Re: Was,"If you're not passing traffic..Now, pathetic attitudes.

["the mad bastard" <the-mad-bastard@home.com>]

    jan: 1
    marc: 0


    alright.  new topic, people.  the horse is dead. :)

jason
the mad bastard


----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>
To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; Marc Getty <marc@getty.net>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: Was,"If you're not passing traffic..Now, pathetic attitudes.


> Hey Marc,
>
> I believe that the problem stems from the fact that we, as car
enthusiasts,
> take driving seriously.  As we all know, there are many people out there
> driving every day that don't take driving as seriously.  You, by trying to
> take them to "school" are creating a really dangerous situation.  You
> already know that they're not very good drivers and you are creating a
> situation whereby you're forcing them to react quickly to a situation that
> you've created intentionally.  There's a good chance that their reaction
> could cause a nasty wreck probably involving more than just that one
driver,
> perhaps a schoolbus or a minivan containing a family on vacation or
> whatever.  At times, we've all been guilty of aggressive driving, some of
us
> probably still are to an extent, you obviously take it to a new level.
But
> what you're getting involved in is basically an asshole contest.  Up until
> now you've probably survived by being the biggest asshole!  If history has
> taught us anything its "there's always a bigger asshole out there".  As
hard
> as that is for ANY of us to believe it's certainly the truth.
>
> As far as the trailer queen thing goes I'll just say this.  My car spent
> years on the streets of NYC (and still bears some of those scars)  and out
> of the 85K miles on it many of them took place close to the rev limiter
and
> in the triple digits.  My car has never been trailered, towed or otherwise
> helped to any destination.  The only reason that my car looks the way that
> it does is because I took care of it and properly maintained it, and for
the
> most part, while driving fast, didn't drive it like an asshole.  And, no I
> don't take pleasure in scratching or denting my car for ANY reason, as a
> matter of fact in that area, you're probably ALL alone on this list.
>
>
> - Jan Folkson
> NYC, NY
>
> http://www.janfolkson.com
>
> '86 16V
> '99 Passat GLS 1.8t
> '00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
>
> "it's better to be silent and have people think you a fool than to open
your
> mouth and prove them right.
>
>
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