Bills 66 hubcap dilemma

["Clint and Laurie Carter" <laurielu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here, here, Mikey,
Both of us being from the same area, know full well what Bill is talking
about when he refers to the gang banger not seeing over his steering wheel,
and yes, Bill, it is a cultural thing. One thing about them is there is no
in between with them. It's either all out, or going so slow you have to make
a mark to see if they've moved, I guess in an attempt to show off their
"rides". Either way of driving is dangerous and if one of those cab-over
roller skates chooses to tangle with an Imperial, there is no doubt that the
low rider will be a lower rider afterwards.
Clint Carter
'59 Crown
aka Laurie's Pink Lady
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wm. R. Ulman" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Bills 66 hubcap dilemma


> Thanks Mikey.  Seattle has some of the worst traffic in the nation now,
> second only to L.A. they say.  If you get on I-5 and don't ride the car
> in front of yours bumper you get cut off constantly due to Seattle's
> unique left lane on/off ramps and people desperately trying to get over
> 4 lanes to get off on the next right lane exit in less than 1/4 mile, or
> lane changing to gain a car length in the great commute race.  That, and
> I find that way to many people have come from the shallow end of the
> gene pool, and somehow manage to get a drivers license anyway just so
> they can go out and kill people on the road.  I pride myself on keeping
> my old car in better running condition than most people keep their new
> cars, but that being said, it is still 6000 lbs, and when I get
> rolling...well everyone here knows about what I'm talking about.  I know
> for a fact that most people today have never ridden in, or better yet,
> driven an old style car, with tons of power, and drum brakes.  My drums
> on the front are new (to me at least, turned and in spec, thank you Bob
> Hoffmiester), I have a newly rebuilt power booster, and pads, and wheel
> cylinders, and my brakes work better than ever, but they are still drum
> brakes, and as such are not up to today's standards.  Recently on the
> highway, some little teenage pr**k in a CRX with a kazoo shoved up it's
> exhaust pipe cut me off and then had to stop suddenly, well then so did
> I.  I had to hit the brakes, and you would think all the people around
> me had never heard a '60's dead teenager song!  The screeching tires and
> smoke from me locking up, and my back end cutting loose and starting to
> go sideways scared the lady next to me so bad in her Lexus SUV she
> literally clutched her pearls and stared at me with her mouth wide open!
> The punk ahead of me sat bolt upright (he was driving with his seat
> reclined to better see the roof of his car, I think it is a cultural
> thing) and looked back at me in terror.  I was very grateful I stopped
> before hitting him, but was pretty embarrassed too.
>
> I know the feeling of having an newer car, I had a '97 Ca*illac DeVille,
> and that car could stop on a dime!  Due to being unemployed, the repo
> man paid a visit last fall, so the '66 is in daily service now, again.
> I start a new job Monday, so maybe things are finally turning around.
>
> On another note, I do feel very safe in the Imperial if I do have an
> accident.  In '95 I still had my '63 Custom, and got royally rear ended
> one morning by a sweet little gal in her Isuzu I-Mark, her car was
> completely totaled, but I only had two scratches on my rear bumper from
> where the collapsible struts from her bumper came through and gouged
> mine.  Her insurance reechoed it and that was it.
>
> Anyway, today's hubcap situation just brought everything to a boil, I
> guess.
>
> See 'ya,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mike sutton
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: IML: Bills 66 hubcap dilemma
>
>
> Bill,
> I sympathize entirely!  I see far too often that people have a tendancy
> to throw their cars - and themselves - in between other cars with
> general abandon and lack of common sense just because they believe they
> have a car that has such great brakes that THEY can always stop.
>
>  Too bad the empty  semi truck or blue haired octogenerian on the way
> back from a 2 martini bridge game or the gang banger who cant see over
> the chain steering wheel in his low rider cant say the same for its
> braking ability. I for one consider such sfb's ( something for brains )
> nothing more than mobile crumple zones and if my 62 ends up with another
> scratch on the bumper and a streak of subcompact paint on the k member
> ...so be it!
>
> Mikey
> 62 Crown Coupe - and yes, I drive OFFENSIVELY
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