR could
>    > actually pay
>    > > enough attention to the job at hand, we wouldn't get to sue
>    > everyone we
>    > > didn't like!
>    > >
>    > > This all goes back to a quote I heard more than a decade ago,
>    > "In a modern
>    > > car you can safely fly into a turn at 90mph, sipping a latte
>    > while talking
>    > > on the phone and digging around in the glove box for a pen.
>    > Sit down in a
>    > > 308GTB and it says to you, 'I'm going to kill you!  Now
>    > try to stop me.'"
>    > >  Keeping it from doing so is called "driving".
>    > Anything less is just
>    > > "riding."
>    > >
>    > > Two cents please. PayPal accepted.
>    > >
>    > > Rick
>    > > A couple of Ferraris
>    > > A couple of Mercedes
>    > > A BMW and a Land Rover
>    > >
>    > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>    >
>    > I agree, it really is about the driver(s) not so much the cars
>    > themselves.
>    > In an ideal world, all this safety progress would be there to
>    > save you
>    > from accidents beyond your control. However, most of such accidents
>    > are impossible to survive anyways (e.g. drunk driver through a red
>    > light, a tree falling on your car, etc).
>    >
>    > Not saying I'm against it all, but all the safety standards from
>    > a mid
>    > '90s Volvo onwards would probably be good enough.
>    >
>    > FG
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