From: "Ken Waller"
If I had money, I wouldn't be driving at all. I'd have someone else behind
> the wheel, so I could have my hands free for the camera.
Given the right road & car, driving can be one of life's pleasures....
photography surely is another with the right subject & light.
Kenneth Waller
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From: "John Sessoms"
I have a 98 Mazda that's adequate transportation. I'd rather have a
small station wagon like the Ford Focus, but I couldn't find one I could
afford at the time I had to buy the Mazda, and now they've discontinued
the Focus Wagon here in the U.S.
For fun driving, I have an MGB in the basement awaiting the time and
money for me to rebuild it again. It's not the MGB's failure this time.
A few years ago, I had some work to do around the house and needed to
park the MG out on the street for one night. Never had done that before.
But, that was the night 4 high school students decided to go on a
rampage smashing cars. Smashed in the windshield and side glasses. I was
never able to adequately remove the broken glass from the interior, and
have to strip it completely out and replace it. Parts are about $2500.
Windshield and side glass is another $1500.
In 3 hours, the 4 boys did more than $300,000 damage to over 100 cars.
The court awarded me $1275 for parts and labor. The 4 boys got a years
probation with a 10 pm curfew and so many exceptions as to be
meaningless. They also had to write me a letter apologizing for
vandalizing my car.
Plus they all got their records expunged when they turned 18.
And I don't know if it's worth getting the MG running again. All the
"right roads" have been eaten up by urban sprawl; now 4 lanes with
traffic signals every hundred feet or so, and strip mall after strip
mall after strip mall after ... and what ain't is all walled and gated
housing developments - half a million dollar house on 1/10 acre lot.
They all have 45 mph speed limits, but you're lucky if you can get it
out of second gear before you have to put the clutch in and start
slowing down for the next signal.
I did a themed photo last year for "Country Roads" and found out there
are none where I live any more; had to drive 90 miles to get far enough
away from the city to find a two lane road that would disappear around a
curve.
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