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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:30:45 -0700
From: RED <davharnopsamnet.net>
Subject: Re: Tailgating is Evil


RED wrote: > > I think you have to realize that SAAB convertibles appeal not only to > SAAB enthusiasts but to a whole other set of people who otherwise > probably wouldn't touch a SAAB. Many of these are aging, busy-schedule > yuppies whose business is always more important than anyone else's on > the road. Tailgating--among a slough of other sins--is standard practice > for these people, as is talking on the phone WHILE tailgating. The fact > that they'll pay almost anything for a fad car contributes to the high > price of SAAB convertibles. But we should probably be glad of them > because the convertible is probably a high-profit item for them. **A certain Mr. Tim felt the need to reply thusly by private e-mail: Return-Path: <bakernopsamnet> From: bakernopsamnet (Tim Baker) To: RED <davharnopsamnet.net> What's the matter? You cant afford a Saab convertible? Therefore, in your eyes, the people you can afford them are just "aging, busy-schedule yuppies whose business is always more important than anyone else's on the road.". Your view is just as stupid as the original post. Maybe you should just get out of the way and let these people enjoy their busy lives? Tim. To which I reply: My dear Tim, It so happens that I drive 96 900 SE Turbo 5dr. It also happens that I can afford a convertible but do not choose to, because I need the space the 5-dr offers. Actually, when you drive a SAAB, it makes you especially aware of how other SAAB drivers behave on the road, which, for the most part, seems pretty sensible. I have noticed, though, that many convertible drivers behave like the aging yuppie SUV drivers one finds on the roads, i.e. rude, aggressive, and oblivious. You know, sort of like youthful redneck drivers but without the 78 Monte Carlo. I know these people very well as I drive through past their soccer-mom nesting places every day. It certainly sounds like I hit a nerve here, almost as if you identified with those I made reference to. Well, if the shoe fits.... Maybe you should consider ditching the attitude and stop being a humorless asshole. It'll be better for your antioxidant-enriched health. And, by the way, if you and I should find ourselves together on a highway, I assure you that it would be problematic about who should get out of whose way. Bob

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