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Old January 22nd 12, 05:49 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang
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On Jan 22, 8:35*am, "dwight" > wrote:
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> > 900 bucks gives you six dream cars for the day.

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> >http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...10310/1148/aut...

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> > I have a friend who did this. *He said it was worth every dime.

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> > Patrick

>
> 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,

Good point. While my friend loves performance cars, his driver is
some generic, Asian subcompact.

Patrick
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