Examiner.com Article

hudnut1tmr
hudnut1tmr Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Aaron's to modest to post this but I'm not going to let it go unnoticed.



http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-26626-Chicago-Classic-Cars-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Getting-Your-Classic-Through-Chicago-Traffic



Kudo's Aaron!



Tim

Comments

  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Cool! I didn't know our Aaron was a newspaper columnist!
  • Way to go, Aaron!!!



    Kevin C.
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    hehe.... thaanks guys. And I guess thanks to my chapter for making me newsletter editor a few years back.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Cool, Aaron. Nice article. Is this a regular occuring piece that you do, or . . . what do they call it? A "Special Interest" piece?
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Nice article. Welcome to the world of the published author......
  • Thanks for an interesting, kinda off-veat article, Aaron. I can't imagine driving my Hudson in Chicago traffic... the worst I have ever experienced. You gave lots of "other" drivers a lot to think about when they encounter one of us slower guys on the road.
    Bill
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    Well it's a little of both. A series of articles on the classic car hobby in general but it's kinda supposed to have a regional slant. Which isn't easy to do in a way because there's lots of generalities you can make about the hobby that apply across regions or even parts of the world. But I'm also trying to write the series of articles without assuming that they might only be read by people in the hobby. Trying to make it informative. It is afterall the "world wide web"



    Here's a index page of the articles I did so far.

    http://www.examiner.com/x-26626-Chicago-Classic-Cars-Examiner



    oh and BTW thanks Tim!!!!
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    tippleunduly wrote:
    I can't imagine driving my Hudson in Chicago traffic... the worst I have ever experienced.

    Bill



    Obviously you haven't driven in Boston or Montreal, Quebec. In New England it is said that Boston drivers train in Montreal and take their qualifications in New York City before they are allowed to drive in Boston.



    On the other hand on a recent trip to the San Antonio/Austin, TX, area I found the traffic in the Austin to be worse than I ever saw in Boston. But, then again, maybe it's because I wasn't that familiar with the area - I was traveling thru on I-35.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Back in the early 80s, after three years in the Tokyo area followed by three in the Boston area, my wife and I had to get de-programmed when we moved to the Carolinas!
  • hudsontech wrote:
    Obviously you haven't driven in Boston or Montreal, Quebec. In New England it is said that Boston drivers train in Montreal and take their qualifications in New York City before they are allowed to drive in Boston.



    On the other hand on a recent trip to the San Antonio/Austin, TX, area I found the traffic in the Austin to be worse than I ever saw in Boston. But, then again, maybe it's because I wasn't that familiar with the area - I was traveling thru on I-35.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN



    Alex... Austin is just about the same as Boston... but with a LA flair! :cool: You have to remember one of the real tests of BOSTON driving prowless is coming out of the tunnel and heading for 3 North. Just mash the gas and keep looking ahead...:eek: ... not that this will freak out the locals is just gets the tourists otta the way.... LOL. Austin is a place to avoid, personnally,if I am on the way to SA or further south, I use the toll way to avoid the mess.



    Cheers

    :)
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