Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:41:15 -0400 From: "Alicia & Mike Romac" <micromacnopsamr.net> Subject: Re: New Saab, old story.
Naughty Milty!! Now the fuzz-head will have to spend even more money on an M3 in case he runs into you again. Mike "Fred Gohr" <fitzwilynopsamnet.com> wrote in message news:9gbab9$hbn$1nopsamnews.rcn.net... > Milty...You're a man after my own heart. FG > "Milton Brewster" <scribblenopsam.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.15924f61b902fc44989945nopsam.best.com... > > ... 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 > > >