Patrick, how the Tracker doing? Are the just amazing vehicle? You can
thrash them, beat them on the dirt, and they just keep going. The parts are
so ridicules cheap.
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Steven St.Laurent
C4I System Engineer
Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
"Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until voters discover they can vote themselves
largess (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment
on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most
benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy
always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a
dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations
has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this
sequence: from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to
liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency;
from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from
dependence back again to bondage.
(By Alexander Tyler Frasier, over 200 years ago.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Delgado [mailto:dadoctah@vitelcom.net]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:56 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Spanish Rice
Tonight I was driving de ole Geo Tracker, cruising @ steady 60 and this
older riced civic was in the passing lane trying to pass me. I could hear
his stereo(sounded like piezo tweeters only) over mine. He was gaining
ground but I could see him positioned to absorb the bouncing as he had done
a "torch" lowering. Although he was being wracked by incredible g-forces
from the bouncing, he was slighly ahead of me(I'm still doing 60). As he
braces himself for the final burst of speed(to maybe 63 mph) I noticed his
dash mounted tach-about 8" in diameter, backlit with a 100watt bulb and w/
the shift light on the whole time. Geez.
Plus the other day I saw a newer civic with a HUGE rear wing(polished
aluminum). The wing must have been about 2' above the body, a massive
support/strut arrangement, and about 2' deep. And get this--it was
perpendicular to the airflow. With an air brake that large, he could stop on
a dime and leave 9¢ change.
--Patrick Delgado
2000 FR RC R/T; 9 psi Powerdyne w/ 7-rib pulley, Gatorback belt, F&B stage I
TB, TV cable adj., Homebrewed K&N 0920 behind foglight, MAP boost bypass,
IAT relocation, MSDBTM, MSD 8.5 superconductors, 3923's, MP computer, NO
CAT, katbox, full Hotchkis kit, Bilsteins, 275/50 nittos and 305/45 BFG's,
powerslots/QS pads, Jason cap. In possession but not in position; Belly pan
plate and traction bars.
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> From: "Brett Forehand" <brett4hand@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:51:11 +0000
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Spanish Rice
>
>
>
> Well gang,
>
> driving home today I got a pretty good chuckle out of a Hispanic guy
driving
> a Mitsubishi Eclipse. His name must have been Hernandez, because it was
in
> huge 4" tall letters arched across his back window. Then came the huge
> wing. It was so tall it might have been taken off a Plymouth Superbird.
> The St. Louis arch also comes to mind...
>
> Keeping in mind that this is a base model Eclipse, he's got "3000 GT" hand
> painted on the rear bumper cover. Never mind that the 3000 is a totally
> different car! And just to add a little "bling-bling" to his ride, he did
> add some chrome hubcaps to his factory skinny 14" steel wheels. And yes,
it
> had the obligatory fart pipe pootin' out the back!
>
> Man, was I envious! I'm thinking about going out and getting some repop
> Hemi Charger emblems and a Dodge Daytona wing (at least the make would be
> correct). Since it seems no matter what you drive, you can put some badges
> and a huge wing that don't belong and make it cooler AND faster!
>
> Later guys!
>
> Brett Forehand
> '94 Dakota CC Sport 5.2 auto
> Enjoying 92 degree days now that it's officially fall in Florida
>
>
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