Date:         Fri, 17 May 2002 16:58:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
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From:         Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bumper Stickers (a bit of a rant) - passing story
Comments: To: Allan Bagley <allanb@carlson-audio.com>
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My buddy and I rented a 62 Chevy from the base pool at Sigonella in Sicily
and headed west to the Targa Florio road race (I believe it was in '65).
We got there a day ahead of the race and, as we neared our destination, we
traveled on the road where the race was to be held.  Going around the side
of a mountain with solid rock on our left and nothing but fresh air on our
right, we encountered a Sicilian wedding procession of about 20 cars going
the opposite direction.   ... And screaming around them on the blind curve
was none other than Jo Jo Bonnier in his Porsche.  To this day, I have NO
idea how we made it three abreast on that narrow road without colliding with
another car or going off the cliff!  Glad I wasn't driving.

Another time, I was hitch hiking and was picked up by a family of Sicilians
in their "sei cento" (Fiat 600).  After about the third time he passed
another car on a blind curve, I asked him what he would do if someone were
coming the other way.   He said he'd just "move over."   Sounded so easy...

Dave in KC
85 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Bagley <allanb@carlson-audio.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Bumper Stickers (a bit of a rant) - passing story


> Gotta agree about the drivers in Italy as well as elsewhere in Europe.