Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Who gets to buy a sports car?
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 01:56:46 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

In article <1992Jul21.164739.29092@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>
>In a previous article, derek@fivegl.co.nz (Derek Tearne) says:
>
>>In article <1992Jul17.173301.25739@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>>>
>>>I am proposing a new law to determine what kind of car a person can
>>>buy.  For example, it really pisses me off to see some uptight, poser
>>>in a 1992 Corvette Convertible who pulls away from a red light slower
>>>than the 1976 rusted out Chevy Malibu and then proceeds to let traffic
>>>whiz around him and get stuck behind him while he talk on the damned
>>>cellular phone.
>>>it.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  
>>
>>Sounds to me like you are the _last_ person who should be given such a 
>>permit.  Having a sports car doesn't give you the right to drive recklessly
>>etc. etc.   The permits for a desirable car should include how many accidents
>
>Sound to me like you should KISS MY ASS!  Did I say that owning a sports
>car entitles yo to drive like a Derek?  No.  Now if yo think owning a
>sports car makes you drive like some post-pubescent teen-ager in a 
>jacked up Camaro, then that's YOUR FU**ING PROBLEM.

I am very sorry if I misunderstood you BUT.  That seems to be _EXACTLY_ what
you were advocating.  

>>There are _lots_ of small Honda commutacars around out there for you Mr 
>>Daker. So I'm sure you won't have to wait to long for the car you deserve.
>
>Yes, Derek Tearne, there are "_lots_" of small Honda commutacars out
>there.  But they're not for me.  I'll just settle for my Audi Quattro and
>Ducati for now.

Do Ducati make cars these days?  

I wouldn't mind a small Honda commutacar - peak hour traffic plays havoc 
with my twin choke dellorto's and all those valves and there just aren't 
enough clear roads round here for the Italian tune up...

>Alas, now I am depressed.  To have it verified that being a loud-mouthed,
>over bearing, self-important ego-maniac is not partial to the United
>States.  It seems to be a world wide epidemic.  The end is nigh for all.

Are you implying that I am a loud mouth?  Moi?  Self-important certainly
NOT.  After all I wasn't asking everyone to give me their cars now was I.
I only ask that the owners of such beautiful things don't abuse and crash 
them unnecessarily.  I agree that there is nothing worse than a beautiful 
car which spends its entire life undercover in someones enormous bank vault.

I have no problem at all with someone who actually drives it,  no matter
how conservatively.

>
>Oh, and go to the nearby drug store and get a sense of humor.
>-- 

Oh, I have already got one of those,  it has two u's in it though - probably 
makes a difference.  

>...............................DarkMan..................................
>Trying to think of something profound to put here.  Also available for
>advertisements at a reasonable cost.                       DoD# 650

I post, therefore I am.  

There you are - something profound for your .signature - and it will only
cost you two fifty.


Derek Tearne


-- 
Derek Tearne  derek@icl.co.nz or derek@fivegl.co.nz --Fujitsu SDC,Auckland,NZ

My 'self aware' .signature file failed his Turing test.  
It turns out he was just a chess playing midget in a decorative box.