And mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu thus wrote: > the shortcomings of the vehicle when they buy it and adjust their > behavior accordingly? (i.e. not drive their Van like it was a Porsche) Or like all the idiots who go behind the wheel of early 911's and lit up the back end in the first corner they came to - D'oh! Or same idiots who went charging into a corner too fast and slammed on the brakes - Double D'oh! Its easy to push the envelope on ANY car. It gets futile trying to protect the driver from himself. I think the biggest problem is people get comfortable with their car, and stop paying attention to what their doing, and then their not prepared when it hits the fan. Example - how many land yachts have you seen with the guy driving slumped down in the seat, driving with just his (her) wrist flopped over the wheel? Thom -- > Peewee's favorite book: `Sexual positions for one' by Ivan Jackinov Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi '72 Porsche 911T Targa (For Sale? Make offer!) '78 BMW 530i Desperately seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project
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