07 May 09 09:10, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> They still think that I'm in the roadside assistance business. How
 RW>> can a Isuzu Rodeo cost more to insure than a Chevy Silverado, both
 RW>> of which are within a year of age? And, the Silverado has full
 RW>> coverage, while the Rodeo has only liabilty coverage.

 RN> If just liability, there shouldn't be any difference in price if you
 RN> have the same options selected.

$300,000, 100.000, 50,000 liability - $189 Rodeo and $66 Silverado...

 RN> The difference comes with Comp & Collision.

$500 liability bottom line for the Rodeo, $400 w/full coverage bottom line
for the Silveado...

 RN> That varies from model to model and most probably the Isuzu parts
 RN> would have to come from Japan.

They were both assembled in the same plant in Indiana. However, Rodeo
parts have always cost more than the Silverado.

 RW>> Damn! I didn't know that or I wouldn't have gotten so old!

 RN> That makes two of us!

 RW>> Well that's different. I'd eat that!

 RN> I wolf that stuff down.  I like French toast.

We almost had French Toast for dinner last night. Had I not already had my
mind set on veggie and egg burritos...

 RW>> It doesn't pay to be an aggresive pedestrian.

 RN> No, that's suicide.

Yeup.

 RW>> Drive down the frontage roads in Texas and you will soon come to a
 RW>> Yield sign that gives the right of way to vehicles exiting the
 RW>> freeway. I swear!

 RN> There is an intersection in Metairie where the traffic coming from
 RN> Veterans Blvd. on the side road, which was an actual street before an
 RN> overpass was put at this junction, where that traffic has to yield
 RN> the right of way to the traffic coming off the overpass (Causeway
 RN> Blvd.) and veering right to access I-10W.  Those motorists do not see
 RN> the yield sign (or more accurately pretend it isn't there) and
 RN> continue on like it isn't there. One day at that section while
 RN> enroute to visit my daughter in Houma, I was getting off that
 RN> overpass and veering right to access I-10W and a guy failing to yield
 RN> shouted obscenities at me.  Tsk, tsk.  I was in my 1984 Chevy 3/4 ton
 RN> truck at that time, so it wouldn't have bothered me a bit if he had
 RN> hit me. Someone is going to get killed at that intersection one of
 RN> these days just because some idiots refuse to obey the rules of the
 RN> road.

I like obscenities, I always vote them #1. ..|.
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 RW>> However, you won't see a Yield sign for the existing traffic on the
 RW>> freeway when you want on.

 RN> That makes sense.

 RW>> My favorite driving weather.

 RN> You ever try to drive in blinding rain -- rain that is coming down so
 RN> hard that the wipers can't keep up?

You mean like tornado weather? Yeup...more than once.

 RW>> They say the population here is double what the sign says it is. I
 RW>> guess we'll find out next year.

 RN> Isn't next year already here?  (-:

Yes, but the census won't be until next year, 2010.

 RW>> As a small town boy, I was happy to be there when I first arrived.
 RW>> As the years wore on, it became more and more crowded. I hadn't
 RW>> realized how much until I moved here and then went back for a visit.

 RN> As a big city boy from New Orleans, I was used to the life there,
 RN> mostly because it was during saner times.  We no longer enjoy those
 RN> times and the world is getting more crazy by the day.  Therefore, I
 RN> couldn't move back there even if an honest administration (we
 RN> actually had one once) was in place.  Nice country around S.A.

Like you, I also got to grow with the city, once I made it to one...

 RW>> That could be, enticing me into speeding on his watch...

 RN> That's the kind of character I tend to avoid.

As much as possible.

 RW>> He had a girlfriend back in Germany that he built a house for here
 RW>> in the city. She never made it here and why he went back. The place
 RW>> is called the Sophienberg...her name was Sophie. Today it's a
 RW>> museum. There's a whole history of this place that would keep one
 RW>> busy for a long time.

 RN> New Orleans is like that.

No doubt. My great-great-grandfather Witt came through New Orleans to
settle in Illinois as a small boy.

 RW>> You don't have to drive here to enjoy the chocolate cake. There's a
 RW>> bakery that sells their goods by mail...the oldest bakery in Texas.

 RN> What's its name?  Never mind.  I just googled it and it Naegelin's in
 RN> New Braunfels.

Yeup...been there a couple of times. Great goodies there.

 RW>> Depending on the flow, you can choose the day that the faster river
 RW>> isn't flowing very fast and enjoy a leisure time in a tube. I'd say,
 RW>> don't tube the fast moving Guadalupe, but do tube the Comal...it's a
 RW>> short spring fed river that eventually flows into the Guadalupe.

 RN> Sounds interesting, but also sounds like it is meant for the young.

In that case, at the beginning of the Comal in Landa Park, there's a
wading pool you can start in. :o)

 RW>> If it had more than one on each end, that's a funny kind of Rack and
 RW>> Pinion...usually there's only one rod on each end. They shouldn't
 RW>> need greasing, since they're greased and sealed at the factory.

 RN> I can't see the rack.  It makes an awful noise whenever I turn the
 RN> wheel and the steering itself is somewhat unstable.  Even getting
 RN> into and out of the car is noisy, which is why I think those two
 RN> steering rods need replacing.

Better not wait too long then.

 RW>> Chrysler products make the most noise.

 RN> Yeah, in the early days they sounded like tin cans.

They still do.

 RW>> Of course not.

 RN> Then I discovered that the C&C union and/or the longshoremen were
 RN> going to strike every three years and although the money was very
 RN> good and I enjoyed what I was doing, that was a situation I was
 RN> unwilling to put up with.

Heh...try working in a union shop as a non-union member. Boeing was a
closed shop, but I refused to join...in order to keep me out of their
sights, the company moved me around until there was no place else to go.
That let me out of a one year contract with them after 5 months.

 RW>> Ahhh, Clansmanship...that must suck...

 RN> I left that far behind me and went to work for the local Chevrrolet
 RN> dealer.

I would have liked that too.

 RW>> Should be easy enough. Reverse the 'ports of call' and load
 RW>> accordingly.

 RN> That's exactly how it is done.

 RW>> It's been in the fridge, but if you say so, I'll move it to the
 RW>> freezer.

 RN> The refigerator is okay, too, but the freezer is better.

 RW>> I'm like that. Although I snack for dinner.

 RN> I'm going to start doing that so I get down to my target weight.

 RW>> So far, I've resisted his offer and he understands. I doubt that he
 RW>> would do the trade either, if he were in my shoes.

 RN> Then you've already made up your mind.  (-:

Yeup...and then I stopped and looked at a 2002 Corvette this morning. Very
tempting...

 RW>> Sounds like a nice car. It's worth quite a bit if you can get it on
 RW>> the road.

 RN> Yes, it is.  I wouldn't mind driving it myself, but if I had to hold
 RN> my breath waiting for her husband, who is a mechanic, to put an
 RN> engine in it and do the interior work, I'd lose consciousness.

LOL! That's a mechanic for you. My dad's cars were always in need of
something or other. After a day of working on customer cars, they don't
want to see another one until the next time they have to go to work.

 RW>> I don't give a thought to what they do anyway. I'd like to have one
 RW>> of their new Z28s, but they've put that model on hold and are only
 RW>> selling six bangers. Oh well, I already have a Z28 that I like
 RW>> better.

 RN> What engine does it come with?

Three options. The base model comes with a 3.6L V6 which produces 300hp
and gets 29mpg. Then there's the 6.2L V8 with 400hp and a six speed
auto matic that gets 25mpg and the Z28 with a 6.2L V8 and 450hp that
also gets 25mpg, but comes with a six speed manual transmission. My 98
makes the same 'rear wheel' HP from a 5.7L as the new six, and also gets
25mpg w/six speed transmission...5th and 6th gear are overdrives.

 RW>> I think that's because of a family tradition of keeping it in the
 RW>> family. Certainly, old Henry is looking down and smiling.

 RN> And I don't believe Ford was in the dire strights the others were.

Not as bad...

 RW>> Bad move. I bet you'd like an F-150 or the Lincoln model better.

 RN> I'd rather have a station wagon.  The Lincoln truck is too expensive
 RN> and I don't feel like changing a tire on anything that big after
 RN> having wearing myself out on that Chevy truck I used to have.

My friend Harry advises against that Explorer too. BTW, when you drive a
big vehicle like the Lincoln, you have roadside service come out and
change the tire. They make one similar to the Chevy Avalance, a station
wagon and pickup rolled into one.

 RW>> Good...now you can go look for a nice F-150 or the Lincoln pu.

 RN> I'm looking whenever I'm out and about.  No foreign cars for me,
 RN> though. If I free up some time today, I may call those two
 RN> dealerships and inquire as to why I wasn't called back as promised.
 RN> I hate that.

You certainly don't want to talk to the same saleman when you're dealing.

 RW>> As long as he got his cut, he probably didn't care.

 RN> That's true nowadays.

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