I nearly fell over once when this good looking blonde in a power suite got
out of her disco parked in front of my SIII and said "Nice Land Rover" and
walked into the Starbucks.....
Just when you get everyone neatly packaged, one of them falls out
Michael Hatton
1972 SIII 88
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Faure, Marin wrote:
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:24:38 -0400
> From: Perrone Ford <ford_p@nettally.com>
> Subject: Re: LRO: Re: New Guy or All about Joe
>
> >Maybe thats why coil sprung guys don't wave more
> to you guys.
>
> Actually, up here it's the other way around. I don't wave
> at Defender drivers because: A) the chances are the guy
> has no clue as to what he's really driving, and doesn't
> recognize a Series anyway, B) the only reason he bought
> it is because it's expensive and the Microsoft newsletter
> said that owning a Land Rover is cool, and C) his primary
> concern is status with his neighbors and co-workers.
> Since my SIII doesn't look enough like a Defender to be
> recognized as a Land Rover by a Defender driver, and
> Series Land Rovers are not considered cool in the Microsoft
> newsletter, and driving a Series denotes a definite lack of
> social status, I see virtually no point in waving at a Defender
> driver because we have nothing whatsoever in common. And
> don't even get me started on Discovery drivers......:-)
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
>
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