Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 02:09:27 GMT From: "Brian Greene" <delinquent1nopsamdnet.att.net> Subject: Re: New Saab, old story.
If your kids don't learn their bad driving habits from you, give it time...they'll learn them somewhere else. These things happen. Brian "Four Weis" <mweinopsamcom> wrote in message news:3B296634.B86EFC95nopsamcom... > I would never do anything like this myself in my Saab. My children are > at the age where they are watching how I drive, so I have to toe the > line. I would not want them learning any bad habits, like the kid in > the BMW. > > Besides, I could not do in my Saab, the turbo is in my Volvo. :-) > > Milton Brewster wrote: > > > ... so I'm in my new Saab 9-3 coupe, going 35 MPH in moderate > > traffic on the expressway. I'm several blocks from where I need > > to turn right. A bright red year-old BMW 3-something coupe driven > > by a skinhead wearing a baseball cap comes up on the right. He > > guns his engine and wants to play. > > > > Being a tired, conservative old guy; I slow down to pull in > > behind him, because I'm going to turn in a minute. He slows down, > > too, blocking my exit. I pull a sly trick on him that all old > > guys with slow cars know about: I step on it briefly to fake him > > out; expecting him to step on it, too -- then I will slow down by > > surprise and pull in behind him anyway. > > > > So he steps on it. Just then my turbo kicks in and I'm enchanted. > > All by itself and without consulting me first, my right foot > > dives for the floorboard, its landing cushioned by the gas pedal. > > The Saab squirts ahead. The BMW actually couldn't keep up. > > > > I was able to safely -- SAFELY -- pass the kid, change lanes, and > > take my right-hand turn. I even had time to hit the brakes so I > > could take the turn fairly safely. > > > > I know I've been a bad boy, but the Saab made me do it. > > > > m >
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