Heh, i know you're not lying there. i saw Atlanta actually didscore worst
on some survey on,I believe, MSNBC a while back. Cops here will get you for
65+ here without a second thought. How you can drive depends on where you
live i guess. :)
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Jim Gifford
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:18 PM
To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
Subject: Re: DML: 4.7 vs 5.9
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 07:24:44AM -0700, Shawn Bowen wrote:
> Cool, flaming done from my side;-)... Thought I might add that living in
> Atlanta literally people will either run you over, run you off the road,
or
> shoot you if are in their way (This isn't totally a joke). Now, I can't
say
> this justifies the speed, but when I've got a ditzy house wife on my ass
in
> an Excursion burning down the old Alpharetta Audubon (Georgia 400) at 90+
> miles an hour popping Xanax yelling at the kids and talking on the phone
> (her not me;-)), and then I've got another SUV wielding MILF in the lane
> next to me there is little choice as to what to do;-). Then there is
ALWAYS
> some punk in a rice burner that will draft inches off my bumper and weave
in
> and out of traffic. I feel its my duty to flat out smoke him the next
open
> stretch with no traffic, that really burns them up. My 4x4 CC smoking
them
> so bad I almost loose site. I'm bored this morning so heres a few numbers
> for yall:
You tell the truth, although I believe you're being a bit conservative
here... I don't even want to talk about 285, especially near 400
or at spaghetti junction. I'm trying as hard as I can to move far
far away from this mess. :)
Just yesterday, I saw a Yukon go flying by (about 90 or 95mph) a
Porsche Boxster that was doing 45 in the lane beside them (the
Porsche had a donut spare on his car). It is quite ridiculous
around here.
I've driven in LA and DC, and I can honestly say that Atlanta wins
the "worst driving" certificate. :(
If you need more evidence, check out The Atlanta Roadway Digest at
http://www.tardsite.com/ .
And to be a little on topic... I get 16mpg consistently (15 to 17),
whether I keep my foot out of it (hey, it can happen) or keep the
pedal to the metal. However, I suspect my oil burning contributes
greatly to this.
jim "stuck in atlanta traffic" gifford
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