dear lord, she almost said it!!!

442, I like your sense of humour! God made Man, and rested. God made Woman, and niether Man or God have rested since!

Something in their CPU and complex plumbing. Whenever I sense that my wife is a bit down, I needle her out of her shell with stuff like that. It usually works against me, but its quiet enough to get something useful done.

 

Amen brother!!!

 

I only hang around Fairmont guys!

Well, a couple of reno neighbours, some business owners.

 

Seriously? Do you want me to start on husbands? Here's some advice, your wife is probaly jealous of the wagon, which with your post looks justified. It was a test and you FAILED!:banghead3:

 

Actually, my wife picked the wagon and loves it dearly.

 

There has been a lot of research into air bag safety, but the primary reason we have them in the first place is the public's initial resistance to seat belts. Back in the 60's when belts became mandatory (but no laws enforcing wearing them) there was a lot of resistance to them. I heard if first-hand from my mom and pop..."Don't want to get stuck in a burning car, yada yada yada........

Finally in the 70's, the feds mandated 'passive restraints' - some cars first got those horrible motorized shoulder harnesses. Then when the technology was developed, we got the air bags.

If you are properly belted in, front air bags are unnecessary for the most part. Not so with the side air bags. Those can be a real life saver.

 

I love seatbelts. After dragracing in my teens, I always wore them. Saw too many crashes to ignore their value. Mine has those electric controls on the front belts only.

 

I know your wife is cool. I was replying to Mr Tiki.

 

Well, moth....I have to say.....BINGO!

 

do you know what road salt does to a car?...thats why i wont drive it in the winter.

the buick is a show car....the chrome is a pain in the butt to polish...as is the engine bay. even a short trip in the rain causes me to have to spend hours cleaning and repolishing. time that i could be spending with my daughter!
you have to remember that my wife....much like her family (with the exception of her cousin nate) thinks that a car is just an appliance!!!! and that auto hobbies are a waste of time and money.

 

who's side are you on anyway?

 

Oh! Carry on...

 

Road Salt? what's a little salt compared to the potholes you can fit a tank into? Actually, I do understand about not wanting to mess up your prize, I sold my show car when we moved because, the country road around here stink. aka potholes.

 

Don't give up now Beh, my $$ is on you all the way!


Sorry Ian

 

Tedy, have you ever driven on those natural sand roads up around Neepawah? The farmers leave old poplars to act as windbreaks, and these smooth single lane roads build up with the winds. It sort of a mix of sand and gumbo, hardpacked. I've driven at over 90 MPH on them. No potholes, no ruts, no corduroy, something our engineers should study.

Texas gets some awful rain and sun. Almost as hard on roads as our freeze-thaw roads.