--- Ronn Blankenship wrote:
<snip>
> Actually, the last time I had what could have been
> classed as a "muscle
> car" (a '67 Chevy with the 327-c.i. engine and a
> 4-bbl. carb, though it
> could go 95 mph uphill with the A.C. running on only
> 2 barrels), it had
> very good brakes that stopped me quickly enough to
> prevent an accident
> numerous times, even on roads slick with rain or
> snow. I wish I currently
> had another "muscle car" like it: as Julia has also
> mentioned, the problem
> is all too often that someone comes bearing down on
> you out of nowhere and
> the only way to avoid an accident is to be able to
> punch the gas and have
> the car respond immediately . . .
<snip>
> Yes, given the way other people drive, I
> would much rather be in a
> "main battle tank" or a "land yacht" with an engine
> that gives me the
> ability to get out of the way of an accident or with
> some solid iron around
> me (and my family--though I was alone in the car all
> these times) in case
> there is no way out.
When I lived in Dallas, I was driving home one night
from a friend's and noticed headlights coming up fast
behind me. I flared my brake lights, thinking that
the driver didn't see me -- he _accelerated_ and
rammed my car. Cursing furiously, I started to pull
over into the far right lane (I'd been in the center
lane) when I realized that I was being paced on either
side by two _more_ cars. The tapeworm behind me
rammed again.
By now I knew that if I was run off the road on that
dark stretch of interstate, I probably wouldn't be
found alive. I punched the old Thunderbird ("Go,
Taran, go!") up to 90+mph, praying that a state
trooper was in the vicinity. One wasn't, but that V-8
left the bloody pricks far behind...
Hoo-boy, hadn't thought about that incident in ten
years - raised my heart rate just now, I must say. By
the time I got home that night I was incoherent with
fear - but I did get safely home.
Ton-And-A-Half-Of-Pig-Iron Maru
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