--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Oh man I wish it had been ME driving that thing!!!
It really was quite an experience, driving a beast I would never be able to afford. > Have you ever driven one of those Smart cars? I saw a > guy the other night at a Bojangles of all places with > one - it sure looked nice for a little sawed off > thing - he was bragging on it right smart when I > asked him about it. I have never driven one, but I got a ride to the Nice airport in one, and was surprised at how roomy it was inside, and how much pickup it had while passing. Why they're so practical in Paris is that one of the highest costs of owning a car is paying for parking. Two Smart cars can fit in a single parking space, so you pay half the yearly fee. > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:13 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > you boys are way out'n my league - I can barely handle > > the Mercury hunk of tin I drive > > Understood, and appreciated. :-) I've just been fortunate > enough to have been considered enough of a "car reviewer" > earlier in life that people later in that life allow me > to drive their supercars from time to time, just to get > my impressions of them. The results of these experiments > are never short of FUN, and almost always interesting > excursions into the limits of what human engineering > can facilitate. Driving a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta ranks > right up there with any of the enlightenment experiences > I've ever had. :-) > > > ________________________________ > > From: turquoiseb > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:58 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok > > > > > > ÃÂ > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > > > My XK8 weighs just two thirds of what the XJ6 did, with > > > an additional 100 horsepower, and two additional cylinders. > > > It is also a drive by wire vehicle, like an aircraft. Very > > > spirited, with such quick handling, I have to be careful > > > the car doesn't out-think me. > > > > NOT, if you think about it, the most wonderful > > testament to your thinking abilities, Jimbo. :-) > > > > I mean, I've driven Ferraris and Maseratis with > > triple the horsepower and torque of your puny > > Jag, and they never out-thought me. What does > > that say about your supposedly oh-so-superior, > > enlightened abilities? :-) > > > > Now we'll just sit back and see whether the > > supposedly-I'm-so-enlightened guy can resist > > having had his ego-buttons pushed. Your move. :-) > > >
