Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari crash

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

I could be the Car Czar!


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, philville dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com> wrote:

> From: philville dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 2:21 PM
> 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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>    > Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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>    >
>    > http://www.scamfreetop10.com/1233.html
>    >
>    >
>    > .
>    > ----- 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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