Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Weight of Modern Sports Cars

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

> 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."

My car doesn't say that it says, Im going to get you arrested. Now try  
to stop me!!  :-)


Robert W. Garven Jr.
rgarven [at] gmail.com


 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special  
vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for  
those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari






On Nov 30, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Fellippe Galletta wrote:

> 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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