On 1/22/2012 9:35 AM, dwight wrote:
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> " > wrote in message
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>> 900 bucks gives you six dream cars for the day.
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>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...150-mile-drive
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>> I have a friend who did this. He said it was worth every dime.
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>> Patrick
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> I'll use my Hotel Room analogy...
>
> Recently stayed at a beautiful hotel down in D.C. As nice as the room
> was, I still had complaints - the pillows were so fluffy as to be
> unusable; the shower head was one of those prickly rain types. Yes, the
> room was clean and sparse, but I couldn't wait to get home to my messy
> house, with pillows that had my own head indent in them, and a shower
> head that didn't hurt.
>
> I'm sure that driving a Ferrari or Lamborghini at 45mph on a Florida
> highway is a hoot, but I'm a creature of habit and comfort. I'm just not
> interested in driving a rental far above my means. Part of me prefers
> the uniquely-mine familiarity with TFrog, and the other part of me is
> afraid that a Ferrari would completely destroy my relationship with my
> own car.
>
> Yes, TFrog and I have an open marriage, of sorts. TFrog lets me drive
> CFrog once in a while, but only because it knows that I'll always "come
> home to" TFrog. If I stepped out with a dream car, TFrog would never
> forgive me.
>
> dwight
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>

Cars sure can be jealous. I once picked up a Ferrari sweatshirt on a
trip. When I got home, the first time I got in my Mustang wearing that
Ferrari sweatshirt, I didn't get two blocks from home before my Mustang
dropped its muffler onto the street.
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Cheers, Bob