Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #208
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From: 	dataylor@tracy.com (Evelyn & Dennis Taylor)

Subject: (SMC)Re: Road rage reaches Thumper!

Date: 	Sun, 2 Nov 1997 21:27:33 +0000



I know how you feel (soar neck part) and Elric knows how thumper feels. He

still sports his scratched bumper. Using insurance money for tires for

Laguna Seca. Want to put a Racing Beat bumper on at a later date. New nose

too. Hopefully nose and rear at the same time. I guess you could call that

a nose and fanny job. :)



Evelyn

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At 09:12 PM 11/2/97 +0000, you wrote:

>After all those hoaky news docu-stories about "road rage", I was pretty

>much feeling like this was a lot of B.S.- until it happened to me.

>Thursday night I went to pick up my wife at the department store where

>she works. They have a special door for employees to enter and leave. A

>couple of cars were waiting along the curb by the door. I pulled into a

>space by the door and waited. A woman came out and got in the car behind

>me. Moments later BAM!! I got out to see what had happened. What had

>happened is that the moron behind me had deliberately rammed my car, and

>was now cursing ME out, because, in hai mind I had parked too close.

>When I asked for his I.D., he took off. 

>All of which was monumentally stupid because: I had his plate,I know who

>he is, there were plenty of witnesses, and they went to  his wife's

>employer looking to find him. He  will soon be facing arrest for

>evading, which means loss of license, among other things.

>Thumper and I came out O.K., other than a sore neck (me) and a scratched

>bumper(

>Thumper)

>There is no moral here, except that this sort of thing can happen to

>anyone.

>Thanks for letting me vent. I feel better now.

>

>Scott Chamberlain

>Nutmeg Miata

>Red 92 base "Thumper"

>Yellow 92

>"Life is a journey...enjoy the ride!"

>

>



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Evelyn

dataylor@tracy.com



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