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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822525" data-attributes="member: 53455">True, I remember driving out to Logan Airport and back to Worcester, Mass., one evening just before Christmas, in a rear-wheel drive Volvo 264 that had seen better days, to pickup my sister-in-law... The return trip on Route 90 with that sort of snow dusting you show in the photo was quite difficult, though... Fun when you're in your 30s and you still think you're immortal and you love to show the girls how you, from Europe, can expertly control the skidding while never touching the brakes, less so when you think back about it in your 60s and have grandchildren.And there were many more road accidents victims back then. One cannot deny that the technical progress made on cars has made life much easier, and saved many lives. Sure, we were still able to do it when we were young. Heck! our great-grandparents made it in horse-drawn wagons to San Francisco if you go that way...&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 822525, member: 53455"] True, I remember driving out to Logan Airport and back to Worcester, Mass., one evening just before Christmas, in a rear-wheel drive Volvo 264 that had seen better days, to pickup my sister-in-law... The return trip on Route 90 with that sort of snow dusting you show in the photo was quite difficult, though... Fun when you're in your 30s and you still think you're immortal and you love to show the girls how you, from Europe, can expertly control the skidding while never touching the brakes, less so when you think back about it in your 60s and have grandchildren. And there were many more road accidents victims back then. One cannot deny that the technical progress made on cars has made life much easier, and saved many lives. Sure, we were still able to do it when we were young. Heck! our great-grandparents made it in horse-drawn wagons to San Francisco if you go that way... ;) [/QUOTE]

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