[AGL] car talk

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- If you've had that few accidents, you either are a very good driver 
or an excellent driver (or just very lucky!) Either way, congratulations!

Jon


>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>

>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>60s"<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>Subject: [AGL] car talk

>Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 06:50:02 -0600

>

>Jon,

>

>The only accident i remember having was to the side of our new Volvo 122s

>when I turned into a narrow

>street without sidewalks in Florence Italy. Scraped

>a building. This was in 1966.

>

>Other than the passenger side of the car getting

>hung up on a high curb when parking, i havent

>had any accidents.

>

>I dont much like driving our present car, a Mercury

>Gran Marquis, like Michele's new car (good luck

>with it Michele) because it is so big. Plus you

>cant really see where the car ends front and back

>because of the styling. If i had my druthers (where

>ARE my druthers?) I'd drive a sports car more

>agile than a Dadsmobile.

>

>This car is rearwheel drive but is less refined

>than the Buick 81 LeSabre it replaces. The Buick

>was a true land yacht, not designed for driving

>on a country road but for sailing along on the

>boulevard.

>

>Mike

> >

> > Mike-- you have never had an accident? I have had a few, one only a few

> > months ago. They were mainly my fault (including one that almost killed

> > me,

> > a collision with an Oak tree out by Zilker Park). I had  a few in San

> > Francisco back in the 60s when senior citizens had a habit of running 

>into

> > me (I think the dirty blue color of my VW blended in with the sky and 

>they

> > found me invisible). I would leap out of my car yelling in rage  "You 

>hit

> > my

> > car-- I'll shut up about it if you give me $50." Usually worked, because

> > they didn't want their insurance company to know the dirty little secret

> > of

> > their inability to drive straight and stop in time. Now I carry 

>insurance

> > meticulously fill out forms. I think I'll walk from now on.

> >

> > Jon

>


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