Eric G. wrote:
> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>
>
>>nothermark wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>><brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Snip<
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but you
>>>>drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you not
>>>>deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege of
>>>>driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down before you
>>>>kill someone!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>places?
>>>
>>>;-)
>>
>>Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>
>
> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>
> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the
> trip.
>
> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and doing
> well.
>
> Eric

I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
have been to contact the authorities first.

 

Eric G. wrote:

> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>
>
>>nothermark wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>><brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Snip<
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but you
>>>>drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you not
>>>>deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege of
>>>>driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down before you
>>>>kill someone!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>places?
>>>
>>>;-)
>>
>>Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>
>
> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>
> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the
> trip.
>
> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and doing
> well.

You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
surgeon.

Matt

 

Eric G. wrote:

> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>
>
>>nothermark wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>><brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Snip<
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but you
>>>>drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you not
>>>>deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege of
>>>>driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down before you
>>>>kill someone!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>places?
>>>
>>>;-)
>>
>>Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>
>
> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>
> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the
> trip.
>
> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and doing
> well.

You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
surgeon.

Matt

 

Eric G. wrote:

> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>
>
>>nothermark wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>><brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Snip<
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but you
>>>>drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you not
>>>>deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege of
>>>>driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down before you
>>>>kill someone!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>places?
>>>
>>>;-)
>>
>>Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>
>
> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>
> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the
> trip.
>
> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and doing
> well.

You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
surgeon.

Matt

 

Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HdKdg.680
$634.403@trndny06:


> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
> What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
> have been to contact the authorities first.

Thanks.

I tried contacting the local authorities first. My township told me to
call the NJ State Police. I did that. They told me they could not help
me. What I did after that was high-tail it myself. I had my wife leave
in her own car with instructions to drive "normal" and I would call her
as soon as I got there, so if one of us did wind up in a wreck, the
other would make it.

I used to race in SCCA competition so I have some experience with high
speeds. I don't condone doing something like that unless it is an
absolute last resort. In my mind, it was for me.

Another time I was able to avoid driving like that for an emergency. My
Father took some pills, then called me to say "Goodbye". I hopped in my
car at work and headed towards his house like a maniac, but then I
realized that even driving like that would take me 1/2 hour to get
there. I then wised up and called HIS local Police, who kept me on the
phone while they and the ambulance responded. Luckily he DIDN'T
actually take the pills.

Anyway, my point is that I can see times when drivng that fast might be
necessary. I won't lie and say I've never done it for fun either, but
that usually happens on an open Interstate on a Sunday morning.

Why would they make cars that can go that fast?

Eric

 

Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HdKdg.680
$634.403@trndny06:


> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
> What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
> have been to contact the authorities first.

Thanks.

I tried contacting the local authorities first. My township told me to
call the NJ State Police. I did that. They told me they could not help
me. What I did after that was high-tail it myself. I had my wife leave
in her own car with instructions to drive "normal" and I would call her
as soon as I got there, so if one of us did wind up in a wreck, the
other would make it.

I used to race in SCCA competition so I have some experience with high
speeds. I don't condone doing something like that unless it is an
absolute last resort. In my mind, it was for me.

Another time I was able to avoid driving like that for an emergency. My
Father took some pills, then called me to say "Goodbye". I hopped in my
car at work and headed towards his house like a maniac, but then I
realized that even driving like that would take me 1/2 hour to get
there. I then wised up and called HIS local Police, who kept me on the
phone while they and the ambulance responded. Luckily he DIDN'T
actually take the pills.

Anyway, my point is that I can see times when drivng that fast might be
necessary. I won't lie and say I've never done it for fun either, but
that usually happens on an open Interstate on a Sunday morning.

Why would they make cars that can go that fast?

Eric

 

Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HdKdg.680
$634.403@trndny06:


> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
> What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
> have been to contact the authorities first.

Thanks.

I tried contacting the local authorities first. My township told me to
call the NJ State Police. I did that. They told me they could not help
me. What I did after that was high-tail it myself. I had my wife leave
in her own car with instructions to drive "normal" and I would call her
as soon as I got there, so if one of us did wind up in a wreck, the
other would make it.

I used to race in SCCA competition so I have some experience with high
speeds. I don't condone doing something like that unless it is an
absolute last resort. In my mind, it was for me.

Another time I was able to avoid driving like that for an emergency. My
Father took some pills, then called me to say "Goodbye". I hopped in my
car at work and headed towards his house like a maniac, but then I
realized that even driving like that would take me 1/2 hour to get
there. I then wised up and called HIS local Police, who kept me on the
phone while they and the ambulance responded. Luckily he DIDN'T
actually take the pills.

Anyway, my point is that I can see times when drivng that fast might be
necessary. I won't lie and say I've never done it for fun either, but
that usually happens on an open Interstate on a Sunday morning.

Why would they make cars that can go that fast?

Eric

 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Eric G. wrote:
>
>> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
>> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>> nothermark wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>>> <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Snip<
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but
>>>>> you drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you
>>>>> not deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege
>>>>> of driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down
>>>>> before you kill someone!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>> places?
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>>
>>
>>
>> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
>> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
>> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>>
>> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
>> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
>> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the trip.
>>
>> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and
>> doing well.
>>
>> Eric
>
>
> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.

.... having killed a family of six on the process. Driving like that was
simply stupid.


Matt

 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Eric G. wrote:
>
>> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
>> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>> nothermark wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>>> <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Snip<
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but
>>>>> you drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you
>>>>> not deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege
>>>>> of driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down
>>>>> before you kill someone!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>> places?
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>>
>>
>>
>> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
>> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
>> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>>
>> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
>> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
>> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the trip.
>>
>> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and
>> doing well.
>>
>> Eric
>
>
> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.

.... having killed a family of six on the process. Driving like that was
simply stupid.


Matt

 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Eric G. wrote:
>
>> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HlBdg.6390
>> $nA2.2305@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>> nothermark wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:44:53 GMT, Brian Nystrom
>>>> <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Snip<
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wait a minute here. You want "to protect the big investment", but
>>>>> you drive the car at 130 mph?! If that's the case, not only do you
>>>>> not deserve warranty coverage, but you don't deserve the privelege
>>>>> of driving a car! What the heck are you thinking??? Slow down
>>>>> before you kill someone!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ever driven out west where it's really flat and a long way between
>>>> places?
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I have. Nothing justifies driving 130 mph on public roads.
>>
>>
>>
>> How about when you get a call at 2:00 AM that your premature baby, who
>> is in the hospital, needs emergency life-or-death surgery and you need
>> to be there NOW? And the hosptial is 45 minutes away at normal speeds?
>>
>> It happened to me and I made the 45 minute trip in about 20 minutes.
>> And that included the time it took to get pulled over at gun-point,
>> explain my situation, and get an escort for the last 5 miles of the trip.
>>
>> Yes, it really happened. And my daughter is 3 months old now and
>> doing well.
>>
>> Eric
>
>
> I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
> easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.

.... having killed a family of six on the process. Driving like that was
simply stupid.


Matt

 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:G0Mdg.9021$lb.820250
@news1.epix.net:


>
> You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
> surgeon.
>
> Matt
>

Ha! Far from it. They won't do it without a parent/guardian present on a
baby. Even emergent care. They did intubate her without us, and also did
a minor surgery to insert a central line, but further than that was not
allowed at the hospital she was in without us. And that is even with a
verbal on the phone from us to go ahead.

Eric

 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:G0Mdg.9021$lb.820250
@news1.epix.net:


>
> You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
> surgeon.
>
> Matt
>

Ha! Far from it. They won't do it without a parent/guardian present on a
baby. Even emergent care. They did intubate her without us, and also did
a minor surgery to insert a central line, but further than that was not
allowed at the hospital she was in without us. And that is even with a
verbal on the phone from us to go ahead.

Eric

 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:G0Mdg.9021$lb.820250
@news1.epix.net:


>
> You performed surgery on your own daughter? I didn't realize you were a
> surgeon.
>
> Matt
>

Ha! Far from it. They won't do it without a parent/guardian present on a
baby. Even emergent care. They did intubate her without us, and also did
a minor surgery to insert a central line, but further than that was not
allowed at the hospital she was in without us. And that is even with a
verbal on the phone from us to go ahead.

Eric

 

Eric G. wrote:

> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HdKdg.680
> $634.403@trndny06:
>
>
>
>>I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
>>easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
>>What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
>>have been to contact the authorities first.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I tried contacting the local authorities first. My township told me to
> call the NJ State Police. I did that. They told me they could not help
> me. What I did after that was high-tail it myself. I had my wife leave
> in her own car with instructions to drive "normal" and I would call her
> as soon as I got there, so if one of us did wind up in a wreck, the
> other would make it.
>
> I used to race in SCCA competition so I have some experience with high
> speeds. I don't condone doing something like that unless it is an
> absolute last resort. In my mind, it was for me.
>
> Another time I was able to avoid driving like that for an emergency. My
> Father took some pills, then called me to say "Goodbye". I hopped in my
> car at work and headed towards his house like a maniac, but then I
> realized that even driving like that would take me 1/2 hour to get
> there. I then wised up and called HIS local Police, who kept me on the
> phone while they and the ambulance responded. Luckily he DIDN'T
> actually take the pills.
>
> Anyway, my point is that I can see times when drivng that fast might be
> necessary. I won't lie and say I've never done it for fun either, but
> that usually happens on an open Interstate on a Sunday morning.
>
> Why would they make cars that can go that fast?

So they can climb hills and accelerate at a decent rate. If you sized
the engine to have a top speed of 65 MPH, it would take you forever to
get there and you'd be climbing hills at 15 MPH. The manufacturers can
now limit speeds electronically and some cars do that. If idiots keep
driving like you claim to, then the government will at some point make
that decision for the car makers.

Matt

 

Eric G. wrote:

> Brian Nystrom <brian.nystrom@verizon.net> wrote in news:HdKdg.680
> $634.403@trndny06:
>
>
>
>>I'm glad to hear that you had a good outcome, but you could just as
>>easily ended up in a smoking pile of wreckage on the side of the road.
>>What would have happened to your daughter then? The smart move would
>>have been to contact the authorities first.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I tried contacting the local authorities first. My township told me to
> call the NJ State Police. I did that. They told me they could not help
> me. What I did after that was high-tail it myself. I had my wife leave
> in her own car with instructions to drive "normal" and I would call her
> as soon as I got there, so if one of us did wind up in a wreck, the
> other would make it.
>
> I used to race in SCCA competition so I have some experience with high
> speeds. I don't condone doing something like that unless it is an
> absolute last resort. In my mind, it was for me.
>
> Another time I was able to avoid driving like that for an emergency. My
> Father took some pills, then called me to say "Goodbye". I hopped in my
> car at work and headed towards his house like a maniac, but then I
> realized that even driving like that would take me 1/2 hour to get
> there. I then wised up and called HIS local Police, who kept me on the
> phone while they and the ambulance responded. Luckily he DIDN'T
> actually take the pills.
>
> Anyway, my point is that I can see times when drivng that fast might be
> necessary. I won't lie and say I've never done it for fun either, but
> that usually happens on an open Interstate on a Sunday morning.
>
> Why would they make cars that can go that fast?

So they can climb hills and accelerate at a decent rate. If you sized
the engine to have a top speed of 65 MPH, it would take you forever to
get there and you'd be climbing hills at 15 MPH. The manufacturers can
now limit speeds electronically and some cars do that. If idiots keep
driving like you claim to, then the government will at some point make
that decision for the car makers.

Matt