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I just drove 1300 miles
Posted by Paul Rogers (more from Paul Rogers) on Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:31:55
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in a 2001 Mercury Sable. It was a multi-part business trip, and I was offered a free rental car.
Most boring driving I have done in five years.....
(Incidentally, I've owned my '92 9000 turbo for five years ;)
Anyway, the Sable is a nice car and all, and with 2300 miles on it before I picked it up, it sure had that new car smell. My point is that my black rocket, with 132,000 miles on it, is SO MUCH more fun to drive (comfort, handling, and turbo firepower) that I should have foregone the free rental.
What in God's name was I thinking?
I mean, really.....
Some guy in Scranton PA thought he was hot s*%t in his Volvo S40, and I couldn't even catch him. Would've eaten his lunch in the turbo beast...
Then there was the jackass on Rte. 17 in Elmira NY who almost ran me off the road in his Acura Integra. I wanted to run circles around him in my Saab so bad that it hurt. But no, I was in a f%$#!*g Mercury Sable.
SON OF A B*%#H!!!!!!!!!
The final insult was the pompous ass in the Lexus ES300 who snickered at me as he passed me on the right, on the shoulder, on I-84 in Southbury. That guy wouldn't have done that to me in my Saab......I would have laughed at him.
And now, having returned home last night, I have driven my 9000 for about 10 miles since I got home. I've had more fun in 10 miles in my Saab than I had in 1300 miles in the Mercury.
Phew, I feel better now.
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