[Roadsters] My roadster Driving (print)

[David Bentz]

I couldn't agree more.
Maybe that's why I like old cars more than new cars. That it's 'an active
event' that makes you want to be part of the adventure vs. being a
'passenger'.

...and here i was starting to believe my wife (that it was b/c i'm a cheap
a$$...LOL!!)



On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Hall, Phillip B. (MSFC-EE11) <
phillip.b.hall at nasa.gov> wrote:

> Great conversation and one my daughter (14) and I had last night as she was
> washing her Miata.  I gave my mom's old Miata ('89 #366, 61,000 miles) to
> her and now teaching her to drive - she is getting good with the clutch.
>
> New cars are not only boring, but people are relying on all the traction
> control, ABS, yawl control,,,,, so much they forgot how to drive.  After my
> daughter gets her license, I am enrolling her in performance driving
> schools
> so she can really enjoy the car she drives and be so much safer doing it.
>
> Leaving the arsenal, there is on ramp with a decreasing radius.  Almost
> every time it rains a "new" car slides out and pegs the concrete barrier.
> So where is all the ABS and crap now???
>
>
> On 7/25/12 7:46 AM, "David Bentz" <davidbentz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Couldn't agree more. WHen i drive my 72 bmw 2002 (sorry i don't have a
> > roadster...yet...;) it's involved. I don't want or can't play w/the
> phone,
> > radio, or be bothered w/any other bs besides driving.
> >
> > It really makes me think that maybe THAT is the problem w/today. Driving
> > has become such a numb task, that people are looking for something else
> to
> > concentrate on...
> >
> > Eh, for what it's worth...
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:48 AM, RWM <RWM at rwmann.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/25/2012 7:22 AM, David Patten wrote:
> >>
> >>> " - roadster at 100 - you are involved..."
> >>>
> >>> "Involved" that is the perfect description!
> >>>
> >>
> >> ... and if you're not, it won't be for long.