Amen... I've driven in most every major city in North America and several
outside of this continent and Atlanta really is the worst IMHO. Talk about
retarded drivers. Now, obviously not all drivers are this way, but the
majority is. I truly believe that it is caused by the massive influx of
people from other area's that don't know the city or proper southern
etiquette;-)... I was born at Northside Hospital but spent most of my life
traveling for my fathers work and now my own. LA and NY don't have nothing
on us as far as traffic and crazy drivers;-(
Shawn
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Jim Gifford
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:18 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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