[at-l] Car Talk

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Hey...we went from 5% hiking to at least 95% hiking...don't you think we
deserve a little off topic fluff?

LOL

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Adams" <stephensadams@hotmail.com>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: [at-l] Car Talk


> Now. I don?t know how we got from hiking to cars.  (I?m certainly not
> allowed to talk about the future leadership of this country without being
> soundly boxed about the head and shoulders.)  Oh, right, that?s it, Orange
> Bug?s orange bug replacement.
>
> A story.
>
> Where I worked we used quite a few Chevrolet Suburbans.
>
> One day a Suburban rear-ended a Honda in rush hour traffic - - not a high
> speed collision.  The Honda was less than a year old.  The Honda was
> declared an economic total.  The Honda driver was hospitalized.
>
> A single squirt of paint on the bumper of the Suburban repaired the
vehicle
> completely.  No injuries were suffered in the Suburban.  Only the driver
> realized there had been a collision.
>
> Honda has produced some great looking and driving vehicles.  I have felt
> their siren call.  Some of them, unfortunately, are virtually engineered
tin
> foil.
>
> I have driven Suburbans.  I have never owned one.  I don?t own any GM
> products.  I am concerned that Honda vehicles don?t do well in field crash
> tests.
>
> Oh, yes, to make it trail related, I?m sure a Suburban which runs will get
> you to most trail heads.
>
> Steve
>
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