On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:02:07 -0700, John David Galt
> wrote:

>>> Driving a beater is WAY less stressful
>
>> It's also WAAAAY less pleasurable.
>
>Depends on what features you care about having. Certainly a beater lets
>you enjoy doing some truly righteous things, like parking 1/2 inch from
>the drivers-side door of the guy with the BMW who parks in the middle of
>two parking spaces.

I hear ya. I've often fantasized about driving a '72 Plymouth Fury
around for a while just to dish out some payback to all the MFFYs who
ordinarily get away with their bull**** because their victims are
afraid that their nice cars will be damaged.