Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:34:44 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: New Saab, old story.
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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