08 May 09 18:22, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

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

 RN> And you like that?

From a distance. I like driving in the rain...

 RN> Maybe you'd calm down taking a ride with my daughter. Just last night
 RN> I told her the next time I go somewhere with her and the kids she'd
 RN> have to furnish a blindfold for me.

If she's a safe driver, how she does it wouldn't matter to me. If I trust
the driver, I don't mind going fast.

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

 RN> Expensive, though.  The items on their web site didn't show a
 RN> chocolate cake or potato salad.

See if you can find Oma's Haus on the internet. That's one of the oldest
German places in town. I've yet to try it, as $8 for a potato pancake
seems a little steep for what it is.

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

 RN> You might have been better off at Boeing.

Nahhh. I moved from Seattle to San Diego over night after sending the wife
and two kids back to her momma. They came to SD when I had a place for
them a month later.

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

 RN> The price tag would keep me away.  When I lived in Mandeville, the
 RN> Lincoln dealer there had a 2 year old Dodge Viper for sale.  Only
 RN> $34K, but I was a little short on cash that day.

I didn't bother to go back...I need another car like I need another hole
in my head.

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

 RN> I'll take the second option if it's positraction.

Got my first look yesterday. I'll keep my 98...it's nicer.

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

 RN> Tell Harry thanks.  Someone else told me the same thing.  The
 RN> Avalanche is too big for what I want.  I'd like to have something the
 RN> size of the Explorer and maybe I'd be better off with the Land Rover
 RN> (NOT!).

Right, NOT! Try looking at a Chevy Tahoe. It's a shorter version of the
Suburban and they're quite nice.


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