I seem to notice the same here in N. VA with tags from Colo., wonder how you got
rid of yours ???
Mike Welch wrote:
> I'd have to agree about Colorado Springs drivers, especially since I'm one
> of them<g> According to a newspaper article about a year ago, only 15% of
> our population were born in the Springs. That means 85% of our drivers came
> from (and learned to drive in) other areas. I think other parts of the
> country are sending their bad drivers here, just like they did for
> tuberculosis patients<g>
>
> Mike Welch
> '68 +/- Triumph Spitfire
> '60 Jaguar MkII
> http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura.G@141.com [mailto:Laura.G@141.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:14 PM
> To: spitlist@gte.net
> Cc: Craig Smith; Simmons, Reid W; 'John T. Blair';
> Bricklin@autox.team.net; british-cars@autox.team.net;
> morgans@autox.team.net; Spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Insurance
>
> I used to live in Arizona and still have family there (even in Tuscon!)-and
> I think it's also because they drive like maniacs? (Though, not as bad as
> Colorado Springs-my aunt's a pretty wild driver, but they scared the you
> know what out of her out there!)
>
> Actually, I prefer to drive in France and Italy-France, because the roads
> are really well kept and Italy because at least there's a method to their
> madness and they lack the awful arrogance of Orange County drivers. (The
> same reason I prefer to drive in L.A. than down here in O.C.-in L.A., it's a
> more serious, less arrogant attitude than in Orange County-amongst the
> yuppie princes and princesses.)
>
> I was almost run off the road last night by a speeding SUV-pretty much a
> daily occurance here, so that's probably accounts for my tone!
>
> Laura G. and Nigel (Go ahead, flame away!)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> To: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
> Cc: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Simmons, Reid W
> <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; 'John T. Blair' <jblair@exis.net>;
> <Bricklin@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
> <morgans@autox.team.net>; <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Insurance
>
> >
> >
> > Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, and I should have added that they go by zip code-I lived in a better
> > > neighbourhood untill recently, but it was unincorporated (Orange County)
> and
> > > so we had a Santa Ana zip code-even though it's not near Santa Ana. Now
> I
> > > live in Costa Mesa-and it's not as good a neighbourhood-but my insurance
> did
> > > go down $70 a year! Because CM is considered less crime ridden than SA!
> > > (Even though I didn't actually live NEAR SA!)
> > >
> > > Go figure!
> >
> > Yeah, Go Figure!!!
> >
> > I figured that my rates would go down when I got to Arizona becasue of
> > the much reduced traffic. WRONG! It seems that in Arizona, a high
> > percentage of the people driving around don't have insurance and we
> > "legit" drivers are having to pay for thier lack of it. I guess it goes
> > with the low cost of living thing!
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > --
> > "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
> >
> >
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