[blue-bayou]

Mr. fbodfather
Well said- and I realize that my outlook on life and the way I see things are very different from others and by no means would I want to try to encourage others to subscribe to my philosophy of life. My outlook is based on years of life experiences that have confounded me to a point of not understanding "Why me", and "Why did I survive". By all means I would be the first to admit I am living on borrowed time.

I do want to clarify that I do NOT advocate people to ignore seatbelts or to disable stabilitrack but I do stress that people use their minds and know what they and their vehicle is capable of. To use another iliustration from my own life.. I drive FWD cars differently than RWD cars and I know I shouldn't, but I do. I was driving someone elses car I was unfamiliar with in the rain. I thought the car was FWD, so I was a little less cautious. I assumed I ran through a section of deeper water because the car unexpectedly started fish tailing. I regained control momentarily only to hit another spot in the road thus causing me to lose control again and crash into the center concrete wall of the interstate. Turns out the car was RWD and had I known that I never would have been driving 60+ in those conditions.
I would encourage others to use the features they have but not rely on them. Drive as if they didn't exist

This thread has really churned my stomach to the point I can't sleep at night. Memories that I would prefer to forget. I will bow out and hope that I have not been misunderstood.

I was young and stupid for a long time, but now I like to think that I'm a bit wiser. I definitely don't want my kids to learn the way I learned; unfortunately there will always be people who will only learn the hard way.