19 Feb
2002
19 Feb
'02
5:59 a.m.
Nonsense. A conspiracy by the oil companies. You think continously pulling
110 watts comes for free?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Sellam Ismail
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:01 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT: Rant about cars and how stupid the world is with stupid
people running it
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Also, my truck has DRL's. I guess GM thinks
I'm too stupid to turn the
lights on myself. Actually it's probably not GM, they are just
responding to the "safety" desires of the masses. The really stupid
thing is that the DRL's are just on the front. If I'm concerned that
people aren't going to see me, I want to have my rear lights on too!
Windowsitis, would be a good name for this kind of thing.
Day-time running lights are a conspiracy by the headlight industry to sell
more headlights.
I can't think of anything more stupid at the moment. If you can't see a
car in the daylight with or without it's headlights on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO DRIVE!!!
Sellam Ismail Vintage
Computer Festival
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