[Vwdiesel] Side bars to 1st posting

[brian gochnauer]

Ah, don't worry about it Chuck, all of us with "common sense" knew you
didn't hang behind that bus for miles and hours on end.
There's always a few people out there with their righteous views that they
fell are unapproachable, hence they remark on something that was just
suppose to be taken lightly.

What is U.S.S.A.in your signature?

BrianG


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, doonboggle <doonboggle at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Whoa!!  What a discussion my little 'off the cuff' comment about drafting
> brought about.  Gotta think of another one.
>
> Just to let you fellows know, I don't feel I was ever in danger because the
> little rabbit was about 3/5 the size of the bus, and he could not see me I
> was being drug along so easily; and had the left foot up and barely resting
> on the brake edge ... ready if I had seen a taillight come on.
>
> Not enough to totally get off the fuel, but enough to say it was about 1/4
> pedal to being out in the open.  Also know the section of road we were on
> like the back of my hand ... straight as an arrow ... no on or off ramps ...
> heavily fenced on both sides ... and traffic extremely light ... as are most
> roads in the mid section of the Nevada desert.  Was only behind him for
> about 3-4 miles, and eventually my inner self said to back off, which I
> did.  My comment was only made in connection to present the good mpg's I got
> with the little rabbit.  For a first time posting, sure opened a can of
> worms.... that makes for some good reading I must admit.
>
> I had taken all this coefficient of friction training in the skid pan
> training and the driving course at the academy, and also in high school back
> in the mid 50's, when they set up a fellow with a pistol and blank who shot
> it off as the 56 chevy was driven by ... window open so driver ed. student
> could hear the shot ... and pound on the brakes to see how far one would
> skid at 35 mph.  Had forgotten about that course until just now.
>
> Chuck
> Citizen: U.S.S.A.
> IN GOD WE TRUST !
>
>
>
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