Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari crash

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Well, I was gonna retire as soon as I could afford that loaf of bread I've
had my eye on for the last couple 'o days, but, okay, I'll accept.
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "philville dejazzd.com" <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash


>
>    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)
>    > www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
>    > Porsche Posters/Weber parts
>    > Test Results - http://members.rennlist.com/oil/
>    >
>    > 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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