Re: [OT] I won!

Date	2015-08-25 08:23 -0500
Subject	Re: [OT] I won!
From	George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID	<D201D67C.B864F%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> (permalink)
References	<210820151811270086%michelle@michelle.org> <55d7e7f4$0$41734$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> <210820152057277693%michelle@michelle.org> <D1FF6A35.B8574%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> <mrdaib$fpu$1@dont-email.me>

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On 8/23/15 3:32 PM, in article mrdaib$fpu$1@dont-email.me, "Don Bruder"
<dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:

> In article <D1FF6A35.B8574%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>,
>  George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/21/15 10:57 PM, in article 210820152057277693%michelle@michelle.org,
>> "Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <55d7e7f4$0$41734$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com>, JF
>>> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> before you take delivery of yours, why not go to a Smart dealer to test
>>>> drive one and see for yourself before deciding wheter to keep or sell
>>>> the one you have won.  (this way, the won car can remain at 0km driven
>>>> when you sell it).
>>> 
>>> I have already test driven one, and I don't want to keep the one I won.
>>> If I keep it, I'll have to sell my Prius, and of the two, I'd rather
>>> have the Prius.
>>> 
>>> But I plan to sell both and get a more practical car than the Smart Car.
>> 
>> Congratulations on your win!!!
>> 
>> Make sure you know what this might do to your overall tax profile and adjust
>> accordingly.
>> 
>> Good choice to get rid of it: I would surmise that a golf cart has more
>> protection in a collision than one of those things. Just my .02...
>> 
>> <ducking incoming from that last statement>
>> 
>> :-)
> 
> The claims they make say that the so-called "tritium isolation cell"
> (terminology may have changed since I paid attention a couple years ago
> - I hope so... calling it "tritium" kicks in my gag reflex for some
> reason I haven't been able to pin down) is among the strongest passenger
> compartments ever designed. Supposedly designed so that just about
> anything short of the mythical "slammed into a metal pancake between two
> oncoming semis" crash would leave the passengers able to walk away - IF
> they could get the doors open afterwards, that is...
> 
> True? Marketing hype? Something in between? You be the judge.
> Personally, I think the darn things are too hideously ugly to be
> permitted to exist.

I will be skeptical and wait for Consumer Reports or another independent
testing firm to give non-skewed returns...

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      Re: [OT] I won! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-22 20:11 -0400
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        Re: [OT] I won! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-23 13:34 -0700
    Re: [OT] I won! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-23 12:24 -0500
  Re: [OT]  I won! android <here@there.was> - 2015-08-23 07:44 +0200
    Re: [OT]  I won! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-23 17:59 +1200
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