Re: Auto journalists - a short story

["carol eller" <carolscustomcreations@msn.com>]

You have got to be kidding!  I bet there was never even an apology!  Did
they at least compensate you satisfactorily?  (Is that a word? lol!)  Did
they mention in the article that the car saved his life?  I bet not!  On
both accounts. 



I would have had a FIT!  That is the reason NO ONE (except hubby) is allowed
to drive my vehicles!  My brother even knows, if you need to use my truck,
you ask me what I might be doing and can I take him to pick up whatever.  He
knows that there is no WAY I will let him drive MY truck.  Probably wouldn't
even let hubby if I didn't have to.  LOL!  Good thing is, he hates driving
my truck as much as I hate driving his Town Car.  And I think he knows that
when my Rocco is back on the road, NO ONE will be driving it but me once we
know it's safe.  LOL!  Hey, gotta let him test drive it.  After all, he will
be doing a lot of work on it too!  LOL!



There I go again, off the subject.



Hugs!

Carol 

-------Original Message-------



From: Jim Ruffi

Date: 02/23/05 22:08:39

To: Kevin Collins; Scirocco List

Subject: Auto journalists - a short story



In the late 80's I picked Ken Gross up from the train station, as he was

scheduled to take one of our cars (Citroen CX25 GTi Turbo) for a week to do

a test drive for a feature article for Car & Driver magazine.  On the way

back to our offices, he pointed out that the position of my hands (4 o'clock

and 8 o'clock) were a problem; I would not be able to provide adequate

steering input if I needed to perform a quick evasive maneuver.  My hand

positioning was influenced by European drivers I'd traveled with and I knew

the CX, with its super responsive hydropneumatic steering, would respond.



Ken took the car (my baby - I'd worked with the body shop on a special paint

job and I'd installed a high-end audio system, both for that year's New York

International Auto Show) down to Maryland and proceeded to total it during a

mild snowstorm.



I got the car back on a flatbed, never to be driven again.  Our company got

a one page writeup.  Ken *was* kind enough to admit that the car saved his

life.



Friggin' journalists!!!!
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