[s-cars] Darwin Awards, was: Rolled a //M Coupe Thursday

[Paul Friedenberg]

People crash, even Michael Schumacher. Not that I'm saying that Josh is
Schumacher. Maybe you shouldn't take yourself so seriously and not be so
condecending, and maybe you would have more friends. I was just trying to
have have some fun with this wreck, so simmer down.

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>From: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
>To: russ at s-cars.org, Paul Friedenberg <paulunm at msn.com>,Audi S list
><s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Darwin Awards, was: Rolled a //M Coupe Thursday
>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:50:33 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>--- Russ Panneton <russ at s-cars.org> wrote:
> > I liked the reference to "driving the car as it was intended."  I had no
>idea
> > BMWs were supposed to be flipped and wrecked.
> >
> > ;-)
>
>of course.  that's why the Z3 chassis still used the semi-trailing
>rear suspension from the E30, even though the E30 had already been
>replaced with the E36 (which is much less tail-happy).
>
>looking back at the way i drove in the last decade, especially when i
>was just out of college, i'm amazed that i made it through in one piece
>and never wrecked a car.  some of my friends were not so lucky.  i also
>remember the first time i drove on a track, full of attitude.  i thought
>i knew how to drive, but my first weekend at the track showed me how
>wrong i was.  like eric, i've also had students who had the same attitude
>that i did when i started.  i don't get upset about it because i can
>look at them and see myself 8 years ago.
>
>90 in a 25 is more than just "aggressive" or "spirited" - it's criminally
>stupid if you don't know what you're doing, and the fact that your
>friend crashed speaks for itself.  res ipsa loquitur.
>
>i'm not going to take you to task for your attitude, because it wasn't
>so long ago that i thought the same way, but i'd definitely urge you
>to go to the track for such adventures.  one of the things you will find
>is that driving on the track is so much better than driving on the street,
>that driving aggressively on the street seems pointless.  street driving
>just doesn't compare at all.  it doesn't mean i don't drive fast on the
>street or take ramps at high speed, but i'm more aware of my capabilities
>and my skill level is higher than it was 8 years ago.  you really should
>try a driving school, something like the thunderhill street school if
>you're
>in the SF bay area.
>
>-teddy
>
>
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