Re: Why does Oracle cost so much?

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1085253079.63918_at_yasure>...
> D Rolfe wrote:
> >
> >
> > Daniel Morgan wrote:
> >
> >> Joel Garry wrote:
> >>
> >>> Several neighbors have mint E's (mostly V12's), and one of my Corvette
> >>> buddies has a Jag shop and always has interesting things coming
> >>> through. It's fun to dream, but when it comes down to it (in a couple
> >>> years, most likely), I'll probably get another Vette, the economics
> >>> and emotions merge there for me.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I once had that same emotion. And an equally large number of speeding
> >> tickets. Drive the same way in a Jag or a Vette. The Vette driver will
> >> get every citation.
> >>
> >
> > Probably because the police will assume that the Jag driver is rushing
> > to get his vehicle back to the dealership before it stops working.....
> >
> > The British aren't known as "The Russians Of Western Europe" when it
> > comes to engineering for nothing......
> >
> > David Rolfe
> >
>
> That was true of Jags back in the 60s and 70s but not any more. I have
> had no maintenance issues with this car or the previous one.
>
> No the assumption is that the person with the Jag is an important
> person. That the person with the Vette is irresponsible.

Funnily enough, there is even the distinction between different era Vettes. My street driving hasn't changed much (well, it perhaps got a bit sloppier after I stopped autocrossing and racing), but the ticketing was strongly correlated with the generation - even when I had more than one at the same time.

jg

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