Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari crash

[philville dejazzd.com (philville]

   Why can't we get a real car guy (ROL) maybe appointed to the W House
   we need a little help here.

   He could be the Road Ruler, he could define what one (qualified) could
   legally do instesad of making all things illegal or so safe that there
   ain't no fun no more.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
   Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009 3:05 pm
   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Hey Rick - You da man!!
   > IMHO the modern cars have been made safe to the extent a moron
   > with
   > virtually zero drivers training can drive, get into a wreck
   > (most likely
   > caused by their stupid driving) and walk away, leaving the
   > insurance to pay
   > for the hulk so they can start the process all over again.
   >
   > What a cycle!
   >
   > Which begs the question - how safe is safe enough?  Or, how
   > safe is too
   > safe?
   >
   > I've heard the comment about a person buying a $15k beanmobile
   > should be as
   > safe as someone buying a $90K luxomobile..  Not in my
   > book!  Should a
   > wealthy person be safer in their car?   Sure, why
   > not?  Everyone is not
   > equal - never will be - not even in that socialist utopia some
   > politicians
   > are determined to build.  Even though  they personally
   > are unaffected.
   >
   > Besides, if someone can't afford a new Mercedes they can buy a
   > used one,
   > learn to fix it themselves (like I did) be just as safe as Joe
   > Rich Guy -
   >
   > Sorry - too much coffee -
   >
   > Sincerely,
   > Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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   >
   >
   > .
   > ----- Original Message -----
   > From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
   > To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
   > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:42 PM
   > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash
   >
   >
   > > Clyde wrote,
   > >
   > >> I am here in MAN and some big time soccer player crashes a
   > Ferrari big
   > >> time.  Totals the car and walks away.  What a waste.
   > >
   > > Too true.  I have often said, and I get flamed every time
   > I do so, that
   > > cars today are too easy to drive and quite possible, they're
   > too safe.
   > > Get in a modern car (Lexus, Chevy piece-o-s#!t, or similar)
   > and you can go
   > > into a turn at 90, sipping a latte and TXTing you favorite
   > girl  - and the
   > > car can probably handle it.  Sit down in my 308GTB and it
   > says, "I'm going
   > > to KILL you!  Now, try to stop me."
   > >
   > > As you know, I play with old cars - cars back to the pre
   > '30s.  The
   > > drivers of those old cars had to know how the car worked and
   > they had to
   > > know how to work with the car.  In short, they had to
   > learn how to drive
   > > the car and in doing so, they managed their own risks.
   > The driver today
   > > gets into his jellybean shaped 3500 pound mass of iron and
   > slings it along
   > > indiscriminately at 80mph.  Do the physics on that to see
   > just how much
   > > threat is produced to the driver, passengers, pedestrians and
   > property!
   > > F=MA where F is Force, M is Mass (3500 pounds) and A is
   > acceleration from
   > > 80 to 0 is a fraction of a second!  It's a HUGE
   > number!  And the only
   > > typical result beyond the 'walk away from it' scenario that
   > you describe
   > > is the driver trying to find out who he can blame (and sue)
   > for his own
   > > stupidity!
   > >
   > >> Why do they sell the cars to these people!
   > >
   > > Greed.
   > >
   > >> They should buy airplanes and self cleanse themselves!
   > >
   > > Yes!  Let Darwin's Natural Selection handle it!
   > >
   > > regards,
   > >
   > > rick - on a particularly 'pissy mood' day
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